Verizon said Thursday it will boost investment in network infrastructure, increasing its capital guidance by $500 million, to prepare for the rise in telecommuting and online learning amid the coronavirus outbreak. Verizon has not seen any measurable increases in data usage even as some business, schools and other organizations are asking its employees to work
Month: March 2020
Buying your first phone in the US? Looking to switch carriers? Want to know which phone carrier is the best? The number of options available may seem overwhelming, but looks can be deceiving. In actuality, there are only really four nationwide networks to pick from: Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. Here’s what you need
Nubia Red Magic 5G gaming smartphone has finally been announced by the company in China. The phone packs a 144Hz refresh rate screen and is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 865 SoC. The Red Magic 5G is the first and as of now the only phone to have such a high refresh rate screen. It
New Apple iPhones like iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Max are disappearing from retail stores — this time due to supply issues appearing after the coronavirus pandemic amid less footfall. According to KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst John Vinh, Apple’s “iPhone sell-through was adversely impacted by supply issues” due to coronavirus, “particularly on the Pro/Max models and
Logitech has launched a new line of wireless charging devices under the Powered brand, including the Wireless Charging 3-in-1 Dock that is capable of charging an iPhone, AirPods, and an Apple Watch at the same time. Logitech Powered Wireless Charging 3-in-1 Dock Launched on Wednesday, the Powered range consists of three wireless charging points
Blade, the French startup behind Shadow, announced plans to overhaul its subscription tiers back in October. The company is now bringing the new plans to the U.S. with a new entry tier at $11.99 per month as well as more powerful options in the coming months. Shadow is a cloud computing service for gamers. For
No surprise, really, that 5G smartphone sales are on the way up. Frankly, there’s really no other way to go, according to the latest numbers from NPD’s Mobile Phone Tracking. The firm noted that 5G handsets accounted for less than 1% of total sales in the U.S. The hurdles are also what you’d expect: namely,
Laptop batteries have a notoriously short shelf life. Despite recent improvements to lithium-ion technology, most batteries can only withstand a certain number of charge cycles before their capacity starts to deteriorate rapidly. Of course, there are a few steps you can take to combat the issue, but none of these will help if your battery
Microsoft has announced that it will livestream a series of discussions where it will speak about Xbox Series X and Project xCloud, among other things. The streaming event, called Game Stack Live, will cover the experiences Microsoft had planned for Game Developers Conference (GDC), will be held on March 17 and March 18. On the
Oppo’s Find X2 Pro smartphone that was officially launched last week seems to be setting a new benchmark with each passing day. After receiving the highest score for its camera performance on DxOMark, Oppo’s latest flagship device has now achieved a score of 6,11,627 from AnTuTu for its overall phone performance, as per the company.
It’s no fun logging into Facebook and realizing that someone has hacked your account. But it happens, and the damage done can be a big deal for you and your friends and family. Thankfully, there are a few things that you can do to prevent your Facebook from being hacked. And if it is hacked,
Wamsi Mohan from Bank of America has tweaked his target price for Apple stock, and is slightly reducing what he expects from the company for 2020, mostly because of supply and demand impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 11 In a note seen by AppleInsider, Bank of America
According to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could unveil new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models with scissor-switch keyboards. MacRumors first noticed the report; TechCrunch obtained the research note as well. Apple updated the big MacBook Pro in November. The company slightly increased the size of the display from 15” to 16”
Terry Gou, founder of Apple’s major manufacturing partner Foxconn, said on Thursday the resumption of production at its factories in China had “exceeded expectations” after a prolonged halt due to a coronavirus outbreak that had disrupted supply chains. Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, has most of its production in China, where many of
Facebook’s latest colonization of Instagram has begun. Facebook is testing the option to cross-post Stories to Instagram, instead of just vice-versa. Hopefully, that means the two apps will finally sync up the ‘already viewed’ status of cross-posted Stories so we don’t have to watch re-runs any more, as I harped about in January. If fully
