Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has taken the wraps off a pair of new phones: the 9X Pro and the View 30 Pro. I’ll start with the View 30 Pro. It’s becoming more and more difficult for companies to make their phones stand out from the crowd, so Honor’s tactic with the View 30 Pro is to …
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US President Donald Trump is planning a global 5G summit for early April, CNBC reported Friday. The White House summit will invite companies like Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung, which all provide the networking equipment behind mobile networks, according to the report. It’s aimed at preventing Chinese giant Huawei from gaining a 5G foothold in other nations, CNBC said citing unnamed …
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Apple is reportedly looking at whether to let you change some default iOS apps to alternatives from its rivals. The tech giant is considering letting people chose third-party mail and web browser apps as their default options on iPhones and iPads, according to a report Thursday from Bloomberg. The change would let you replace Apple’s Safari browser and Mail app …
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Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to bring its antivirus software, Defender Advanced Threat Protection, to phones and other devices running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. The software, also called Defender ATP, is already available on Windows and MacOS. It offers features like preventive protection, post-breach detection and automated investigation and response, according to Microsoft. When it comes to mobile …
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Microsoft is giving Office a mobile update. On Wednesday Microsoft released a new version of its Microsoft Office app for iOS and Android that will now corral three of the software giant’s most popular products — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — into a single Office app. Having launched in a preview last year, the new update is available now globally on Android …
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Mozilla has a new virtual private network service and if you have a Chromebook, a Windows 10 computer or an Android device in the US, you can start using a beta version now. Called Firefox Private Network, the new service is designed to function as a full-device VPN and give better protection when surfing the web or when using public Wi-Fi networks. The company …
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Google’s streaming game service, Stadia, is no longer just for Pixel phones. Official support for 13 Samsung phones, plus a few Asus and Razer gaming phones, is coming in a few days. But you’ll still need to hardwire these phones to the Stadia controller with a USB cable. If you’re interested in playing with Google Stadia, these are the phones …
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MacOS got dark mode a few years ago in Mojave, allowing Mac users to apply a dark theme across apps. Android 10 got a systemwide dark mode setting last year, making it drop-dead easy to go dark in the latest version of Google’s mobile OS. And iPhones and iPads got a dark theme in last year’s iOS 13 and iPadOS. You …
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Microsoft may have new hardware up its sleeve. The tech giant is rumored to host an event this spring to reveal a new Surface Book 3 laptop and Surface Go 2 tablet. Both products are expected to get internal and external upgrades, though they won’t be getting major overhauls, according to a report Friday from Brad Sams with tech sites …
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Windows 10 power users and novices alike can benefit from customizing the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system to fit their unique needs. Whether it’s removing an unwanted app, tweaking the Windows Taskbar, or swapping the Microsoft Edge browser for another browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, there are dozens of ways to make every Windows install more efficient …
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