Samsung’s long-rumored foldable phone still hasn’t appeared, but its mobile chief offered one compelling case for a product that could easily be written off as a gimmick. D.J. Koh, CEO of Samsung’s mobile business, said you’ll be able to use the device as a tablet with multitasking capability before being able to fold it up …
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Not quite two years ago, at CES 2017, Dell unveiled its S2718D monitor — a razor-thin 27-inch display with a price tag that said “business professionals only”: $700. Today, and for a very limited time, Staples has the Dell S2718D for $220 shipped (plus tax). Price from Dell proper and most other places: $380. And here’s a pro tip: Today …
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Bad news, classic Droid fans — you won’t get a chance to add a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard to your Moto Z phone after all. Lenovo’s indie partner on the keyboard, a company called Livermorium, has decided to scrap the project. Though Livermorium raised over $160,000 in contributions on Indiegogo for its Livermorium Keyboard Slider, the company’s latest update posted Wednesday …
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A year since it launched the new-and-improved model of its Android-based Shield video streaming and gaming console, Nvidia’s still adding features in software. The latest update, Shield Software Experience Upgrade 7.1, includes support for 120Hz monitors (which can reduce tearing and other refresh-rate-linked artifacts). Its new Nvidia Shield TV app for iOS and Android makes logging in to various services …
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Remember when every consumer electronics company hyped 3D TV as the next big feature? Or started pushing curved TVs? Yeah, I barely do, either. That’s because those supposedly hot TV features eventually faded away. The latest TV “must have” that you actually don’t really need — at least right now — has arrived at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. …
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Flexible phones are back on the menu. Though we’ve seen flexible screens in Samsung’s Galaxy phones, 2013’s LG G Flex phone and LG’s OLED TV that rolls up like a poster from this year’s CES, we still haven’t seen a completely bendable phone. But a small company based in Fremont, California named Royole (pronounced “royal”) is hoping to get close. It …
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Many of us haven’t even upgraded to 4K yet, but Samsung may be preparing to launch the first 8K QLED model during IFA at the end of August. That’s based on the really big sign the company’s already posted in Berlin, where the show is taking place. Twitter poster @LeogringoD mentioned last week, with a photo of a Samsung sign …
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At any given moment our phones have access to nearly all of the world’s knowledge, literature, history and science. Despite such rich resources, many of us opt to kill time by scrolling through social media, messages or random videos. The French company Short Edition is out to change how we spend our time waiting with its Short Story Dispenser. Inside …
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Google‘s YouTube is paying its digital stars up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to vouch for new features it rolls out, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the deals. In a statement, YouTube said it has “no new initiative in place.” “We have always invested in our creators’ success and will continue to do so to ensure they have a …
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For my high school graduation, my mom put together an album with photographs of me growing up in New Orleans and South Carolina. It had a leather-bound cover and black-matte pages. She attached the printed pictures to the paper with photo corners and hand-wrote captions about what was going on. With each turn of a page, I rediscovered photos and …
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