From The Verge: The biggest and most obvious trend in smartphones right now is the effort to eliminate the bezel, or frame, that surrounds a phone’s display. The goal is to create a feeling that you’re only holding a screen in your hand, and there’s nothing else to distract you from what’s being...
From CNET: Will Apple's upcoming iPhone let you turn yourself into an animated monkey when messaging friends? Let's just say you wouldn't exactly be bananas if you said yes.
That's one of several new software and hardware features being dissected on social media following an alleged leak of the...
Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of being a photographer for a wedding of my friend's friend. In preparation, I went out with another couple to take photos as practice. It was quite obvious as a photographer, both the couple and I were pretty unsure of what to expect or what to do during the photo session. Thankfully, my more experienced friend directed most of it, trying to relax the couple while giving me pointers along the way. However, I...
Last Friday, after harmlessly using my phone placing it down on my desk to continue working, I noticed the phone was rebooting. Thinking something was strange, I picked it up and the phone showed a pure blue screen. Unfortunately, this was the death of my G3. After some research online, I found multiple people with the same issue with the hardware failing either due to a short or something else. No matter what, I was back on the market for a new...
From CNET: Hackers stole a treasure trove of financial data from a top credit-reporting company, potentially exposing the personal information of roughly half the US population.
Equifax said Thursday that thieves stole customer names, Social Security numbers, birthdates and addresses in a hack that...
From The Verge: Zelle, a new payment service backed by more than 30 US banks, will launch its standalone app on September 12th to take on competitors like Venmo and Square Cash. The network had been quietly powering money transfers for major US banks including Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo...
From PC Mag: 5G is coming fast. The next generation of global wireless networks is presumably going to power everything from huge networks of agricultural sensors and self-driving cars to augmented reality in homes.
Today, Intel announced a test platform that will support the core radio technology...
From PC Mag: Huawei's latest flagship mobile chip, the Kirin 970, places a renewed emphasis on AI and machine learning. Beyond tangible performance boosts, what else does this mean?
While the previous Kirin 960 chip brought machine learning to the table, the emphasis there was on facilitating app...
From The Verge: Samsung Display makes the best smartphone OLED screens in the world, as evidenced most recently by the Galaxy S8 and Note 8. So it makes total sense that Apple is putting a heavy reliance on the company to supply displays for the upcoming top-tier iPhone set to be announced on...
From CNET: File this one under: I wish I had this when I was in college.
Spotify and Hulu are teaming up to give US college students access to both companies' premium services for $5 a month ($4.99 specifically). The new service is aptly called "Spotify Premium for Students, now with Hulu."...
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