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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Live blog of Samsung's Unpacked event in San Francisco, where new Galaxy S10 devices, a foldable phone, and more have been announced — Will we finally see more of the folding phone, too? — Samsung is gearing up to hold a huge keynote where we're expecting quite a lot of phones.
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Tweets: @laurengoode, @andrewmartonik, and @jank0
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Fold, a foldable smartphone with 4.6" folded and 7.3" unfolded displays, 7nm processor, 12GB RAM, three-app multitasking, 6 cameras, more — Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans.
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Live stream of Samsung's Unpacked event — Welcome to the next generation. #SamsungEvent #Unpacked http://www.samsung.com To view the YouTube streams on a desktop or laptop computer you'll need: • Mos...
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung's Galaxy Fold will come in both an LTE and 5G versions with One UI Android skin, four colors available, starting at $1,980 on April 26 — Just when you thought Samsung's 2019 Galaxy Unpacked event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco couldn't get any newsier …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts S10 and S10+ with 6.1" and 6.4" displays, triple rear camera, in-screen fingerprint sensors, and bigger batteries, from $899 and $999 — At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this morning, Samsung unveiled a smartphone series ten years in the making: The Galaxy S10.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let developers port their iPad apps to Mac using a new SDK that will be released as early as June at WWDC — - This year, it will be easier to turn iPad apps into Mac apps — App merger initiative comes as Apple plans its own Mac chips
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Tweets: @shellypalmer, @markgurman, @stephennellis, @daniel_rubino, @martinsfp, and @zacbowden
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear targeted European research groups and think tanks that work on issues including election security and nuclear policy — SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
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| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry — Scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views are being inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside the disturbing content
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| Harvard Law Today: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge — Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @joshsternberg, @facebook, @sfiegerman, @drewharwell, @bernstein, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @sarahfrier, and @caseynewton
| eMarketer: |
eMarketer predicts that US digital ad spending will surpass traditional in 2019, growing 19% YoY to $129.34B, of which mobile will account for ~$87B — Amazon's ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly — This year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches its new Office app, preinstalled on Windows 10 and replacing My Office, to better promote the free online versions of Office to consumers — A new app to push online Office apps and more — Microsoft is making a new Office app available to Windows 10 users today.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, Thurrott, and Windows Central
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
SoundCloud adds a self-distribution feature to its Premier tier, currently in beta, that lets artists publish and monetize their songs on other platforms — SoundCloud announced today that it is adding distribution to its self-monetization Premier program.| Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures” — The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Xiaomi debuts Mi 9 with three rear cameras, 6.39" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, and 20W wireless charging, for ~$446 in China, shipping on Feb. 26 — Xiaomi has officially launched the Mi 9 at an event in China after months of teasers. The triple-camera flagship is powered … | Chloe Bryan / Mashable: |
A look at “Reply Guys”, a mostly harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman — On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon.
Tweets: @sbarolo, @the_shitface, @taylorlorenz, @chloebryan, @amandamull, @edyong209, @raxkingisdead, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Nick Bastone / Business Insider: |
Google says the built-in microphone in Nest Secure devices, which it had never disclosed earlier in the tech specs, was “never intended to be a secret” — - In early February, Google announced that Assistant would work with its home security and alarm system, Nest Secure.
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The Verge, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Geek.com, Ars Technica, Engadget, CNET, Axios, Washington Post, Telegraph, Mashable, USA Today, Security Boulevard, Mercury News, Inquirer, and IT PRO
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