Meet your 94-year-old new best friend. His name is John Goodenough and not only is he a professor at the University of Texas, Austin, but he also helped invent the lithium-ion battery that powers all our iPhones, Androids, Macs, Surfaces and Nintendo Switches. He also has the most amazing name for an inventor. But he’s …
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The people who brought you the $500,000, diamond-encrusted iPhone 7 are back, this time with a more true-to-the-original, titanium version of the darling of this year’s Mobile World Congress, the revamped Nokia 3310. The new 3310 goes cheap — it’s 49 euros, which, directly converted, is about £40, $50 or AU$70 (or 2 euros if you buy the original at …
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Already funded at about 82 percent with 36 more days to go, as promised Moment has expanded its Photo Case Kickstarter from just iPhones to support the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. The case will allow you to mount Moment’s lenses on those phones for wide- and telephoto views. Sadly, no combo photo/battery case is in sight for Google’s devices …
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Those hoping that Apple would trade a Lightning connection for a standard USB-C connection on the iPhone 8 will most likely be disappointed: Apple has always had a proprietary connection on its iOS devices and it’s not going to change that, in my opinion. The rumor that Apple might ditch Lightning in favor of USB-C, which is increasingly found on …
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I’m surprised it took this long. The remote is tiny, and I have two kids. My Apple TV remote has gone missing, and unlike when I misplace my iPhone, I can’t call the remote to find it. A thorough search of the family room, including a deep dive into the couch, has turned up some loose change, many Legos, an …
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It looks like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to take a chunk of the country’s cash off the streets has done tremendous good for digital wallet apps — and especially PayTM. The company’s CEO Vijay Shekhar announced on Twitter that it crossed the 200 million users milestone on Monday, adding that he hopes to reach 500 million by 2020. …
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A new generation of the classic Nokia 3310 debuted in Barcelona on Sunday evening, and immediately became the talk of the town. Earlier that same day, I bought an original version of the phone on the back streets of Barcelona’s Gothic quarter for just two euros at the city’s weekly stolen goods market. Barcelona is known for many things — …
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Good news for the tech giants whose fortunes rise or fall on phone sales: Shipments of smartphones are expected to rebound this year after slow growth in 2016, market researcher IDC said Tuesday. Worldwide smartphone shipments should grow 4.2 percent in 2017 and another 4.4 percent in 2018. That’s an uptick from the 2.5 percent growth rate last year, though …
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Apple’s iPhone could celebrate its 10th birthday with a curved screen and USB-C connection. According to the Wall Street Journal, at least one model in Apple‘s next update to the iPhone range could have a curved OLED screen, similar to the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. More intriguingly, the Journal quotes anonymous sources claiming the new iPhone would ditch Apple’s proprietary …
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Apple’s Lightning connector could be history with the next iPhone, if you believe the rumors. A new Wall Street Journal report speculates that Apple’s upcoming iPhone will trade the tech giant’s proprietary Lightning cable for a USB-C connection. The article quotes anonymous sources and also claims the next iPhone could have a curved OLED screen. The iPhone ditching the Lightning …
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