Collaborate Disseminate
“American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co., but it may be too late,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Huawei is just building its smartphones without U.S. chips.
Huawei’s… Continue reading Huawei Is Now Making Smartphones Without American Chips
“They survived!” reports a local CBS news station, revisiting nearly two dozen students at Adelphi University who went a full week without their cell phones.
schwit1 shares their report:
It was part of a college course intended to break the powerful a… Continue reading College Students Say Ditching Their Smartphones For a Week Changed Their Lives
An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: The Russian Parliament is debating a bill that will force all electronic equipment sold in Russia — such as smartphones, computers, and smart TVs — to ship pre-installed with apps from Russian tech firms. A… Continue reading Phones and PCs Sold In Russia Will Have To Come Pre-installed With Russian Apps
The T-Mobile and Sprint merger hasn’t been officially completed yet, but that hasn’t stopped the “Un-carrier” from talking about what it will do with its newfound resources. T-Mobile announced today that it plans to launch the company’s cheapest phone … Continue reading Ahead of Merger, T-Mobile Announces Its Cheapest Phone Plan Ever and 5G Coming December 6th
“Kids are outsmarting an army of engineers from Cupertino, California,” reports the Washington Post:
And Apple, which introduced “Screen Time” a year ago in response to pressure to address phone overuse by kids, has been slow to make fixes to its soft… Continue reading Teenagers Are Easily Bypassing Apple’s Parental Controls
An anonymous reader quotes Engadget:
If you’ve been using Linux on DeX (aka Linux on Galaxy) to turn your Samsung phone into a PC, you’ll need to make a change of plans. Samsung is warning users that it’s shutting down the Linux on DeX beta program, a… Continue reading Samsung Won’t Support Linux on DeX Once Android 10 Arrives
Motorola has sent out invitations to an event on Nov. 13, where the rumored foldable Razr phone could launch. CNET reports: Motorola said the evening event in downtown Los Angeles will feature the “highly anticipated unveiling of a reinvented icon.” Th… Continue reading Motorola Teases the New Razr Phone In November Event Invitation
Which sort of company is most likely to contact you via SMS? Why, your mobile phone provider, of course! Continue reading Phishy text message tries to steal your cellphone account
Rwanda’s Mara Group just released two smartphones, earning the company the title of the first smartphone manufacturer in Africa. Their grand ambitions are to help turn Rwanda into a regional tech hub. Fast Company reports: Rwanda President Paul Kagame … Continue reading Rwanda Releases First Smartphone Made Entirely In Africa
Camera bumps on smartphones may soon go away thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Utah who’ve developed a radically thin camera lens. Gizmodo reports: For comparison, the lens elements used in today’s smartphone cameras, which gather an… Continue reading Researchers Created Lenses a Thousand Times Thinner To Hopefully Eliminate Ugly Smartphone Camera Bumps