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5G networks are going to start rolling out in certain markets beginning in 2019, and some smartphone manufacturers are already preparing their handsets to support the next stage of wireless technology. Xiaomi appears to be one such company, as the Director of Product Management and global spokesperson Donovan Sung continues to tease the upcoming Mi Mix 3 ahead of its public unveiling later this year. Sung posted a new photo on his Twitter account recently, giving us another clear look at the Mi Mix 3 with its minimized bezels....

Similar to how anything you want to sell in America need to go through the FCC, if you want to ship a product that’s certified to work correctly with Bluetooth peripherals, you need to make sure it passes through the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group). Now unlike an FCC document, where often provides you with a wealth of information about a device, the Bluetooth SIG is much more secretive, which is why I’m going to talk about two new devices in one article instead giving each of their their own time to shine....

This is the perfect tabletop fire pit for date nights, making homemade s’mores, or just adding ambiance. While it’s normally $100, it’s now 50% off. Not everyone has the luxury of a backyard with a fire pit. City dwellers that only have a balcony as their outdoor space will appreciate Colsen’s tabletop fire pit, as its compact size still gives off the ambience of a real flame fire. Made from concrete, it’s fueled by rubbing alcohol for indoor and outdoor use and is smokeless and odorless....

Background Google developed LaMDA as an advanced chatbot for various kinds of roles. It is so advanced that it can pretend to be Pluto or a paper plane while you chat with it. Both these examples were, in fact, used by the search giant’s executives on-stage at Google I/O 2021. It uses an advanced natural language processing (NLP) model at its heart, but transcripts of its conversations with Google engineers suggest it has become sentient....

For many, this bill’s passage means a new round of stimulus checks are on the way. Tap or click here to find out when yours will arrive. Another part of the bill includes free internet access for many U.S. households. But not everyone qualifies. Keep reading for all the important details and to see if you qualify. Do you qualify for free internet? Part of the bill included the Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020....

If you’re really hardcore about Android, then chances are you own a Nexus device. For those unfamiliar with the term, it’s a brand that signifies the hardware in your hand runs pure unadulterated Google software, and that it’ll be supported by Google for the foreseeable future. The first Nexus device, the Nexus One, was made by HTC. The next two Nexus phones, the Nexus S and the Galaxy Nexus, were made by Samsung....

UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced plans to protect phone boxes in areas with bad mobile reception or high accident rates — the occasions when people need to contact emergency services. Public phone boxes in the UK aren’t exactly popular for communications (or in many cases very pleasant), but there’s still a need for them, according to Ofcom. SEE: The IoT is getting a lot bigger, but security is still getting left behind The move to protect public phones comes as the UK and incumbent operator BT rips out old copper and replaces it with fibre to deliver internet telephony or VoIP....

Sony and VAIO parted ways, and as a result VAIO can make smartphones now. The first of which is aptly named the VAIO Phone, and it’s coming to a small Japanese wireless carrier before the end of the month. The VAIO Phone looks like a smartphone, in that it’s unassuming and probably won’t catch anyone’s eye in passing. It offers a 5-inch 1280×720 display, and there’s a 13-megapixel camera on the back....

Cubot J3 Expected Features Being powered by Google’s latest ultralight Android Go OS built especially for low-end smartphones, the Cubot J3 will come with a bunch of special Go apps which will include the likes of Google Maps Go, Files Go, Gmail Go and so on. That said, despite being an ultra-budget sub $100 smartphone, the Cubot J3 packs a quite a lot, especially in terms of design. The handset is said to feature a sandblasted metal body, that will come in three colors namely Black, Blue and Silver....

However, today we will be dealing with a little bit different problem. We will look at a few situations taken from life and try to answer the question why many organizations haev a really jerky flow of knowledge between data groups or people. This is the importance of communication in building Agile teams, also mentioned in a series devoted to human resource management in this environment. So are you ready for the next article on Agile methodologies?...