Social media giant Facebook has started sending out invites to beta testers for its new social VR app ‘Horizons’ where users will interact in the virtual world. Facebook Horizon is a cartoonish VR world where users will be able to establish a presence, and connect with others virtually. Horizon is the successor to Facebook’s first VR
E3 2020 has been officially been cancelled over the ongoing coronavirus situation. The 2020 edition of world’s biggest trade show for the gaming industry – the Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3 – was rumoured to get scrapped ever since the first wave of event cancellations began in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, followed by
Huawei P40 series is all set to be launched, and the company has already scheduled the launch to take place on March 26. The Huawei P40 series hasn’t been the company’s best guarded secret and we have already seen a lot of leaks about these phones. We already have a fair idea of how the
D2h on Thursday launched two new connected devices in India – an Android-based set-top box named D2h Stream and a voice-enabled stick with built-in support for Amazon’s Alexa, the D2h Magic. The D2h Stream is priced at Rs. 3,999 for new subscribers and Rs. 2,499 for existing subscribers, while the D2h Magic stick is priced
Beijing-based ByteDance, owner of global short video hit TikTok, on Thursday appointed new heads for its China business and set a goal to nearly double its global headcount to 100,000 by the end of the year. The eight-year-old startup, which was valued at $78 billion in its latest financing round, currently has over 60,000 employees
White House officials met Wednesday with US technology industry officials to discuss tech-related response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector. COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed about 30 people in the United States, and infected more than 1,000 Americans and over 115,000 people
Xiaomi has again heated up India’s budget smartphone segment with the launch of the Redmi Note 9 Pro. Going by its asking price and internals, the Redmi Note 9 Pro goes up against the freshly-launched Realme 6 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy M31. All three phones feature a quad rear camera setup with a high-resolution
A report on Wednesday reaffirms numerous claims that Apple will this fall debut an iPhone model featuring an integrated rear-facing VCSEL laser system, good for depth measurements that power advanced augmented reality applications. Citing sources familiar with Apple’s plans, Fast Company reports the tech giant has tapped San Jose-based Lumentum to supply the lasers
The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to ban federal departments and agencies from buying or using foreign-made drones, citing a risk to national security, TechCrunch has learned. The draft order, which was drafted in the past few weeks and seen by TechCrunch, would effectively ban both foreign-made drones or drones made with foreign
Two video startups are making dueling legal claims against the other. The Wall Street Journal broke the news yesterday that interactive video company Eko is accusing Quibi of infringing on its patented technology. At around the same time, The Hollywood Reporter noted that Quibi (which is launching its short-form mobile video service next month) has
Call of Duty: Warzone went live late on March 10 and has gathered more than 6 million players in 24 hours, according to the game’s official Twitter account. It posted this achievement thanking the players for their interest and said that they’re just getting started. Warzone brings two new modes, Battle Royale and Plunder, to
Netflix has unveiled a new release date (March 27), new cast members (Javed Jaffrey, Boman Irani), and the first trailer for Maska, the upcoming film from India. Maska is about Mumbai-based Parsi boy Rumi Irani (Prit Kamani) who’s caught between the wishes of his two loves, his Irani café-running mother Diana (Manisha Koirala) and his
iPhone 9, Apple’s rumoured budget smartphone, is expected to support Touch ID and the latest iOS 14, an online report has indicated. The smartphone that is also commonly referred to as iPhone SE 2 is likely to come out by June this year and will enable Express Transit, the report added. Although it was earlier
Augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap has struggled with the laws of physics and failed to get to market. Now it’s seeking an acquirer, but talks with Facebook and medical goods giant Johnson & Johnson led nowhere according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Ed Hammond. After raising over $2 billion and being valued between
Law enforcement agencies may be able to access data on locked iPhones more often than they’re letting on, an analysis of hundreds of search warrants shows. Apple’s iPhone encryption is strong, but law enforcement agencies can still bypass it. The debate surrounding encryption and the so-called “Going Dark” issue has been ongoing for years,
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