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If Apple’s 5G iPhone plans are still fluid, it’s in for quite a ride

February 14, 2020
If you believe most of the evidence out there, Apple’s iPhone designs are typically finished well in advance of their release, enabling the company to focus its final months on manufacturing the massive quantities users around the world will demand on day one. Due to problems with Intel’s 5G modem and an eleventh hour settlement between Apple and Qualcomm, this year’s iPhones were expected…
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Are you going to buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip? [Poll]

February 14, 2020
Samsung’s second foldable hits the market today, and the new device gives us a lot to be excited about. So, are you going to buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip? At $1,380, the Galaxy Z Flip is one of the cheaper foldable phones you can actually buy, undercutting the Motorola…
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Google calls out Samsung for ‘unnecessary’ changes to Android’s kernel

February 14, 2020
Being the biggest Android OEM, Samsung and Google are generally close partners. Google’s Project Zero, though, is tasked with finding bugs and security exploits. This week, Google is calling out Samsung for an issue on the Galaxy A50, specifically mentioning Samsung’s “unnecessary changes” to Android’s core kernel. In a  detailed post, Google’s Jann Horn explains this concern with…
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ProBeat: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip might be for you

February 14, 2020
Last year, when Samsung announced the Galaxy Fold, before it failed spectacularly, Evan Blass explained why it wasn’t for you. It was for early adopters. This week, Samsung unveiled its second foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip. It might be for you. Based on price alone, if…
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PlaySight trained AI on thousands of hours of videos to understand sports

February 14, 2020
Sports analytics, which refers to the use of data and statistics to measure the performance of players (or teams) and make informed coaching decisions, is an enormous market. Grand View Research pegs its worth at $4.6 billion by 2025, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 31.2% from 2019. Perhaps unsurprisingly, startups are pursuing it with gusto, and one of the pack leaders is PlaySight.
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Pandora now lets you stream music on the Apple Watch without iPhone

February 14, 2020
Pandora is out with an update that brings a highly requested feature, streaming support for Apple Watch. This offers more flexibility to listen to your favorite music even if it’s not downloaded to your watch when away from your iPhone. Pandora launched it’s Apple Watch app just over a year ago with support for offline listening but streaming directly from the wearable was absent until now…
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