After passing through the California State Assembly's Communications and Conveyance Committee earlier this month, the bill known as SB822 has passed the entire State Assembly. This bill will make net neutrality the law in California, preventing ISPs and wireless carriers from offering content providers a "fast lane" that they can pay to use. It also stops internet service providers and wireless operators from blocking or throttling content that they don't agree with.
UPDATE: SB822 passes the California State Assembly which means that it now goes to the Governor's desk ...
Samsung plans to launch two new budget-friendly Android smartphones in the coming months, improved versions of current models: Galaxy J4 and Galaxy J6. The main difference between the current and upcoming phones, besides their names, is the chipset inside.
The Charge is the most popular fitness tracker that Fitbit makes and today, for the first time, we got to see its newest edition: the Charge 3, a sleek and stylish fitness tracker that you can wear at the gym or even pair up with a leather band and wear at office meetings.
Three new iPhones, two of which are practically confirmed to carry the somewhat confusing XS branding, an upgraded Apple Watch family, and redesigned iPad Pros will go official in less than two weeks, with the latest iOS version likely to be released just a few days later.
Ah, the Xperia XZ3! Sony's new flagship is on course to hit planet Earth this October, and so consumers will need to know whether it's going to be a worthy alternative to Apple's iPhone X! Well, by the time October rolls around, Apple will have brand new models on the shelves, but let's not get that technical, shall we? The iPhone X is what we have now, and we can at least use this opportunity to see how Sony's brand spanking new flagship compares to the market leader. Is good old Sony still in the game, or is it not?
The Huawei Mate 20 is not even here yet, but we already have the Huawei Mate 20 lite, a brand new device that shows Huawei can make some incredibly good looking devices to heat up competition in the mid-range phone segment.
Sony's newest high-end smartphone, the Xperia XZ3, is among the best handsets announced at IFA 2018 this week. The new device will be available for pre-order in the US starting September 24, and should ship to buyers in October.
We’ve all fantasized about that one device powerful, versatile, and productive enough to assume both smartphone and full-fledged PC responsibilities, with Samsung apparently working diligently towards that goal through gradual DeX upgrades.
Huawei Mate 20 Lite packs a 2.2GHz octa-core Kirin 710 processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB internal storage. Unsurprisingly, the Mate 20 Lite has four cameras – two in the front and two on the back side. The dual rear camera features a 20MP and a 2MP cameras, while in the front there's a 24MP snapper and another 2MP camera for depth effects. The phablet will run Android 8.0 Oreo, powered by a 3,750 mAh battery.
Back in June, Huawei revealed that its P20 and P20 Pro flagships had sold 6 million units since their launch back in March. But today, Huawei has confirmed that the lineup has hit yet another major milestone.
Some of you may know that Sony is a bit different from most smartphone manufacturers out there. It's different in that it likes to release a new flagship model every six months! Other companies – they usually do so once a year. And we often tend to say that as phone makers need to update their top products each and every year, it's difficult for them to deliver truly big innovations, and thus, we've gotten used to seeing iterative improvements at best. So where does that leave Sony and its six-month upgrade cycles?
Apple may have recently ramped up its global efforts to support the LGBTQ community, but in countries where “gay propaganda” is prohibited by law, the Cupertino-based tech giant seems wary of making waves.
You can find anything on YouTube, including videos made by nonprofits to promote their campaigns. Now, YouTube has decided to give those organizations tools that will let you donate money to them while you’re looking at the sad puppy eyes that made you do it.
Wearable technology is still a fledgeling niche, with manufacturers shuffling about, trying to find meaningful use scenarios for tech embedded in common accessories. Currently, the best product to come out of that are the smartwatches, and it's arguable that they are still pretty limited in what they can do. They are basically glorified fitness trackers that happen to vibrate when you get a notification.
Above - the TrueDepth camera kit on the iPhone X. Below - the 3D-sensing face unlock setup on the Oppo Find X
The Huawei P20 Pro is the flagship phone that you have probably never heard of, if you live in the United States, and the phone that you have likely seen in ads and in people's hands pretty much everywhere else.
The ideal Frankenphone of 2019 will have truly all-screen front, dashing 5G chipset, and a multi-lens camera with 3D-mapping technology. It should bend like Gumby, too, like @PhoneDesigner's concept image of Samsung' foldable phone here
The LG G7 Fit comes with a 6.1-inch QHD+ display, 2.15 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8 megapixel unit for selfies.
Samsung is obviously betting big on the universally praised Galaxy Note 9, which seems to have gotten off to a flying start at the box-office, despite certain analysts expecting the company’s market share numbers to continue dropping due at least in part to this new flagship.
On the inside of the Motorola One Power, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 is included coupled with a 4GB of RAM. Also, completing this setup are of 64 gigs of internal storage. Continuing with the exterior of the smartphone, the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner is presented alongside a dual-camera setup. Speaking of which, this include a main 16-megapixel lens and a secondary 5-megapixel sensor.
The Motorola One sports a shiny glass body, a 5.9-inch HD+ display and Snapdragon 625 SOC. There are two 13MP sensors on the back and an 8MP at the front. The phone runs Android One and is powered by 3000 mAh battery.
Seeing Apple crush its rivals in yet another global smartwatch shipment report shouldn't surprise anyone with a minimal knowledge of wearable industry trends, but believe it or not, the latest report compiled by Counterpoint Research has the ancient Apple Watch Series 1 in the lead when it comes to the world’s best-selling models.
A big problem for companies who buy online ads is that they can't know for sure if and when ad interactions translate to real-life purchases. Not with a satisfactory degree of certainty, at least. Google apparently attempted to change this by striking a deal with Mastercard, leveraging the buying power of the company's close to two billion cardholders.
As users, we often “pay” for free apps and other digital goods with the information about our digital habits and preferences. Most often we know about it, but sometimes developers are not completely honest about the data their app is gathering and how it's being used. To solve that problem, Apple has prepared a new set of rules for developers that want to use its App Store.
The Lenovo Yoga Book C930 does not quite feel like a mainstream device. It is instead a mixture of features and functionalities that a geek would dream up, a device that some tech enthusiast has conjured from the depths of their imagination...
While our Western readers may not be very familiar with Sharp’s smartphone designs, the Japan-based TV and display specialist is actually the leader of its home market when it comes to Android devices.