Smartphone company Vivo has signed a partnership with Energous, a firm working to bring us wireless over-the-air device charging, ending the need to plug our gadgets into the wall or rest them on a pad to top-up the battery. Energous has been working on over-the-air wireless charging for some time, and we’ve been following its…
With a busy Wednesday and an even busier weekend, the last few days have changed the smartphone landscape. The most hotly-anticipated event proved to be the Samsung reveal, which opened up with Samsungs first foldable phone, introduced its first 5G phone and even had time to announce three Galaxy S10 flagships. That event topped the…
Last week a bunch of TCL foldable concepts leaked out — and honestly, a few of them looked pretty cool. But alas, concepts are just concepts, and certainly no guarantee that the things will ever make it to market. The company did have some foldable news to share this week at Mobile World Congress, but…
Last week a bunch of TCL foldable concepts leaked out — and honestly, a few of them looked pretty cool. But alas, concepts are just concepts, and certainly no guarantee that the things will ever make it to market. The company did have some foldable news to share this week at Mobile World Congress, but…
A group of academics have found three new security flaws in 4G and 5G, which they say can be used to intercept phone calls and track the locations of cell phone users. The findings are said to be the first time vulnerabilities have affected both 4G and the incoming 5G standard, which promises faster speeds…
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Saturday February 23, 2019. Podcast M-and-A as smart speakers wag the video dog. Permission-based metadata thrives in the next generation of bidirectional socialcasting. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @kteare, @denispombriant, @fradice, @mickeleh, @stevegillmor Liner…
Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its HoloLens ‘mixed reality’ headset at MWC Barcelona today. The new HoloLens 2 features a significantly larger field of view, higher resolution and a device that’s more comfortable to wear. Indeed, Microsoft says the device is three times as comfortable to wear (though it’s unclear how Microsoft measured this).…
Traditionally, the Google Assistant always lived under the home button on Android phones, but as the company announced at MWC today, LG, Nokia, Xiaomi, TCL and Vivo are about to launch phones with dedicated assistant buttons, similar to what Samsung has long done with its Bixby assistant. The new phones with the button that are…
Five years ago, Jeff Bezos promised in a 60 Minutes interview that drones would deliver goods to our homes by 2019. With the new year upon us, it’s exciting to think that drone package delivery could be a reality in the US, just as it’s starting to happen in other countries. While hobbyists are already…
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