For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is reportedly cracking down on apps related to the coronavirus outbreak, banning apps that don’t originate from a “recognized institution” like governments or hospitals. The move is apparently aimed at stemming the flow of misinformation surrounding the …
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If you’re a fan of foldable phones, February has been a good month. Motorola launched its new Razr foldable phone, with retro looks, a clamshell design and a tall folding screen. On Tuesday at the Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco, the Galaxy Z Flip debuted, which also has a flip-phone design with a foldable screen. The Razr and Galaxy …
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“Flagship phone” is code for “crazy-expensive phone.” Witness the latest models from the likes of Apple and Samsung, many of them priced as high as $1,000 or more. Few companies are able to effectively compete in this space, but kudos to LG for trying. The company’s G8 ThinQ arrived on the scene last year with a decidedly flagshippy price of …
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Apple’s iPhone once again saw growth after four consecutive quarters of decline, according to a Tuesday report by Gartner. The phone grew 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019, the report says. “A slight lowering of the prices of the iPhone 11 series, compared with the iPhone XR, and other price reductions for previous-generation iPhone models, increased demand,” Annette Zimmermann, research …
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On Friday, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone went on sale just days after it was formally announced at the Samsung Unpacked Event in San Francisco. It comes out a week after the Motorola Razr — another foldable-screen clamshell phone — hit stores. The Razr and Galaxy Z Flip have a lot in common, but they’re also very different phones. …
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AT&T has a lot of TV services. There’s satellite broadcaster DirecTV, cable service U-Verse, live TV streaming services AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) and AT&T Watch TV and on-demand streamers HBO Now and HBO Go, as well as soon-to-launch Netflix competitor HBO Max. Now you can add another, called simply AT&T TV. After a limited launch in 13 markets including New …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 line is on sale in the company’s home country of South Korea, but the global spread of coronavirus may be having an impact on sales. After going on sale in South Korea on Thursday, a report from the country’s …
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Liquid crystal displays, aka LCDs, are old. Really old. It’s been 20 years since the technology’s arrival on the TV scene, a period long enough to see the demise of CRT, plasma and rear projection. LCD is still dominating the TV market against the remaining large-screen display tech, OLED. Compared to those other technologies the main advantage for LCD is that …
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Last year was a tough one for foldable phones. It didn’t matter who made the devices or where they went on sale. They all saw delays, had manufacturing problems, cost a lot of money to buy and raised questions about why anybody actually would need them. Welcome to 2020. Foldables have taken a big leap forward with new clamshell designs …
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Samsung‘s latest Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra phones are available for preorder and so far, the cameras on the S20 Ultra are performing exceptionally well. According to CNET editor Jessica Dolcourt, the phone’s ability to zoom in on faraway objects “skirts the edge of gimmick,” but is impressive nonetheless. But people should take note of the square bump that encases those cameras because the …
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