March, 2018

• 27 March

  Buy an iPad, save a frog? Apple’s AR app lets you dissect them

  

  Nine months ago, Apple stole the augmented reality race. Google has been playing catch-up practically ever since.  But now that millions of iOS and Android phones can become portals to any world an app developer dreams up, what’s a Cupertino company to do next? Dissect frogs, apparently.  Froggipedia is one of a host of new ARKit …

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• 27 March

  Why Huawei smartphones are locked out of the US

  

  Heading into this year, Huawei’s prospects for finally gaining a foothold in the US appeared to be brightening. The world’s third-largest smartphone maker had just launched its latest flagship, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and it was garnering favorable reviews. Speculation had bubbled up that Huawei was poised to announce a partnership with AT&T, the second-largest carrier in the US …

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• 27 March

  AR comes to Apple’s Swift Playgrounds iPad app to learn programming

  

  Apple has brought augmented reality to its Swift Playgrounds app designed to teach kids the basics of programming and maybe even groom them into the next generation of iPhone developers. The move means kids can incorporate Swift Playgrounds’ cartoon characters — protagonists who follow students’ programming instructions — into their Swift Playgrounds projects. The technology uses Apple’s ARKit technology. Apple …

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• 27 March

  Vodafone TV lets you watch whatever the hell you want

  

  Vodafone is about to take its NBN plans to the farthest reaches of Australia (read: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania, as well as the Melbourne and Sydney markets it’s been operating in) so it’s decided to make some announcements to sweeten the deal.  Vodafone First is Vodafone TV, a fairly open Android TV box that will retail at …

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• 27 March

  World

  

  Here’s the good news: Australia is now home to the world’s first 5G-capable Wi-Fi hotspots. The bad news? There are currently no 5G-capable phones or tablets on the market, so no one using them will see 5G speeds. Aussie carrier Telstra installed the hotspots at its 5G Innovation Centre in South Port on Australia’s east coast, utilising its 5G test …

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• 27 March

  Apple iPad Mini 4 lives on

  

  In March 2017, Apple limited its thinnest and lightest iPad, the Mini 4, to a single configuration with 128GB of storage, costing $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the Wi-Fi and cellular edition. (See international pricing below.) Today, Apple announced its newest 9.7-inch iPad with support for Apple’s Pencil stylus and powered by a fast A10 Fusion chip for $329 (£319 in …

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• 27 March

  Apple Pencil will now work with new iPad, but remains $99

  

  Apple is bringing its Apple Pencil stylus to more of its iPads. On Tuesday, the tech giant said the stylus will now be compatible with a newly unveiled 9.7-inch iPad that starts at $329 for consumers (the same price as the previously cheapest iPad). Previously, the Pencil was only compatible with pricier iPad Pro tablets. Also, Apple won’t be adding Pencil …

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• 27 March

  AT&T’s FirstNet public safety network hits major milestone

  

  A key milestone in the nationwide public safety wireless network known as FirstNet has been met, according to AT&T, which is building the network. AT&T announced on Tuesday that the “core” of the dedicated 4G wireless network, which acts as the “brain and nervous system” for the network, is live and ready for local agencies to begin the work of …

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• 27 March

  In

  

  If you thought Huawei’s P20 Pro brought the heat with three cameras on the back, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS ups the ante with a fingerprint reader built into the display. That makes this mouthful of a phone the second to boast a trio of cameras on the back (after the Mate P20 Pro) and the first non-Vivo device …

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• 27 March

  New iPads and more: Everything we want from Apple’s March 27 Chicago event

  

  Expect new iPads to be the centerpiece of Apple’s big education event this year. That was my guess in the hours after Apple announced its March 27 press conference more than a week ago, and all the news since then continues to point in that direction. >> Follow CNET’s Apple live blog here But let’s back up a bit. Apple’s surprise announcement …

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