The E Ink Corporation has shown off its latest foldable e-reader prototype, which has a huge 10.3-inch screen. We’ve seen dual-screen devices with E Ink tech in the past, and this prototype takes a slightly different approach. It has buttons down one side and a seemingly robust hinge, along with fold-down lightbars at the top […]
According to The NPD Group’s Q2 2020 Games Market Dynamics report, consumer spending on video games in the US was up 30 percent year-over-year in the second quarter (April – June), reaching a record $11.6 billion, and up seven percent sequentially versus the $10.9 billion spent in the first three months of the year. Breaking […]
Well-known leaker Evan Blass has shared (via Windows Central) a batch of renders for the Surface Duo while claiming the dual-screen Android device will launch with AT&T. He didn’t provide release details or pricing, but it’s safe to say that monthly payments could make it easier to justify the unique clamshell device. Windows Central has […]
Apple has filed a notice of opposition against a meal prep company because it claims the Prepear app’s cartoon fruit logo in this case, a pear is too close to Apple’s own trademarked logo which is, of course, an apple. The company claims the pear logo would “cause dilution of the distinctiveness” of the Apple […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones because of U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from American pressure. Huawei Technologies Ltd. one of the biggest producers of […]
Twitter has had preliminary discussions about a “combination” with TikTok, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that San Francisco-based Twitter had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the Journal, it was unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which […]
An NPR source claims TikTok will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration as soon as August 11th. The suit will contend that the executive order is unconstitutional as it violated TikTok’s due process right to respond, and that the national security rationale behind the order is based on “pure speculation and conjecture,” according to […]
Toshiba was the first company to bring a laptop computer to market in 1985, known as the T1100. Toshiba is leaving the PC business behind. In 2018, Toshiba saw the writing on the wall for its PC business, as it sold a majority stake (80.1%) to Sharp. Sharp, which now operates under Foxconn’s conglomerate umbrella, […]
TikTok is no longer just for your phone: the company is launching an app for Fire TV called “More on TikTok.” “We’ve been thinking through what the adoption of streaming devices like Fire TV means for connecting with our users and how we can offer them more dynamic experiences, and we feel bringing our content […]
President Trump has issued orders that would prohibit “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,” with the companies. “The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the […]
Twitter will label the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media outlets, following similar policies from Facebook and YouTube. The new labels are already being applied but will roll out gradually, with government labels being applied to officials from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Twitter will also stop recommending tweets […]
The public beta of macOS Big Sur, the next major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, is now available. The new update brings a big visual overhaul to macOS while also adding a number of brand-new enhancements. Apple has redesigned many aspects of the OS this time around, and it has described Big Sur as […]
Today, Samsung unveiled a refreshed Notes app that will sync with Microsoft’s infinitely more popular OneNote platform. It should also play nice with Outlook, making it simpler to email a quick doodle or add a handwritten signature. Samsung’s Reminders app, meanwhile, will sync with Outlook, The new Samsung Notes app will let you capture scribbles […]
Samsung has shown off the second-generation of its full-size folding smartphone, the elegantly-named Galaxy Z Fold 2. The handset has already been widely leaked before its appearance here, and the changes to the original are pretty noticeable. Up front, the phone’s secondary display now covers the whole top cover of the devices, compared to the […]
Samsung has officially announced 2020’s Galaxy Note lineup. There are two models this year the regular Galaxy Note 20 and the high-end Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Both feature the main thing that differentiates the Note line an included S Pen stylus but the new Notes are more different from each other than you might expect. […]