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Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app

December 4, 2019
Considering the App Store has been around for 11 years and Craigslist for 13 years before that, it’s astonishing the bastion of online classified ads hasn’t bothered to create an official, first-party iOS app until now. It just hit the App Store and, like Craiglist’s website, it’s pretty straightforward with a simple design. You can scour listings for jobs and apartments…
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Microsoft may be building a disc-less next-gen Xbox after all

December 4, 2019
Just when it seemed Microsoft’s plans for Project Scarlett, its next-generation Xbox console, were getting simpler, there’s a new wrinkle to the narrative. According to Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier, Microsoft is “working” on a more affordable, disc-less version of the device codenamed “Lockhart.” Unpacking what that means requires a short history lesson. Back…
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Galaxy Buds+ support page goes live in South Korea

December 4, 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds were unveiled way back last February which means we’re due for an update in the coming months. Just in time, Samsung published a support page for a product bearing the SM-R175 model number which is rumored to be the upcoming Galaxy Buds+. The original…
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Snapdragon 865 will be first SoC to support on-phone ID card APIs in Android R

December 4, 2019
Qualcomm and Google announced today at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit that the company’s new Snapdragon SoCs — referring to the new Snapdragon 865 and 765 — will be the first to support the new Android Identity Credential APIs coming with Android R. We’re very excited to announce that Snapdragon will be the first mobile SoC to support Android Identity Credential APIs, which means…
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Samsung Galaxy S9 to get second Android 10 beta next week

December 4, 2019
According to Samsung’s beta operations manager, last year’s flagships – the Galaxy S9/S9+, will start receiving the second iteration of One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 next week. And it’s about time because the Galaxy Note9, for example, received…
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Nintendo Switch launches in China on December 10 for $300

December 4, 2019
(Reuters) — Japan’s Nintendo said on Wednesday it will officially launch its Switch gaming console in mainland China on December 10 priced 2,099 yuan ($298) with local partner Tencent. Pre-orders for the console began at noon (0400 GMT) in China on Wednesday, opening a major front in Nintendo’s drive to expand the reach of the home-portable Switch device beyond a core fanbase as it heads…
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