Samsung thinks it’s found a new way to ‘kill’ the iPad
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S6 models aren’t the company’s only new flagship devices, a new report from SamMobile indicates, as the South Korean giant is also developing a second-generation line of premium tablets to better take on Apple’s iPad Air 2.
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AT&T’s Google Fiber rival goes live in Kansas City
Isn’t it great what real competition can do for the home broadband market? AT&T on Monday announced that its new U-verse with AT&T GigaPower service is now available to residents in Kansas City, which just happens to be the first city where Google launched its Google Fiber service.
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Amazon’s drone delivery service may have just been killed by the FAA
In late 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon “Prime Air“, an ambitious project involving drones capable of delivering purchased items to Amazon Prime customers in just 30 minutes. NBC News now relays that Amazon’s grand vision for a futuristic drone-filled world took a hit over the weekend when the FAA proposed a set of strict regulations regarding the legality of commercial drone flights.
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WHAT?! These incredible next-generation contact lenses can zoom in and out
Vision is another area of health that technology may help fix in the near future, as researchers are figuring out ways of making tiny contact lenses even more useful. In fact, France24 reports that researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed contact lenses that can zoom in and out in response to simple blinks from the wearer. The technology could benefit anyone looking to correct eyesight in the future, with researchers focusing on low vision and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients, though the product is just at a prototype level.
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LG won’t go up against the Galaxy S6 next month, but its new G4 phone will launch soon
LG is apparently not confident it can compete with Samsung and others announcing new flagship phones at MWC 2015, a new report from The Korea Times reveals, though it’s not as bad as it may initially sound. The publication learned that the upcoming LG G4 flagship handset will not make an appearance at this year’s Spanish mobile show, but the phone will still be unveiled earlier than expected.
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Woz explains why he loves the Apple Watch
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has a soft spot for Apple but he also has never been shy about criticizing the company or praising its competitors. Woz has also said in the past that he’s had very bad experiences with smartwatches and called Samsung’s first Galaxy Gear one of the worst gadgets he’s ever owned. Because of this, we were interested to see Wozniak heap praise upon the upcoming Apple Watch in a new interview with BBC News.
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This special Galaxy S6 component could be a sneak preview of a key iPhone 6s feature
The Galaxy S6 has long been rumored to pack a special new octa-core processor, the Exynos 7420, that not only will bring 64-bit support, but also offer even better efficiency and performance thanks to a new technology used to build it. Samsung on Monday announced that it is now mass-producing the chip, revealing more details about it and offering hints at what one critical iPhone 6s component might offer later this year.
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One ‘frustrated’ iPhone fan’s list of things Apple must fix in iOS 9
Apple fans are fiercely loyal but recently they haven’t been at all shy about voicing criticisms of the company, particularly in the realm of software quality. These very vocal gripes are the major reason why Apple is reportedly toning down new features in iOS 9 and is instead focusing on releasing a more stable, consistent OS that will hopefully avoid some of the major issues experienced with iOS 7 and iOS 8.
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Evolve review: The thrill of the hunt
Our Medic is dead. The Trapper is fleeing for her life with the Monster just a step behind. The Assault is pumping as much electricity as he can into Goliath and I’m still trying to figure out how to play Support.
Fortuitously, the Monster stumbles into one of the Trapper’s traps just as I accidentally press the button that makes missiles rain down from the sky. I say accidentally because I was trying to switch weapons. I just hit the wrong button. The missiles connected; Goliath’s health dropped rapidly; our team rallied from behind and stormed back for a breathtaking victory.
This is how about 30% of my games of Evolve have gone. The other 70% have been blowouts one way or the other.
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Don’t freak out about the Galaxy S6’s battery being smaller than the Galaxy S5’s
Many Galaxy S6 secrets that Samsung would have probably liked to keep under wraps until March 1st have leaked well ahead of the phone’s official announcement, including specs, software features and design details — not to mention that numerous image leaks and renders based on alleged Galaxy S6 schematics have also been published online.
Further confirming a crucial Galaxy S6 feature is South Korean publication Itcle, which has learned more supposed details about the phone’s battery.
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