From PC Mag: Apple is holding a launch event on Tuesday, March 27 in an unusual place: Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. (Those are Lane Tech kids pictured above, in a photo from Apple.) Why? Back in December, Apple announced that it was working with the city of Chicago to bring Swift...
From The Verge: Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for years. Several Twitter users have reported finding months or years of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file. A number of Facebook users have been spooked by the recent Cambridge...
From CNET: Uber has lost more Asian territory.
After letting go of its Chinese operations in 2016, the ride-hailing giant said Monday it has signed a deal to sell its businesses in Southeast Asia to Grab, its rival in the region.
Grab will take over all of Uber's businesses, including its ride...
In this episode of our new series here at APH Networks, Alex takes a look at the Antlion ModMic 5 gaming microphone. Ready to turn any regular headphone into a gaming headset?
I was recently at a Christmas party when I asked my friend who oversaw the equipment whether I could play some music over the speaker system. "Of course," my friend replied. "It is all yours after this song." A few minutes later, I dropped by the booth again as he moved aside to hand me control of the station. When I picked up the cord with the 3.5mm auxiliary audio jack to plug it into my phone, I quickly realized I forgot something. "Actually...
From The Verge: Apple is holding an education-focused event on Tuesday that teases “creative new ideas for teachers and students.” While rumors previously suggested a cheaper MacBook will arrive soon, it appears Apple will be focusing on the iPad next week. Bloomberg reports that a “low-cost iPad”...
From PC World: Google made a splash earlier this week with a new Assistant-powered shopping initiative seemingly aimed at chipping away at Amazon’s dominance, and now it has a new target in its sights: Venmo.
Starting today, you’ll be able to use your iPhone or Android phone to send money to anyone...
From CNET: The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have scarcely been on sale for a week and already some Galaxy S9 owners are reporting dead zones.
Numerous complaints on the official Samsung forums and all over Reddit (here, here and here) describe how portions of the screen won't respond to...
From The Verge: Vivo has announced its latest flagship phone, the V9, and no surprises — there’s a notch. The V9 has a 6.3-inch 2280 x 1080 LCD with a 19:9 aspect ratio; Vivo says the notch helps achieve a screen-to-body ratio of 90 percent.
The V9’s spec sheet is pretty standard, for the most part...
From CNET: It's going to get harder for Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to sell its smartphones in the US.
Best Buy, the nation's largest electronics retailer, has ceased ordering new smartphones from Huawei and will stop selling its products over the next few weeks, according to a person...
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