Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has two international events planned for the coming months, which could mean that people in certain parts of the world will get their first chance to buy a Xiaomi phone. Xiaomi announced on Facebook yesterday that it’s hosting an event in London on Nov. 8. In the announcement, Xiaomi says this will …
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Qualcomm has to license its wireless chip patents to its competitors, a judge ruled Tuesday. District Court Judge Lucy Koh granted the US Federal Trade Commission’s motion for partial summary judgment in its suit against Qualcomm. The FTC had sought a ruling that declared “two industry agreements obligate Qualcomm to license its essential patents to competing modem chip suppliers.” Koh …
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If there’s one thing that both the Trump and Obama White Houses agree upon, it’s the importance of computer science education for children in America. Because of how digitally entrenched the world is getting, coding skills (at least at a basic level) are becoming nearly as essential as reading, writing, and math. I’ve taught computer programming at the college level …
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Beyond its square exterior, one of the first things you’ll surely notice about the new 2018 iPad Pro is the lack of a home button. And without a home button, the iPad Pro no longer has Touch ID to unlock the tablet or purchase apps in the App Store. Instead, Apple has brought Face ID to the iPad for the …
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Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant is getting a boost in capabilities — but the question is whether it’s too late. The South Korean company on Wednesday will kick off its two-day developer conference in San Francisco, an annual event that reflects the company’s big push to get developers to make software specifically for its devices. In the past, that’s meant making …
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Apple told its main phone assemblers, Foxconn and Pegatron, to stop plans for additional iPhone XR production lines, a report said Monday. The order to the two Taiwanese companies suggests that demand for cheapest of the 2018 iPhones hasn’t lived up to Apple’s expectations, according to Nikkei, which cited anonymous sources. “For the Foxconn side, it first prepared nearly 60 …
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Apple released its Watch OS 5.1 last week, but pulled the update shortly after it caused an endless boot loop (or bricking) for a number of Apple Watch Series 4 devices. Now it seems like the problem has been fixed. On Monday, Apple released Watch OS 5.1.1. The new software brings features intended for the Watch OS 5.1 update, like …
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You may be able to breathe new life into that old iPhone ($899 at Amazon) rattling around in a desk drawer or an old MacBook ($445 at Amazon) collecting dust in the back of a closet. Before you write off your out-of-commission Apple devices as obsolete and beyond repair, it might be worth your while to check if they are …
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Barnes & Noble is offering a new Nook tablet. The bookseller said Monday the Nook 10.1″ has a bigger display than any of its previous models and can be used for reading, taking photos and sending emails. The tablet — with a 10.1-inch display — is available for preorder now for $130 and will come out Nov. 14. Another view of …
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If you want a bunch of cables poking out of the side of your iPad just like they do with your laptop, good news: accessory maker Sanho has a dock that adds a bunch of potentially useful ports to Apple’s new USB-C-enabled iPad Pro tablets. The iPad Pro models, the first Apple mobile devices to come with industry-standard USB-C ports …
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