It’s been over a week since Samsung’s announced the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. On paper, the phones look a lot like last year’s S8 on paper. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But as preorders are under way, it’s good to see how the new flagships stack up against last years wonders: The Galaxy S8 and Note …
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Another half dozen tech companies are jumping into the legal battle over the FCC’s decision to undo net neutrality rules. Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Shutterstock, Automattic and Expa filed a petition Monday in a US Court of Appeals as part of a group called the Coalition for Internet Openness. The group is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s move to repeal regulations …
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On this podcast, we talk about: What to expect from the upcoming rollout of 5G mobile speeds. Impressions of the new Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. The proliferation of iPhone X notch clones. Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S9, 5G: Our favorite things from MWC (The 3:59,… 4:36 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Otter’s app makes free voice transcriptions easy and… 2:08 If you don’t hate transcribing, it’s probably just because you don’t have to do it very much. Otter, a new, free mobile app from a team of vets from Google and speech-recognition company Nuance, aims to make voice transcriptions become as easy and accessible as typing into …
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The first time I tried Samsung’s new AR Emoji feature on a Galaxy S9, launched earlier this week at Mobile World Congress, I thought I knew what to expect. I smiled, and the camera app’s new feature scanned my face, taking a picture. And then, sure enough, it spat out my new avatar. But it didn’t look like me. Aiming …
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Shiny flagship phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco are the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress this week. If you like your phones with precision-engineered, wafer-thin edges and expansive glass, you’ll be in heaven. But while these devices are pretty, they don’t necessarily meet the demands of a more outdoorsy lifestyle. Fortunately, …
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I put on a pair of smart glasses and look up at the mock living room before me. On top of a gray wall, I see a colorful bull’s-eye symbol with a “2” on it. Next to it is a bag of balls. Neither is real. I center my gaze at the target and tap a button on the right …
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Unlocking the Galaxy S9 might be faster — but that doesn’t mean it’s more secure. Samsung’s newest smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, include a new feature the company calls Intelligent Scan. The technology combines Samsung’s secure iris scanner with its less-secure facial recognition unlock technology. When unlocking your phone, it first will scan your face. If that fails …
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We didn’t see a new flagship Android smart phone from LG at Mobile World Congress this week (though we have a few guesses as to why not). Instead, LG showed off a rather incremental upgrade to last year’s V30. Ho hum, right? Maybe not. According to Evan Blass at VentureBeat, the Korean manufacturer held a private, closed door meeting at MWC …
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Sprint wants to mount its comeback on the back of 5G. The fourth-largest US wireless carrier is set to roll out 5G capabilities this year to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. With a caveat: As with T-Mobile’s own deployment this year, Sprint customers won’t be able to access 5G until the service launches in 2019. The …
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