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Microsoft granted license to export 'mass-market' software to Huawei

Stephen Nellis and Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 08:44 AM

The Commerce Department confirmed it had begun issuing licenses for some companies to sell goods to Huawei, expanding the company's supplier base and providing long-awaited clarity to the industry that once sold it billions of dollars worth of goods. Read more »

Stop! Don’t charge your smartphone this way

Aimee Ortiz, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 21 11:49 AM

As the busy holiday season approaches, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is warning travelers about a USB charger scam, or “juice jacking.” Read more »

How iPhone, Apple Watch can help reshape health research

Natasha Singer, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 15 08:47 PM

The Harvard study is just one of three new large research efforts that Apple is working on with leading academic research centers and health organizations. Together, the studies, which Apple is paying for, show how the Silicon Valley giant and its popular products are reshaping medical research. Read more »

Hello Moto: Razr flip phone gets Android rebirth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 12:45 PM

The 2019 Motorola Razr folds out into a smartphone with a 6.2-inch screen, unlike Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X, which are designed as phones that unfold into a tablet computer. Read more »

Check by Google: Internet giant wants to make banking smart

Stacy Cowley and Tara Siegel Bernard, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 14 08:10 AM

Google is teaming up with two banks, Citigroup and the Stanford Federal Credit Union, to begin offering a “smart checking” account next year. What fancy new features will “smart checking” include? The search giant isn’t sure. Neither are its partners. Read more »

Steve Jobs was right: Smartphones and tablets killed the PC

Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 14 07:54 AM

Apple unveiled a new 16-inch MacBook with a revamped keyboard on Wednesday, good news for the many Apple lovers who’ve been grumbling about the company’s lackluster slate of recent Macs. Read more »

Browsing your phone while walking? Here’s how to break that awful habit

Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 14 07:52 AM

People are, by nature, information-seeking creatures. When we regularly check our phones, we are snacking on information from devices that offer an all-you-can-eat buffet of information. Read more »

Mate 30 hands-on: Flagship experience for less

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 11:23 AM

The Mate 30 series is P16,000 cheaper than the P50,990 Mate 30 Pro. Add P2,000 and you can buy a Nova 5T, by itself a phone that punches above its price point. Read more »

Trump officials battle over shutting China from US tech

Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 24 12:29 PM

The Silicon Valley giant’s research lab in Santa Barbara, California, reached a milestone that scientists had been working toward since the 1980s: Its quantum computer performed a task that isn’t possible with traditional computers. Read more »

Galaxy Fold available in the Philippines 'soon,' Samsung says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 03:50 PM

The world's second largest smartphone vendor did not immediately release local pricing for the Galaxy Fold, which costs $1,980 in the US (roughly P101,300).   Read more »

Pixel 4 Review: Google Needs to Do More to Stand Out

Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 22 09:01 AM

While the Pixel’s hardware features were never as impressive as those of other high-end devices, Google stood out by leveraging its prowess in software and artificial intelligence to meet — and sometimes exceed — its competitors in areas like smartphone photography. Read more »

China's 'unicorn' startups exceed US number for first time

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 04:19 PM

There were 206 Chinese firms out of a global total of 494 ultra-valuable start-ups -- known as "unicorns" -- in June 2019, according to the research firm Hurun Report.   Read more »

It's not you, it's the algorithm: Why smartphones take great photos

Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 16 08:47 AM

Our phones are working hard to make photos look good, with minimal effort required from the user. Read more »

Android co-creator working on super tall smartphone

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 11:15 AM

The device, which fits in the palm, is roughly the size of a digital voice recorder, based on photos posted on Twitter by Rubin and the official Essential page. Read more »

Smartphone addiction? That's really a 'you' problem

Nellie Bowles, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 07 09:04 AM

For instance: Have your phone on silent so there will be fewer external triggers. Email less and faster. Don’t hang out on Slack. Have only one laptop out during meetings. Read more »

Huawei Mate 30 Pro hands-on: Powerful cameras, slick performance

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 05:32 PM

In case the cookie-sized camera module on the back and the "cine" branding on the 4 Leica-engineered lenses weren't enough to get the message across, Huawei wants to add imaging to the power that the Mate series is known for with the Mate 30 Pro. Read more »

Huawei unwraps Mate 30 series with 5G, quad cameras

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 10:08 PM

Huawei on Thursday launched its 5G-capable Mate 30 line of smartphones, aiming to compete with Apple's iPhone 11 and Samsung's Galaxy Note. Read more »

Huawei's Mate 30 smartphones set for global unveiling

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 06:05 AM

Shenzhen-based Huawei has teased 5G, improved low-light camera performance, slow-motion capture and faster performance over-all on the Mate 30, but has not said which operating system will run on the phone. Read more »

Huawei Nova 5T hands-on: Android flagship for less (Yes, Android)

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 12:12 PM

For roughly a third of the cost of the Huawei P30 Pro, the Nova 5T packs the same flagship processor and 4 rear cameras, again making the case for power-packed smartphones minus eye-watering price tags. Read more »

'Shazam for art' apps help smartphone users ID paintings

Sophie Haigney, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 12 01:05 PM

Magnus is part of a wave of smartphone apps trying to catalog the physical world as a way of providing instantaneous information about songs or clothes or plants or paintings.  Read more »