Tuesday 26 February 2019

Editor's Pick: Android Addition Opens FIDO Password Killer to Billions

Android Addition Opens FIDO Password Killer to Billions

John P. Mello Jr. Feb 26, 2019 5:00 AM PT
	The FIDO Alliance hammered another nail into the passwords coffin with the announcement that devices running Android 7.0 or higher will be compatible with FIDO2, the latest version of its authentication solution. Certification of Android 7.0+ means devices running those versions of Google's mobile operating system will support FIDO2 out of the box or through a software update. [More...]

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Peddling Analog Tools in a Digital World
From fountain pens and high-end pencils to unique paper notebooks, analog writing tools have legions of fans, even though we're living in a primarily digital world. It's precisely the physicality of analog tools that makes them appealing to many people immersed in a digital reality. They're grounding and real in a world that has become increasingly ephemeral. [More...]

The Latest Efforts to Make the iPhone Obsolete Could Have Teeth
The Mobile World Congress is the annual event where everyone who hates Apple goes to grouse about their profits and point out Apple's lack of real progress. That's pretty much everyone who is anyone, aside from Apple itself, which also is at the event. Much like CES often does, MWC tends to spin pretty hard toward the "I hate Apple, I'd like to be Apple" crowd of competitors. [More...]

The Rules of Sustainability
For online retailers, creating an unmatched customer experience is not only a top priority -- it is also a business imperative. They must make sure the items customers want to order are in stock, and that the orders are packaged correctly and shipped quickly, and delivered to the right address. Focusing solely on these necessities tends to be a shortsighted way of viewing the process, however. [More...]

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The Morning After: The birth of 1TB microSD cards

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It's Tuesday, February 26, 2019.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

It’s your Tuesday morning, and we’re talking about Microsoft’s mixed-reality future (it’s good, but it’s not for your entertainment) and tiny huge-capacity SD cards. And MWC keeps delivering exciting new phones that you’re likely to see later this year.

The smartphone space you've dreamed of.

The era of 1TB microSD cards has begun

Technology got so fast that 1TB of storage can now be crammed into a microSD card. You'll pay to have storage bragging rights, however. (If that is a thing.) The 1TB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSD card will arrive in April for $450, more than double the price of the $200 512GB model.

Making sense of that camera interface, as well as a few other things.

A closer look at the foldable Huawei Mate X

The battle for foldable supremacy is raging on, and Huawei has a strong contender in the Mate X. But just like with Samsung's Galaxy Fold, we haven't been able to actually touch Huawei's bendy handset. Still, we were able to get a closer look at the fascinating flagship today at MWC, as well as get some answers to questions we've had since first checking out the device. First up -- Huawei told Engadget the Mate X will launch in June.

An upgraded camera takes advantage of 5G speeds.

Up close with Samsung's 5G Galaxy S10

The first time we got to spend a little time with Samsung's new Galaxy S10 5G, it came with a serious caveat: We couldn't actually turn the thing on. (Annoying, right?) As a result, the company's first 5G phone became the S10 we had the least amount of first-hand experience with, and that simply wouldn't do. Thankfully, Samsung has a booth full of them here at Mobile World Congress, not to mention a small-scale 5G network for demo purposes.

Even if business comes first.

Microsoft HoloLens 2 hands-on: A giant leap closer to mixed reality

Microsoft has finally made mixed reality less awkward. At least, that was the major takeaway from Mat Smith’s time with HoloLens 2, its new $3,500 headset aimed not at you, but at businesses.

Why less awkward? It's not only because the headset is so much more comfortable, (though that can take a lot of the credit). Microsoft has also doubled the mixed-reality field of view, making the holographic overlay less like a floating reticle and more like a (virtual) display that's useful.

If Homer Simpson designed a smartwatch, it would look like this.

Nubia's Alpha 'smartphone' is the wildest wearable yet

Flexible displays are everywhere at MWC this year. But almost every company is using them in the same way -- to build phones that seamlessly switch between a clamshell and small tablet. Nubia, meanwhile, is doing something completely different with the technology. It's building a wearable 'smartphone' with a narrow screen that wraps around your wrists. But what is this meant to be, again?

The Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 XL Lite.

Google’s lower-cost Pixel phones may have been revealed in FCC filings

Documents posted by the FCC today show two new devices from the company, quite possibly the Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 XL Lite handsets that have been rumored for months.

The FCC filings don't reveal much detail about the devices, but they do lend credibility to the rumors about Google's supposed upcoming smartphones. According to 9to5Google, the documents do show the model numbers assigned to each device -- G020C and G020G -- which is enough to make us excited. Well, not hugely, but at least it sounds like these phones are very much a thing.

But wait, there's more...

1. Sprint's 5G service launches in four cities this May

2. Visa will help bring tap-to-pay to more buses and subways

3. Zero's new SR/F electric motorcycle can go 160 miles on a charge

4. Netflix's three 'Roma' Oscar wins show streaming can rival Hollywood

5. Electron microscope can record movies at the atomic scale

6. Here's what you missed over the weekend at MWC 2019

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Monday 25 February 2019

Editor's Pick: The Latest Efforts to Make the iPhone Obsolete Could Have Teeth

The Latest Efforts to Make the iPhone Obsolete Could Have Teeth

Rob Enderle Feb 25, 2019 10:18 AM PT
	The Mobile World Congress is the annual event where everyone who hates Apple goes to grouse about their profits and point out Apple's lack of real progress. That's pretty much everyone who is anyone, aside from Apple itself, which also is at the event. Much like CES often does, MWC tends to spin pretty hard toward the "I hate Apple, I'd like to be Apple" crowd of competitors. [More...]

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Google Fiber Missteps Could Tarnish Brand
This winter has been very rough on Google Fiber, Alphabet's high-speed Internet service. An overabundance of snow, ice and water have caused service outages. Why do these issues not seem to hamper competitors? The latest news is that the service is leaving Louisville, supposedly due to a faulty installation process. Why not correct the faults? What is the real problem at Google Fiber? [More...]

The 3D E-Commerce Revolution
We're living in a time when customer expectations change particularly fast, and retailers that can't keep up get left behind. A consumer who enjoys the online shopping experience at an e-store automatically begins to expect the same level of service from every virtual point of sale. Thus, the expectation loop is born, and the only thing for retailers to do is to innovate, innovate and innovate. [More...]

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The Latest Efforts to Make the iPhone Obsolete Could Have Teeth

The Mobile World Congress is the annual event where everyone who hates
Apple goes to grouse about their profits and point out Apple's lack of
real progress. That's pretty much everyone who is anyone, aside from
Apple itself, which also is at the event. Much like CES often does, MWC
tends to spin pretty hard toward the "I hate Apple, I'd like to be
Apple" crowd of competitors.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85863.html

The 3D E-Commerce Revolution

We're living in a time when customer expectations change particularly
fast, and retailers that can't keep up get left behind. A consumer who
enjoys the online shopping experience at an e-store automatically begins
to expect the same level of service from every virtual point of sale.
Thus, the expectation loop is born, and the only thing for retailers to
do is to innovate, innovate and innovate.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85855.html

Samsung Unveils New S10s, Pushes Envelope With Fold

Samsung held its annual Unpacked event in San Francisco's Bill Graham
Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, presenting fans with a new product lineup
that includes three versions of its flagship Galaxy S10, plus the Galaxy
S10 5G, the Galaxy Fold, and several new wearables. All of the devices
have an edge-to-edge display that increases the amount of screen real
estate available.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85858.html

GhostBSD: A Solid Linux-Like Open Source Alternative

The subject of this week's Linux Picks and Pans is a representative of a
less well-known computing platform that coexists with Linux as an open
source operating system. If you thought that the Linux kernel was the
only open source engine for a free OS, think again. BSD shares many of
the same features that make Linux OSes viable alternatives to
proprietary computing platforms.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85859.html

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