[ad_1] The Pixel 3a is an amazing midrange phone that offers an awful lot of bang for its buck — especially where the strong single-lens camera is concerned. But though it’s a smooth performer, it can’t defend itself against the sidewalk when dropped, and a shattered or scratched screen can ...
Read More »Google Play cracks down on marijuana apps, loot boxes and more
[ad_1] Revolution Growth; New Enterprise Associates; funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price; Novo Holdings; and the investment management company Franklin Templeton.n”,”protected”:false},”excerpt”:”rendered”:” When serial entrepreneur Eric Lefkofsky grows a company, he puts the pedal to the metal. When in 2011 his last company, the Chicago-based coupons site Groupon, raised ...
Read More »Moto Z4 vs. Asus Zenfone 6: Both dare to be different, but which is better?
[ad_1] The Moto Z4 looks like a tempting midrange bargain with plenty to recommend it, but how does the similarly priced Asus Zenfone 6 measure up? If you have a strict $500 budget, then these are two phones worth considering. They are two of the most interesting smartphones available right ...
Read More »Spotify is building shared-queue Social Listening
[ad_1] Want to rock out together even when you’re apart? Spotify has prototyped an unreleased feature called “Social Listening” that lets multiple people add songs to a queue they can all listen to. You just all scan one friend’s QR-style Spotify Social Listening code, and then anyone can add songs ...
Read More »Pick up a pair of Beats Solo3 wireless headphones for 50% off
[ad_1] Beats have been a staple in the world of high-end headphones for more than a decade now, rivaling the name recognition of brands like Bose and Sennheiser. This was a big part of why Apple purchased the Beats brand for $3 billion in 2014 (the company’s largest acquisition), and ...
Read More »Alibaba pumps $100 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India
[ad_1] Chinese tech giant Alibaba is doubling down on India’s burgeoning video market, looking to fight back local rival ByteDance, Google, and Disney to gain its foothold in the nation. The company said today that it is pumping $100 million into Vmate, a three-year-old social video app owned by subsidiary ...
Read More »Amazon deal drops prices on Apple iPad Pro tablets by up to $150
[ad_1] Apple sales are fleeting, but we’ve seen a bundle of great iPad deals lately in the wake of the release of the new iPad Mini and iPad Air. Most of these discounts have been for the standard 2018 iPad (which is our recommended tablet for most people), but the ...
Read More »Daily Crunch: Uber will deactivate low-rated riders
[ad_1] The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings Uber drivers have been able to rate ...
Read More »MediaTek’s 5G SoC is the world’s first integrated 5G chip for smartphones
[ad_1] Andy Boxall/Digital Trends During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, MediaTek demonstrated its M70 5G modem and showed it connecting to a Nokia base station at 4.7Gbps. Now, the company has announced the M70 modem will be integrated into a brand-new, world first 5G system-on-a-chip (SoC). It’s called, ...
Read More »Leaked screenshots confirm dark mode is coming to iOS 13
[ad_1] 9to5mac’s Guilherme Rambo managed to obtain screenshots of iOS 13. While it still looks like iOS, there’s a twist — there will be a system-wide dark mode to make your apps look better at night. Apple is expected to announce the new version of iOS at its WWDC keynote ...
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