Samsung has reportedly applied to trademark a trio of new phone names that hint at its 2019 plans. The British and Mexican applications, as reported by LetsGoDigital, refer to the Rize10, Rize20 and Rize30. However, they’re just names and give no real indication of what the phones might be. It’s expected that Samsung will release …
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A trio of patent applications hint at Facebook’s efforts to figure out your next move, when you’ll be offline and how best to advertise to you. The proposed patents, previously reported by Buzzfeed News, won’t necessarily result in these systems being implemented, but do give a sense of how the social network could take advantage of the location data it …
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More people are likely to get their news from a tweet or a post than a physical newspaper. That is, according to a Pew Research Center study about where people turn to get news. It may seem obvious to some that social media outpaces print journalism — with the circulation of physical newspapers steadily declining and social media reaching billions …
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Special Instagram users may be getting a special form of Instagram. Instagram is reportedly testing “creator accounts” for high-profile users, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The social media platform is filled with a number of these so-called “influencers” who can reach a large audience thanks to their high follower counts. Because of this, brands often turn to influencers to start …
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Xiaomi showed off the Gamepad 2.0 accessory for its Black Shark gaming phone on Monday, and it sure looks familiar. The Chinese smartphone giant’s original Gamepad — which turns the Black Shark into a gaming console — launched alongside the Android phone in April. But the updated version creates a setup that closely resembles the Nintendo Switch. The images shown …
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Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge refresh will most likely support existing Chrome extensions, a developer revealed. That’ll give you access to a massive library of browser customization options as Edge moves toward Google’s open-source project. “It’s our intention to support existing Chrome extensions,” Microsoft’s Kyle Alden wrote on Reddit, as previously reported by Thurrott. Now playing: Watch this: How Chrome changed web …
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In the market for a new mobile carrier? For the past couple weeks, Mint Mobile, which uses T-Mobile’s network, has been offering a pretty compelling trial deal: Three months of service for $20. After that, you pay the regular rates, which I’ll come back to in a moment. How could this deal possibly get any better? By becoming free after rebate …
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On Friday, Apple released the new Beddit 3.5 Sleep Monitor. It’s the first sleep tracker Apple has launched with Beddit since it acquired the company in 2017. The Beddit Sleep Monitor was registered on the FCC website earlier in the week, and now you can buy it from Apple’s website for $150/£149/AU$229. Like the previous Beddit Sleep Monitors, the new …
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Hey Cheeps, Rick is off today, so I’m filling in. He’ll be back in the deals saddle Monday, don’t worry. Looking for a “real” laptop that’s super thin and light, touchscreen-equipped yet powerful enough to handle whatever you want to throw at it? Today’s deal on a tablet could be for you. The 2018 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 convertible tablet …
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One of the new features in the latest crop of iPhones — the XS, the XS Max and the XR, to be specific — is the ability to use eSIM to activate another line on your phone without need for a second SIM card. Now with the release of iOS 12.1.1 on Wednesday, the feature is up and running for AT&T …
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