|
February 25, 2018, 5:05 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Samsung debuts 6.2" Galaxy S9+ and 5.8" S9 with f/1.5 and f/2.4 dual aperture, dual cameras on S9+, AR Emoji, Snapdragon 845, stereo speakers; ships March 16 — The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ fuel new discoveries with Super Slow-mo video, best-in-class low light camera and AR Emoji for a more personalized way to express yourself
More:
Samsungmobilepress.com, BetaNews, YouTube, BGR, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Sprint, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, The Verge, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, The Guardian, ZDNet, AnandTech, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Android Central, SamMobile, CNET, AnandTech, Pocket-lint, Droid Life, Pocket-lint, Mashable, TechCrunch, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @dcseifert, @nevilleray, @russellholly, @fjeronimo, @saschasegan, @reneritchie, @saschasegan, @paulobrien, @thomas_husson, @edbaig, @dcseifert, @cnet, and @dcseifert
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
S9 and S9+ hands-on: same look and feel as S8, fingerprint reader placement is a welcome improvement, AR Emoji not as precise as Animoji, Bixby button lives on — The Galaxy S9 will feel very familiar to S8 owners — Last year, Samsung walked out of the ashes of the Note 7 debacle …
More:
Wall Street Journal, CNET, PCWorld, 9to5Google, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Android Police, USA Today, Digital Trends, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, Android Central, BBC, MKBHD, PCWorld, Android Authority, GeekWire, Engadget, Inquirer, USA Today, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Axios, Android Police, The Next Web, The Independent, Yahoo! News, TechRadar.com, Tom's Guide, WIRED UK, IT PRO, Trusted Reviews, SamMobile, and Tech Advisor
Tweets: @dcseifert, @dcseifert, and @abdophoto
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Galaxy S9 and S9+ preorders start Mar. 2 for $720 and $840 from Samsung and T-Mobile; AT&T S9 costs $790, S9+ costs $915; Verizon S9 costs $800, S9+ costs $930 — Samsung just announced the Galaxy S9, and now we're getting details on how much retailers and wireless carriers are going to charge for it.
More:
Newsroom, Engadget, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, CNET, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, The Tech Report, Android Police, Pocket-lint, and Pocketnow. Tweets: @ampressman
| BBC: |
Hands-on: trying 960 FPS slow-motion video and AR Emoji on the Samsung Galaxy S9 — Samsung's new flagship smartphone has a host of new camera tricks including a super-slow-motion mode that helps capture key moments of action and a new type of lens designed to work better in the dark.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Huawei's €1499 13.9" MateBook X Pro: solid design, very thin bezels, but pop-up camera placement inside the keyboard feels impractical — The webcam is built into the keyboard — Huawei isn't bringing a new flagship phone to Mobile World Congress this year …
More:
Business Wire, Gizmodo, PCWorld, Windows Central, IT PRO, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Liliputing, MSPoweruser, The Next Web, Mehedi Hassan, AnandTech, 9to5Google, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Android Central, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, TechSpot, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Guardian, AnandTech, Laptop Mag, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, Engadget, Ars Technica, The Register, and Mashable
Tweets: @backlon, @fredericl, @whatthebit, @geekynerddad, and @dcseifert
| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
HMD announces $85 4.5" Nokia 1 with Oreo Go and MediaTek SoC, €279 5.5" Nokia 6, €399 6" Nokia 7 Plus, and €749 Nokia 8 Sirocco with 5.5" edge-to-edge display — HMD Global had a good first year making Nokia-branded phones. In 2017, the Finnish company sold 70 million devices across …
More:
HMD Global, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Windows Central, Engadget, Gizmodo, PCWorld, TechCrunch, Mashable, Thurrott.com, Pocket-lint, and Pocket-lint
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is working on a branded over-the-ear wireless headphone product that could debut in the fourth quarter of 2018 at the earliest — Capitalizing on early success with AirPods, Apple is readying a branded over-the-ear wireless headphone product that could launch …
More:
MacRumors, The Verge, Digital Trends, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and MAC blog. Thanks:@mikeycampbell81
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
US officials say Russian hackers breached several hundred computers during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony and made it look like a North Korean operation — Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence.| Jacob Brogan / Slate: |
Indictment claims Paul Manafort and Robert Gates exchanged incriminating evidence over email because Manafort wanted Gates to convert PDFs to editable Word docs — There are two types of people in this world: those who know how to convert PDFs into Word documents and those who are indicted money laundering.| Antonio García Martínez / Wired: |
How the Trump campaign increased its Facebook ad purchasing power with provocative content and mastered ad tools like Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences — Why Russia's Facebook ads were less important to Trump's victory than his own Facebook ads. — IT'S NOT EVERY day that a former … | Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Critics say FCC's new National Broadband Map, like its previous iteration, overstates available ISPs, lists inaccurate data about speeds, and lacks pricing info — At the core of the problem is, unsurprisingly, the influence of deep-pocketed telecom operators on lawmakers and regulators.
More:
Federal Communications … and Digital Trends
Tweets: @fcc, @stefan_heck, @mmasnick, and @karlbode
| GSMArena.com: |
Xiaomi says Mi Mix 2S with Snapdragon 845 is coming on March 27, hints at 273,741 AnTuTu score; rumored specs include 5.99" 18:9 FullHD+ display, 8GB RAM — The flow of leaks and rumors on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S is coming to an end. The company just announced on its Weibo profile the launch date for the new phablet.Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Grit:
How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:05 PM ET, February 25, 2018.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Todd Spangler / Variety:Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
More:
Gizmodo, Gizmodo, Motherboard, Politico, Reuters, Variety, CNN, The Next Web, New York Magazine, and Mashable. Thanks:@tonyromm
Earlier Picks
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
More:
NewCo Shift, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Engadget, CNET, Mashable, Patently Apple, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @jvrufinoinq, @aparatbar, @malwarejake, @zeynep, @hari, and @mdudas
| Christian de Looper / Digital Trends: |