As Samsung, Apple, Google and others prep their next high-end flagship phones, Motorola is bringing out something for those on a budget. At $150, the Lenovo-owned company’s new Moto E6 won’t rival those aforementioned brands on power, but it does offer decent specs and hardware for those seeking a cheaper device. With a plastic body, …
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eBay is launching fulfillment centers for faster shipping, much like competitor Amazon. The original online retail giant will have sellers deploy their goods to warehouses from which they’ll be shipped to customers in eBay-branded boxes. The Managed Delivery service will launch in 2020, beginning in the US. Currently, eBay sellers handle shipping themselves. The new service will be voluntary for …
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Google’s Pixel 3A drove the search giant’s overall phone sales, CEO Sundar Pichai told investors on Thursday. The budget phone, which debuted in May, was responsible for unit sales of Pixel products doubling in the second quarter, Pichai said in a call after the earnings release. Pichai also credited an expanded distribution network for the success of Pixel 3A, which …
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Offering both Google Assistant and Android TV, the JBL Link Bar is one of the most feature-packed, and most delayed, sound bars on the market. Originally scheduled to debut in 2018, JBL’s voice-controlled combo sound bar-streaming box is finally on sale for $400. The JBL Link Bar is a do-everything Frankenstein: an HDMI-connected sound bar that offers Google Assistant voice …
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AT&T’s video struggles may be continuing to worsen, but that doesn’t mean the company has stopped trying to find new ways to get people to watch television. During its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company announced that it will begin trialing a new over-the-top streaming service in the third quarter of the year called AT&T TV. It is currently …
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The US Department of Justice has announced an antitrust review of how online platforms achieved market power, and whether they are reducing competition, stifling innovation and harming consumers. While the Justice Department hasn’t named specific companies, it’s targeting tech giants including Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the antitrust division …
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Chinese phone brand Honor continues to deliver innovative phones with advanced camera technology that sell for hundreds less than those produced by Apple, Samsung or Google. The 9X Pro, announced Tuesday, features a 48-megapixel pop-up selfie cam, a trio of rear cameras that includes an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens and an edge-to-edge HD display. And you could buy three of them for the …
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US President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed to award licensing deals between American companies and Chinese tech giant Huawei in a “timely” way. It comes as the US government looks to negotiate a trade deal with China, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Huawei was blacklisted in May when it was added to the United States’ “entity list” (PDF). But US …
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Google’s Project Strobe, an attempt to keep Chrome browser extensions from slurping up your personal data, will take effect Oct. 15. The change is part of a broader tech industry move to protect private information that can be gathered for creepy business purposes or leaked through data breaches. Project Strobe imposes two requirements on developers who write the extensions that …
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Who doesn’t want to play on a screen with sky-high contrast, super-saturated colors and zippy pixel response? That’s what you get with an OLED display. But it’s not all fun and games, as I discovered after spending a couple weeks with an OLED-equipped Alienware m15. The configuration we went hands-on with isn’t available to buy: you can only get this …
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