One year ago, Waymo launched a public self-driving ride service in Phoenix, Arizona. To mark that anniversary, Waymo One is getting an iOS app, while the Alphabet division shared usage details for the Lyft/Uber competitor.
The Waymo app arrived in the Google Play Store for Android devices this April. In coming to iOS, iPhone owners in the Metro Phoenix area can join the service’s waitlist…
Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a new research note predicting Apple’s next two years of iPhones, and there’s a wild new detail: Apple’s 2021 flagship iPhone will reportedly kill off the Lightning port, but USB-C fans (like myself) shouldn’t get too excited.
Since its big redesign earlier this year, Google has subtly tweaked Android Auto a few times. Now, it seems Google is testing out some radical redesigns to Assistant on Android Auto.
The folks over at were able to enable some new…
Apple may ditch the Lightning port on a 2021 iPhone
December 5, 2019
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is known for his frequently accurate Apple predictions based at least in part on supply channel connections… and if he’s on the mark this time, he might raise some eyebrows. Kuo has claimed that the “highest-end” 2021 iPhone will ditch the Lightning port in favor of a “completely wireless experience.” While there have been portless concept phones before, this might…
Apple responds to iPhone 11 Pro location sharing controversy, iOS update will add new toggle
December 5, 2019
This week we learned that the iPhone 11 Pro still tracks location data even when users have turned the features off. Apple gave a limited response saying that “We do not see any actual security implications,” and that it was working as intended. However, now Apple has…
Waymo One launches on iOS, passes 1,500 monthly active riders
December 5, 2019
Exactly one year ago, Waymo, the self-driving vehicle venture of Google parent company Alphabet, launched Waymo One, which it characterized at the time as the world’s first commercial autonomous taxi service. Waymo One enabled select customers — initially only those who…
As cellphones got smarter, they also became marginally more dangerous to the clumsy, easily distracted humans holding them, according to new research. Before phones came loaded with perilous pings from Twitter, read receipts, or news alerts, the researchers found, they posed less of a risk to the integrity of their users’ faces.
Around 2007 — the year the first iPhone was released — the…
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a new investor note focused on Apple’s iPhone lineup for 2020 and 2021. Kuo says there will be four new OLED iPhone models in 2020, followed by a new iPhone without a Lightning port in 2021.
2020…
Nokia launches Smart TV in India
December 5, 2019
Nokia has launched its first smart TV in the Indian market with e-commerce platform Flipkart. The 55-inch model being launched today is the first of its kind, with more models coming in later.
The Nokia 55CAUHDN has a 55-inch display with 4K UHD resolution, 60Hz refresh…
GM and LG team up to build EV batteries in the US
December 5, 2019
In a call today with reporters, GM CEO Mary Barra announced that the company would be teaming up with LG Chem to supply battery cells for the automaker’s upcoming electric vehicles including EV trucks. Overall, the company is expecting to have 20 EVs for sale by 2023.
The joint venture will break ground on a plant in the Lordstown, Ohio area next year to produce the battery cells and is…
