[ad_1] Even though South Korea’s 5G network has technically been live since December 1rst, mobile operators delayed an official launch since no compatible devices were ready yet for sale. Disagreements over pricing with the South Korean government further added to the delay. South Korean regulators finally approved pricing plans on Monday for 5G devices, according […]
Category: Mobile
Google stops selling the Pixel 2 and 2 XL
[ad_1] The move might not come as too much of a surprise. Google discounted Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL over Valentine’s Day, seemingly as part of an effort to shift some of the remaining stock. It removed the original Pixel from its store around this time last year, also about 18 months after announcing […]
DEA never checked if its bulk surveillance data was legal
[ad_1] There was good reason to put those efforts under tight scrutiny, the Inspector General’s office said. Under one program, nicknamed Program A, the DEA relied on “non-target specific” subpoenas to make telecoms supply metadata for calls made between the US and countries it deemed a “nexus to drugs,” even when there was no apparent […]
Google Maps adds a city-themed ‘Snake’ game
[ad_1] Google has a habit of introducing goodies on April Fools that last long after the gags are over, and that isn’t changing for 2019. The company has added a Snake game to Google Maps that lets you play the classic title themed around major cities. You’ll play as an ever-growing double decker bus snapping […]
AT&T is the first 5G carrier in the US to reach gigabit speeds
[ad_1] On launch, AT&T’s 5G service could only make use of a lone 100MHz carrier for your connection, limiting speeds that were frequently not much better (or potentially worse) than LTE. The new approach aggregated four of those carriers, giving it that much more headroom even in real-world conditions. It should get faster still later […]
Investigators say Saudi Arabia accessed Jeff Bezos’ phone
[ad_1] The Saudi government reportedly relied extensively on covert phone surveillance as part of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to the New York Times and de Becker’s expert consultants. And when the Post (owned by Bezos) started covering Khasoggi’s murder in earnest starting October 2018, the Saudis started attacking Bezos and […]
Apple Music code hints at Chromecast support
[ad_1] Whether or not Apple Music is coming to Google Home, there are signs you might get to use it with some Google-powered devices. The 9to5Google team has found multiple lines of code in Apple Music’s Android app that reference Chromecast support, including some added through recent updates. While there’s no guarantee this would be […]
AirPower is out and Genesis Mini is in
[ad_1] Not going to happen.Apple cancels AirPower after more than a year of delays While some theorized that we’d finally see AirPower this month, that was not to be. Apple axed its wireless charging mat and said in a statement that “we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the […]
Sony may cut half of its smartphone division by 2020
[ad_1] The reported cutbacks at Sony perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Japenese tech giant has never been able to get a proper foothold within the industry. The company’s smartphones have fallen almost entirely out of favor. While nearly 1.6 billion smartphones shipped during 2018, just 10 million of them were Sony devices, according […]
Instagram finally tests a fast-forward feature for videos
[ad_1] In a move so overdue you’re probably checking the date stamp on this article, Instagram could finally be about to launch a seek bar on videos posted on users’ feeds. The feature, discovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, would let you skip backwards and forwards through a video without having to start it […]