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Apple is about to hold its biggest event of the year. Here's what will happen

9/4/2018, 1:02:19 AM
The iPhone will be the star of the show, but there'll be a full chorus of updates joining it



Stop! Don't buy a new iPhone until the fourth week of September

9/3/2018, 4:53:57 PM
Apple historically lowers prices on older models and has offered better storage terms in the fourth week of September. The company is debuting new iPhones on Sept. 12, which would be expected to hit stores by the end of the month. At the same time, older models will be discounted. ✔ The next editions of the iPhone, coming in September, are expected to be the larger ever, with one edition topping out at 6.5 inches ✔ Remember that once you buy an iPhone, you can’t upgrade your storage, unlike some Android phones, such as the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9, which have expandable memory



Here's why your iPhone is a much better buy than Android phones

9/3/2018, 4:22:28 PM
WITH NEW iPhones and Pixel phones on the horizon, this could be your last chance to flog your old blower for cash before its value plummets. And Apple’s 2017 handsets can net you the most dos… ✔ Another recent study backs up the data by showing that a used iPhone X sells for around 85 percent of its brand-new price, according to B-Stock, a company that helps businesses liquidate their excess phone stock ✔ It’s well known that Apple devices hold more value than any other phone brand, however, what’s interesting to see is that its latest devices such as the X and 8 have held onto their values more than any other previous Apple model, said Liam Howley, marketing director at MusicMagpie



In encryption wars, it can be a matter of life or death

9/3/2018, 11:01:56 PM
Imagine this: A bomb's about to go off in the CBD. Apple could help prevent it. Would privacy or security win out? ✔ As Philip Ruddock, a former Liberal attorney-general, countered in a 2015 parliamentary inquiry concerning Australia's mandatory metadata retention laws: I would put it to you that the right to life, which is a human right, is of fundamentally greater importance than the right to privacy



Will 2018 be the year small phones die?

9/3/2018, 6:06:15 PM
Are we close to witnessing the death of small phones? ✔ At the same time, devices of the more petite variety developed a reputation for being crappy ✔ Maybe there's still a market for small phones, and maybe there isn't ✔ TCL (of BlackBerry fame) is also thought to be cooking up a revival of the Palm phone brand ✔ Follow all the latest news from IFA 2018 here!



‘Five Eyes’ govt spy ring seeks laws to make big tech companies share encrypted messages

9/3/2018, 8:24:19 PM
A global network of intelligence agencies wants easier access to your private and encrypted messages. In a barely veiled warning to tech companies, it has promised to make things tough for those that don’t comply. ✔ After a meeting on Australia’s Gold Coast last week, ministers for the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand – known as the ‘Five Eyes’ – have shared their vision for worldwide snooping in a joint statement ✔ To that end, the ministers present at last week’s meeting invited several senior digital industry representatives who did not accept the invitation



Google's new pixel phone revealed after rider leaves it in a Lyft

9/3/2018, 4:54:57 PM
Another set of images claiming to show the Pixel 3 XL has leaked - this time from a Lyft driver who discovered the device in the back of his car, left behind by a forgetful passenger. ✔ Small bezels can be seen at the top of the device, as well as a chin at the bottom ✔ Will have google's Lens AI software  Will run Google's new augmented reality software ARCore  The next generation flagship handset will be officially unveiled in just a few hours ✔ The new phones have an 'always on display' that will display the time, notifications and even what song is playing



These are the most wanted retro items on eBay that could be worth up to £1,555 - here's how to cash in

9/3/2018, 4:22:31 PM
RETRO iPods, Nokia 3310s and Sony Walkmans are just some of the most searched for items on eBay over the past few years. The auction site has seen a sharp rise in the number of shoppers hoping to b… ✔ If you've got a typewriter from the 60s or 70s knocking about at home then you can expect to sell it for around £160 ✔ Because buyers like musicMagpie.co.uk and Zapper.co.uk will fork out for your secondhand Lego or you might be able to get a better deal by selling it on eBay



‘Five Eyes’ governments call on tech giants to build encryption backdoors — or else

9/3/2018, 5:43:27 PM
A pact of five nation states dedicated to a global “collect it all” surveillance mission has issued a memo calling on their governments to demand tech companies build backdoor access to their users’ encrypted data — or face measures to force companies to comply. The international … ✔ Without access, law enforcement has extensively lobbied against companies using end-to-end encryption, claiming it hinders criminal investigations ✔ Although the UK’s more recent intelligence laws have been interpreted as allowing the government to compel companies to break their own encryption, wider legal efforts across the other member states have failed to pass



Folding phones: the future of the smartphone, or just another fad?

9/3/2018, 5:32:39 PM
Samsung, Huawei and Motorola are all working on them ✔ Turing's HubblePhone could have as many as four screens, but it's yet to make it beyond the concept video stage Samsung, Motorola, LG, Apple and Huawei have all filed patents which pertain to folding screens on smart devices, and LG even demonstrated a 65-inch rollable OLED TV earlier this year



20 years on: Tech giant Google launches

9/4/2018, 12:50:23 AM
In 1998 the planet's go-to search engine was launched. We look back at the rapid rise of Google with this 2011 Good Weekend article from the archives. ✔ Googlers - thousands of them - stream into Charlie's to feast on pretty well anything they might desire: Asian soups, fajitas, gourmet pizzas, seaweed salads, steaks, casseroles, sushi, burgers straight off the hot plate, cheesecake, fresh fruit, exotic ice-creams



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