Samsung makes a lot of money from chips, but phones may struggle

From CNET: Samsung's first-quarter revenue and profits soared, but it warned of tougher times ahead in the mobile market -- including a slowdown in demand for its newest phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus.

The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday reported a 20 percent jump in revenue and a...

Amazon Made a Kid-Friendly Echo Dot

From PC Mag: Amazon wants everyone using Alexa, including kids. With that in mind, you can now pre-order an Echo Dot Kids Edition, which ships with a kid-friendly version of Alexa and free access to a range of content for an entire year.

The Echo Dot Kids Edition launches on May 9, but is available...

Twitter earnings show more growth, despite bot questions

From CNET: Twitter the company has always struggled to live up to the hype of Twitter the product.

It's a world-changing service, whose instant communication has helped bring life to social and political movements like the Arab Spring, #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo. It's brought people to the front...

Live Streaming News Headed to The Roku Channel

From PC Mag: Heads up, cord cutters: Roku's free, ad-supported streaming channel is getting a new perk: live news.

Launched in September, The Roku Channel already offers around 1,000 movies and TV episodes you can watch for free, with ads. Beginning in mid-May, you'll also be able to watch live...

Verizon loses phone customers amid cloud of Justice Dept probe

From CNET: For Verizon, no news is bad news when it comes to customer growth.

After a flurry of promotional activity in 2017, which saw the return of unlimited data plans in a big way, as well as media bundles like free Netflix for T-Mobile subscribers and HBO Go thrown into AT&T wireless plans...

An Amazon home robot may be coming to a living room near you

From CNET: Bloomberg on Monday reported on the secret project, named "Vesta" after the Roman goddess of the hearth, citing anonymous sources familiar with the plans. The device could reach consumers as early as next year, though it may also be scrapped during development, the publication reported...

Amazon, Netflix, More Sue Streaming Service Set TV

From PC Mag: The entertainment industry has a never-ending fight on its hands against piracy. Typically we hear about one or more of the big publishers going after a company or individuals, but late last week, the entire entertainment industry came together to sue one company.

As GeekWire reports...

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