Phones, cameras and batteries go together like the legs of a tripod. So Moment’s going back to Kickstarter for funding its revised case and lenses to support the dual-lens iPhones, including capability to add a lens in front of the phone’s telephoto camera. But this time the company’s floating an option for a battery case …
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February, 2017
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7 February
Democrats promise to fight threats to kill net neutrality
Six Democrats in the Senate say the Trump administration will have a major fight on its hands if Republicans try to dismantle net neutrality protections. At a press conference Tuesday, Ed Markey of Massachusetts led a group of senators that included Charles Schumer of New York, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Al Franken of Minnesota and Patrick …
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6 February
Tom Brady fuels millions of Super Bowl posts on Facebook
Looks “like” Facebook and Instagram were also big winners of Super Bowl 2017. A combined 108 million users threw posts on the social platforms during Sunday’s big game in which Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to a 34-28 comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons, the first to be decided in overtime. Facebook and Instagram together generated almost 400 …
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6 February
Portal in Microsoft’s HoloLens looks like the best demo ever
Microsoft‘s HoloLens headset isn’t a toy. There’s no release date for a consumer version, and the current oh-so-limited-but-awesome development kit costs US $3,000 a pop. And yet, I’ve never wanted to play with a HoloLens more. That’s because Toronto developer Kenny Wang figured out a way to use the HoloLens to bring Portal to the real world. Portal, in case …
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6 February
South Korea steps in to monitor battery safety
South Korea said Monday it plans to strengthen the safety rules for lithium-ion batteries and beef up inspections to prevent a repeat of the fire fiasco that forced Samsung to recall the Galaxy Note 7 phone. South Korea-based Samsung voluntarily recalled the Note 7 last fall when a major battery flaw caused a small number of the phones to spontaneously …
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6 February
LG G6 phone officially bezel
Phones with bezels are so 2016. And LG’s official invite for the unveiling of its LG G6 marquee phone later this month proves it. The electronics giant all but made it official earlier Monday when it announced that the G6 would get a 5.7-inch display with a 2,880×1,440 resolution and a 18:9 screen ratio called Full Vision. Now, LG’s invitation …
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6 February
Google Maps update adds traffic info, nearby places to home screen
A small but convenient update to Google Maps — on Android only — will let you call up information such as a curated list of nearby restaurants as well as real-time traffic and public transit information by simply swiping up on your home screen. These aren’t new capabilities, Google just made them more quickly accessible, with what looks like a …
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6 February
How to access Netflix’s secret genre categories
Now playing: Watch this: Find Netflix’s secret genre categories 1:51 There is still plenty to watch on Netflix while you await season 2 of Stranger Things. If you need help zeroing in on a show or movie, there are hundreds of hidden categories that let you search not just for Dramas, for example, but Crime Dramas or Tearjerkers or Dramas …
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6 February
Apple beats Xiaomi in China, but Oppo is the real winner
Xiaomi was China’s hottest phone brand in 2014 and ’15, but it couldn’t maintain the momentum in 2016. Shipping 41.5 million smartphones, the company once known as ” the Apple of China” was the No. 5 brand in China last year, according to market researcher IDC. It was edged out by the actual Apple, which at No. 4 shipped 44.9 …
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6 February
Apple may try again to sell used iPhones in India
Apple apparently isn’t giving up on selling used iPhones in India. The electronics giant, during negotiations with the India government over starting iPhone manufacturing in the country, has asked to import used iPhones to be refurbished and sold in India, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company has said “it will have the manufacturing infrastructure needed to make them …
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