This isn’t what I imagined from Amazon’s cloud-based technology. In recently discovered patent images, Amazon drafted a plan to have an airship 45,000 feet above the Earth, storing a fleet of drones and packages to deliver. Amazon said these unmanned aerial vehicles would take “little to no power” to transport goods to consumers’ doorsteps if …
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Fitbit has withdrawn a year-old patent complaint filed with the US International Trade Commission that sought a ban on the import of Jawbone’s fitness tracker into the US. Fitbit, also a fitness tracker maker, told the ITC in a Friday filing that it’s no longer pursing patent claims against Jawbone because its rival appears to be in financial turmoil. Jawbone …
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After years of development and millions of advertising dollars spent to convince us that a tablet could plausibly replace a laptop, Microsoft finally delivered the goods with the Surface Pro 4 in 2015. Equipped with robust processing power, a perfectly sized display and just-right aspect ratio, and a few critical add-on accessories, the current generation solidified the Surface’s position as …
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Now playing: Watch this: Future iPhone, Pixel phones could be foldable 1:11 A couple years from now, maybe you’ll get a phone that doesn’t look pretty much exactly like the last three you got, because phones from Apple, Google and Microsoft could get folding displays in 2018, according to a new report. Display maker LG Electronics will supply the folding …
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When you want answers fast, chances are you think of Google: What’s the name of Prince’s third album? How tall is the Empire State Building? How long is a flight from San Francisco to New Orleans? That seemingly infinite breadth of knowledge made Google one of the most powerful companies on the planet. Now, the internet giant is hoping that …
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People scoffed and moaned when the iPhone 7 ditched the headphone jack, but it seems like the trend could continue. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 may become the next popular phone to forgo the headphone jack, according to SamMobile. A lot is riding on Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship. After this fall’s Galaxy Note 7 went up in flames, all …
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The Apple Watch design may come full circle. Apple patents published Thursday indicate that the California tech company may give the Apple Watch a circular display. Enlarge Image The patent depicts the Apple Watch with a circular display. Apple Both the original Apple Watch and the Apple Watch Series 2 feature a similar rectangular display as the watch face, almost …
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Samsung has tumbled — exploding Galaxy Note 7 phones precipitated the company’s fiery fall from grace — but the company is undoubtedly going to try to get back up by making more reliable, less fire-prone phones. In the wake of recalling and then completely ceasing production on the Note 7, Samsung’s profits plummeted to its lowest in nearly eight years. …
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Now playing: Watch this: This Samsung foldable phone may become reality in February 0:49 On Wednesday, a Samsung patent showing a design concept for a foldable smartphone made its rounds on the internet. The renderings in the patent, as well as a report claiming that Samsung will unveil two bendable phones in 2017, brought the idea of bendable phones one …
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Now playing: Watch this: This Samsung foldable phone may become reality in February 0:49 Enlarge Image The rendering shows a hinge on the back of the device, which gives the phone an axis to fold on. Samsung Enlarge Image When folded, the phone resembles a Microsoft Surface Book. Note the small gap. Samsung The next-generation flip phone could be foldable. …
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