At its heart the G5 will – probably – feature a 16MP module with traditional wide-angle optics and a 8MP module with narrow field optics. The idea is to allow better, clearer zooming, since traditional ‘digital zoom’ provides unimpressive results in most cases. Let’s move to the diagram and then I’ll explain how it all works (allegedly): The idea – and it’s one that is only now possible because of the image processing power of today’s chipsets (the Snapdragon 820 in the G5’s case) – is that one lens provides the wider scene and the other provides what is effectively a zoomed in view....

In that case, the X Venture might be the phone for you. Exclusive to AT&T, the 5.2-inch hset might not be able to keep up with the G6 in the speed department (it only features a Snapdragon 435 processor), but what it lacks in performance, it makes up for in durability. According to the tech specs, the device has passed 14 separate MISTD 810G tests, a U.S. military stard that address things like intense pressure, extreme exposure, heavy vibration, harsh weather conditions....

ZTE made news back in January when it revealed a few specifications of its upcoming project CSX smartphone, codenamed Hawkeye. At the time, ZTE was aiming to get funding for the project through Kickstarter, where it aimed to raise $50,000 or more towards the upcoming device. Unfortunately at the time, while ZTE was quick to point out a few specs, many backers thought the handset was too mid-range. As a result of that, and perhaps the company not earning quite as much as they thought they would, ZTE has effectively canceled the Kickstarter crowd-funding round....

This shift has highlighted the need for video-conferencing options that better accommodate remote participants – making them feel more ‘present’, rather than semi-detached observers who occasionally interact with a bunch of people sat around a meeting room table. Logitech’s efforts in this area have included the Logitech Scribe whiteboard camera, and building more intelligence into video bars such as Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini. Specifically, Speaker View mode in RightSight 2 detects and highlights the active speaker while showing a picture-in-picture inset of the meeting room....

Possibly Even Longer than That Oh, I’m sorry, you’re here to change your plan? This is the line for people signing up for a new phone. I’ll put you in the plan changing line for another 45 minutes. What is this, the DMV?! They’ll Always Try to Sell You a New Phone Oh, you came in here to switch your data limit? What would go great with a different data limit?...

Top 6? Not ‘5’? It’s a fair cop, after agonising for hours, I couldn’t bear to lose one off this list, so top 6 it is. It’s also worth noting that, unlike previous ‘top’ lists, this one’s in chronological order, for reasons which will become apparent in the text. All six phones are as significant as each other, they’re just spaced out in time. 1. (HTC) Nexus One (Jan 2010) There had been several Android devices before this, each with compromises in terms of interface and specifications, but this was the very first time that Google spread its cards on the table, commissioning a ‘no holds barred, this is what can be achieved, this is what Android should look like and behave like’ device....

At Google’s annual I/O conference, the company has typically held multiple keynotes split up over multiple days. That’s going to change this year according to AllThingsD, who discovered that Google has just published their I/O 2013 schedule. It looks like the search giant will have a three hour keynote on May 15th. Now I don’t know about you, but three hours sounds ridiculous. Apple’s longest keynote, if I recall correctly, clocked in at just over two hours....

As someone who has always had a curiosity for portable wireless chargers, and has an iPhone that magically drops to 50% by lunchtime, Anker’s new 622 MagSafe battery bank couldn’t have come at a better time. Besides being able to top up an iPhone completely, the MagSafe-compatible charger also has a foldable kickstand to prop up your phone. You know, for those times when you’re low on battery but need to FaceTime your family before work or binging the latest season of the Bachelorette?...

Fortunately, security researchers are constantly on the hunt for mobile malware. With so many people using their phones as their main device, stamping out mobile malware is a huge priority. Tap or click here to see how to protect your phone from malware. Unfortunately for Android users, Google’s mobile OS receives the brunt of mobile malware. But a new strain of banking Trojan discovered this year might just put previous Android malware to shame....

Following the recent problems, a new one appeared, in which several million users had the altered configurations and made publications publicly without knowing it. It was the social network giant Facebook itself that has now come to the public to reveal its latest problem. According to the company, 14 million users were exposed to a problem that changed their publishing settings and made them public without their consent. The failure was a change that the social network giant Facebook made in the user settings and started to propose to them that their publications were public and not what was defined....