September 1, 2020
Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold arrives September 18 for $2,000
As far as launches for revolutionary products are concerned, the Galaxy Fold could have gone a lot better. It’s not for lack of hype, of course. Years of…
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August 27, 2020
Samsung is holding another Unpacked event next week for the Galaxy Z Fold 2
One of the nice things about virtual events is you can essentially hold as many as you’d like. It’s one thing to ask people to fly across the…
Read articleAugust 25, 2020
COVID-19 blamed as smartphone sales plummet 20% in Q2
The last couple of years have been tough on the smartphone industry, as sales plateaued and eventually eroded. But nothing could have prepared manufacturers for 2020. This was…
Read articleAugust 19, 2020
BlackBerry’s smartphone brand switches hands again, set to return as a 5G Android handset
A good brand is hard to kill. Over the past several years, the smartphone space has seen a resurgence of once-mighty mobile brands making a comeback with various…
Read articleAugust 11, 2020
The next-gen Xbox will ship in November
The last few months have provided a steady trickle of information about the next Xbox console — or the Xbox Series X, as it’s known. We know what…
Read articleAugust 11, 2020
Zin Boats reinvents the electric speedboat in a bid to become the Tesla of the sea
The automotive industry is knee deep in the vast transition to electric, but one place where gas is still going strong is out on the water. Seattle startup…
Read articleAugust 10, 2020
Trump administration announces major midband spectrum auction for 5G
5G is increasingly coming into focus as a set of technologies that has the potential to dramatically expand the quality, bandwidth and range of wireless connectivity. One of…
Read articleAugust 7, 2020
LivingPackets hopes to nurture a circular economy with its smart parcels
More than ever before, people are getting life’s essentials delivered — good news for Amazon, but bad news for the environment, which must bear the consequences of the…
Read articleAugust 6, 2020
Google discontinues the Pixel 4, nine months after release
Days after announcing the Pixel 4a, Google has quietly discontinued sales of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The move, noted earlier by The Verge, represents an…
Read articleAugust 5, 2020
Here are all the things Samsung announced at today’s Unpacked event
Samsung’s first virtual Unpacked ranked somewhere between Microsoft and Apple’s recent events in terms of overall presentation and general awkwardness. The show kicked off seven minutes late, and…
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