Update, August 20: The Fitbit Charge 3 has been officially announced, confirming the bulk of the leaked information below. The original story follows. If you were a fan of the Fitbit Charge 2 from 2016, an updated version may be right around the corner. Details about the rumored Fitbit Charge 3 have been shared by Android …
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Leica is to the photography world what Rolex is to watches. It’s synonymous with a heritage of high-quality cameras, lenses and romanticised photographic experiences in exotic locales. It’s also a name that the Huawei P20 Pro phone proudly bears on its back. In 2014 the two companies partnered to fine-tune the imaging process and optics on Huawei phones. But it wasn’t Leica’s involvement that …
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If you live in Indianapolis, your internet may soon be a lot faster. Verizon on Tuesday said it’s bringing 5G residential broadband service to Indianapolis, and it’s offering YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K as part of the package. “We trialed 5G during the Indianapolis 500 in May 2017 and now we’re bringing next generation home broadband connectivity to residents,” …
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It’s a trip down memory lane or, rather, the annals of Infinite Loop. A Redditor named Nucleam posted links to a pair of Google Photos albums of — as far as I can tell — every single wallpaper Apple has ever released for iOS and MacOS (and before it, OS X). It’s amazing. Here’s the iOS Wallpaper album. And here’s …
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Motorola’s new high-end Moto P30 6.2-inch phone has launched in China, looking uncannily like the Apple iPhone X — but with a cool ceramic and glass gradient back that helps it stand out from the notch-filled crowd. Motorola Top-of-the-line for Motorola, a budget-phone biggie, means something different to Moto than it does to Apple, though — the P30 (English translation) starts at …
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The video that spurred Twitter to suspend Alex Jones remained live and viewable for almost a day on Periscope, the livestreaming app owned by… Twitter. On Tuesday, Twitter cut off Jones from key functions of his personal account for a week, after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated Twitter policy by linking to a snippet of video that …
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The latest speculation about the upcoming flagship iPhone for the fall adds a couple of twists: support for the Apple Pencil stylus and a 512GB storage option. That’s what TrendForce’s prognosticators predict in a press release issued by the analyst firm. If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy Note 9 offers similar perks: stylus support, a 512GB configuration, …
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Oppo is known for making strong midrange phones, so anticipation for its first high-priced premium device, the Oppo Find X, is high. Now we know when we can get our hands on it. At an event in Sydney Wednesday, Oppo announced that the Find X will be available from Aug. 16 and retail at AU$1,099. It will be exclusive to JB Hi-Fi and …
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I was shocked to discover that the biggest chunk of data occupying my MacBook’s ($445 at Amazon) limited storage were iOS files. Needless iOS files, to be exact. I was unknowingly storing iPhone ($285 at Amazon) backups on my Mac for an iPhone and an iPad ($170 at Amazon) I no longer own. Time to free up some space (and …
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Almost a fifth of the world’s population lives in China. But because of the country’s so-called Great Firewall of censorship, its 772 million internet users can’t use the world’s most popular apps — they’re restricted to locally developed versions instead. Apps by FAANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google — either are blocked or feature minimal services in the …
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