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May 7, 2019
Last week’s earnings didn’t go the way Alphabet wanted. The fault primarily lies at the feet of the company’s ad business, but the hardware side didn’t come out…
Read articleMay 3, 2019
The Pixel 3a is arriving next week at Google I/O. That statement felt like all but a given before, and now that the handset is showing up at…
Read articleMay 2, 2019
LG was once a stalwart of the smartphone industry — remember its collaboration with Facebook back in the day? — but today the company is swiftly descending into…
Read articleMay 1, 2019
The smartphone industry is in rough shape. Sundar Pichai used the word “headwinds” to discuss the company’s difficulties moving Pixel 3 units, but Canalys’ latest report is far…
Read articleApril 24, 2019
The Galaxy Fold has been the most polarizing product I can recall having reviewed. Everyone who saw it wanted to play with the long-promised smartphone paradigm shift. The…
Read articleApril 24, 2019
Google today announced that Google Fit, the company’s fitness tracking app that launched on Android back in 2014, is now available on iOS. It definitely took Google a…
Read articleApril 23, 2019
Tim Cook thinks people should get off their iPhones and decrease their engagement with apps. The Apple CEO, speaking at the TIME 100 Summit today, was discussing the…
Read articleApril 22, 2019
Update: The delay has been confirmed by Samsung. Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Four days out from the Galaxy Fold’s official release date, Samsung is pushing…
Read articleApril 18, 2019
It might be time to move on from BBM. The consumer version of the BlackBerry Messenger will shut down on May 31. Emtek, the Indonesia-based company that partnered…
Read articleApril 16, 2019
More like day 1.5, honestly. I spent most of yesterday sick in bed, with fever dreams of flexible displays. This morning, however, I’m already at the airport. Out…
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