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Apple iPhone XR Predicted To Outsell iPhone 8 During Holiday Season

10/16/2018, 1:56:40 AM
The upcoming iPhone XR is likely to outperform last year’s iPhone 8 during the holiday season. ✔ Apple’s iPhone XR is now believed to do better than last year’s iPhone 8 during the holiday season and even in early 2019 ✔ AppleInsider managed to obtain a copy of Ming-Chi Kuo’s latest research note on Monday, and the news outlet disclosed the predictions made by the renowned analyst on the demand and market performance of the upcoming iPhone XR ✔ However, in his latest research note, Kuo changed his prediction to 83 million units



Apple Teases Adobe Photoshop CC For iPad Pro, ‘Some Really Amazing Technology’

10/16/2018, 12:57:49 AM
Apple’s Phil Schiller has teased upcoming products from the Cupertino giant’s collaboration with Adobe. ✔ Adobe’s Photoshop CC is already scheduled to come to iPad tablets next year ✔ It is said to combine vector drawing, raster graphics and the Photoshop engine into a single app that is also scheduled for release next year, as per Ars Technica ✔ Apple and Adobe are collaborating on new apps for the iPad Air



International Trade Commission judge gives Apple a free pass to infringe on Qualcomm patent

10/16/2018, 2:27:05 AM
A U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge recently did something extraordinary and virtually unprecedented. He found a patent valid and infringed, but recommended that there should be no remedy. This is an incredibly troubling development that should concern anyone who believes, as did the Framers of the U.S. Constitution, that patent rights are important for the advancement of the country. ✔ Essentially, Qualcomm had developed an important, inventive technology that turned out to be so useful that other companies, like Apple, wanted to incorporate it in their own products ✔ • Kristen Osenga is a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and senior scholar at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property



Pakistan vs Australia LIVE stream: How to watch Test cricket on TV or online

10/16/2018, 5:14:23 AM
PAKISTAN VS AUSTRALIA LIVE STREAM - How to watch Test match cricket on TV or online. ✔ Usman Khawaja's century helped Australia draw the first Test against Pakistan (Image: GETTY) Abu Dhabi hosts the second Test between Pakistan and Australia (Image: GETTY) But I'm sure they know what they're trying to do, we certainly know what we're trying to do



Surface Pro 6 Review | Digital Trends

10/16/2018, 7:12:52 AM
It’s been updated to its sixth generation, now coming dressed in black and packing a quad-core processor. Those two recognizable features of the Surface Pro 6 are here -- and are great. But don’t be fooled: You’ll have to dig a little deeper to see where Microsoft has made some truly noteworthy improvements. ✔ And Microsoft didn’t make any real performance concessions to squeeze the components into the Surface Pro 6’s tiny frame ✔ Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Compared To Samsung Chromebook Pro Lenovo Yoga 730 Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 Samsung Notebook 9 Pen Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 3rd-gen HP Envy x2 (2017) Acer Switch 3 Samsung Galaxy Book Lenovo Yoga Book Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Dell XPS 12 (2013) Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13



China emerges as center of thriving used smartphone trade

10/16/2018, 4:38:22 AM
Carrier practices keep Japan out of step with secondhand market ✔ This electronics market in Guangzhou draws smartphone buyers from Africa and elsewhere ✔ Consumers are growing frustrated with high phone bills, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga even complained in August that cellphone companies should be able to cut rates by 40%



The Google Pixel 3 Is A Very Good Phone. But Maybe Phones Have Gone Too Far.

10/16/2018, 4:34:58 AM
We are captives to our phones, they are having a deleterious effect on society, and no one is coming to help us. On the upside, this is a great phone. ✔ A Palestinian man throws a Molotov cocktail along the Gaza sea barrier ✔ Some of the new Pixel 3’s best features are ones designed to help you not use the phone ✔ Digital Wellbeing (which you can also enable on the previous Pixels) will turn your phone’s screen grayscale and turn off your notifications



Microsoft Surface Pro 6 review: a fantastic tablet PC you shouldn't buy

10/16/2018, 7:15:43 AM
It looks, feels and works great, is cheaper than the previous version and lasts longer on a charge, but it still doesn’t have USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 ✔ The decision to omit the modern port is bizarre from Microsoft, given it has already shipped the Surface Book 2 and Surface Go with USB-C ✔ All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative ✔ By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that Skimlinks cookies will be set



Google Pixel 3 review: new AI, refined hardware, still the best camera

10/16/2018, 1:09:01 AM
Google continues to put software first and has once again created the best Android experience you can get, but this time it's wrapped in a much better machine. ✔ Technology Phones Google Pixel 3 review: new AI, refined hardware, still the best camera By Tim Biggs16 October 2018 11:56am Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size With a refined design, hugely improved screen technology and a pile of new AI-powered features, Google has apparently worked its way down the list of complaints from last year's great-but-imperfect phones, producing a pair of brilliant devices to go with its already impeccable software and cameras ✔ Similarly the camera experience here is in line with the philosophy of past Pixels, and although I haven't done any scientific testing I fully expect it to be rated the year's best smartphone camera, just as the Pixel 2 was last year



Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee

10/16/2018, 7:04:00 AM
The long read: Beekeepers are sounding the alarm about the latest developments in genetically modified pollinators ✔ The spring of 2008 was brutal for Europe’s honeybees ✔ France, the Netherlands and Italy reported big losses, but in Germany the incident took on the urgency of a national crisis ✔ What started as a backyard hobby quickly became an obsession, then a growing business



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