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| Matt Humrick / AnandTech: |
Sony debuts Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs phones with 4GB RAM, 19MP camera, and IP68 rating; 64GB XZs on sale April 5 for $699, XZ Premium's price TBD — Sony announced today at MWC 2017 that it's bringing two new premium phones to the US market: the Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Xperia XZ Premium hands-on: slightly outdated design, but a powerhouse with Snapdragon 835, 3,230mAh battery, 5.5-inch 4K LCD screen, 960FPS ultrafast camera — All the pixels, top-of-the-line SoC, and camera that can shoot almost 1000 FPS. — BARCELONA, Spain—Mobile World Congress is well underway …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Lenovo launches Tab 4, Tab 4 Plus series of Android tablets in 8- and 10-inch editions, starting at $109 and $199, and a $199 10-inch Miix 320 Windows 2-in-1 — If it wasn't already clear that Lenovo is trying to cover every conceivable tablet niche, it is now.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Lenovo launches new Yoga 720 laptops with fingerprint readers, up to 16GB RAM, 4K display, and stylus support; 13-inch model starts at $860, 15-inch at $1100 — Lenovo is unveiling its latest Yoga laptops at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Unlike the series 900 Yoga laptops …
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Sony has sold 915K PlayStation VR headsets as of February 19, four months after it went on sale, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Andrew House — SAN MATEO, Calif. — There are plenty of people who are skeptical about virtual reality, a technology some have heralded …
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Tweets: @jacob and @caseynewton
| Agam Shah / PCWorld: |
Lenovo will integrate Amazon Alexa into a variety of Motorola devices including smartphones, starting with an Alexa “Mod” for the Moto Z — Lenovo and Amazon are partnering to integrate Alexa into Moto smartphones, and the first product will be an Alexa “Mod” attachment for the Moto Z smartphone
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Tweets: @peterholden_, @digitaltrends, @travisowens, and @reckless
| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
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| Brian Sullivan / CNBC: |
Source: SoftBank is close to finalizing a deal to invest more than $3B in WeWork, putting the startup's valuation above $20B if deal closes — SoftBank is close to finalizing an investment in WeWork, a source close to the transaction tells CNBC. The deal is expected to be worth over $3 billion.
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Tweets: @danprimack, @dailydirtnap, @eladgil, and @mcgd
| Sophie Charara / Wareable: |
Samsung announces new Gear VR headset with 101-degree field-of-view, which comes with a controller that supports touch and motion — MWC 2017: Take that Daydream — Anything Daydream can do, Samsung can do clickier. Its mobile Gear VR headset now has a touchpad controller.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon Studios wins its first-ever Oscars with best foreign language film for “The Salesman” and best original screenplay for “Manchester by the Sea” — Amazon Studios won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues …
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MacRumors, Hollywood Reporter, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, and The Gateway Pundit. Tweets: @muppetaphrodite. See also Mediagazer
| David Pierce / Wired: |
HMD announces €189 5.2" Nokia 5, €139 5" Nokia 3, and €49 Nokia 3310 feature phone, all of which will ship in Q2; the €229 Nokia 6 will be available worldwide — Before there was iPhone, there was 3310. After its launch in 2000, Nokia sold more than 125 million models …
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Tweets: @rbrome, @trendulkar, @natisho, @ingridlunden, @whatleydude, and @gadgetlab
| Eliana Johnson / Politico: |
A look at Peter Thiel's deep involvement with the Trump transition, with associates from Thiel's firms helping staff agencies and a close aide appointed to NSC — Billionaire iconoclast Peter Thiel's fingerprints are all over the administration. — In early December, the name of a candidate …
Tweets: @politico, @elianayjohnson, and @elianayjohnson
| Bloomberg: |
China's central bank is developing its own blockchain-based cyptocurrency, has tested prototypes after assembling a research team in 2014 — PBOC cryptocurrency could give unprecedented read on consumers — Payment platforms like Alipay, WeChat set to face competition — China's central bank is going digital.
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy Book hybrids: Windows 10, Intel i5 Kaby Lake CPU, 10" and 12" screen sizes, LTE, detachable keyboard, standalone S Pen — Samsung may not be ready to unveil the Galaxy S8 smartphone just yet, but it still has fancy new hardware for us here at MWC.
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Tweets: @patrickmoorhead and @rossrubin
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| Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority: |
Huawei debuts €329 Watch 2, €379 Watch 2 with 4G, €399 Watch 2 Classic; all models have Android Wear 2, NFC, GPS, IP68 water resistance, 1.2" screen, 45mm case — The original Huawei Watch is perhaps one of the most popular Android Wear devices to ever exist.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
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