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February 27, 2017, 7:30 AM
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| Matt Humrick / AnandTech: |
Sony launches Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs phones with 4GB RAM, 19MP camera, and IP68 dust and water resistance rating — 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.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Xperia XZ Premium hands on: a powerhouse with Snapdragon 835, 64GB storage, 3230mAh battery, 5.5-inch 4K LCD screen, and 960 FPS 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.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Lenovo launches new Yoga 720 laptops with fingerprint readers, 13-inch starting at $860, 15-inch at $1100, with up to 16GB RAM, 4K display, and stylus support — 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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| 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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| Daniel Bader / Android Central: |
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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
| 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, @mcgd, and @eladgil
| 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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| 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
| 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
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Assistant begins rolling out to non-Google devices running Android Nougat and Marshmallow, starting in the US — Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone platform in the world.
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Reuters, Android Authority, Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, NFC World, Trak.in, CNET, Tech Times, International Business Times, Patently Apple, MacRumors, Gizchina.com, SlashGear, Droid Life, Google, BBC, Neowin, Forbes, TalkAndroid.com, Phandroid, Android Beat, 9to5Google, Softpedia News, The Verge, Android Authority, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Gizmo Times, and Android Police. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| 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, Mashable, Washington Post, IndieWire, New York Times, and Polygon. Tweets: @muppetaphrodite. See also Mediagazer
| 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
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
LG G6 hands-on: sleek design, easy one-handed use, but no Snapdragon 835, loses removable battery for water resistance, and many apps are buggy on 18:9 screen — Cutting corners in the best way possible — With the G6, announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG is changing its own definition of “flagship” phone.
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Tweets: @trevorlong, @greengart, @andyboxall, @jon1bray, @mkbhd, and @verge
| Matt Humrick / AnandTech: |
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Tweets: @raywongy, @andrewmartonik, @droid_life, and @gauravh1
| 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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