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Protecting the Fold

March 15, 2019
Bendy Gorilla Glass will enable better foldables Corning describes itself as being in the “science of glass” business. It’s an apt description for the company. If there’s a glass

NFC Standard Takes Aim at QR Codes

March 14, 2019
Can NFC payments usurp the large QR economy? In parts of Asia, particularly in China, the use of QR codes to pay for goods and services has become commonplace,

Zuckerberg’s About-Facebook

March 13, 2019
Founder outlines new strategy based on strong principles Last week Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, published a substantial blog piece outlining a new strategy for the company. In it

Virgin Media Debuts Intelligent Wi-Fi

March 12, 2019
UK provider positions speed and price as competitive advantages This morning, Virgin Media announced the launch of Intelligent Wi-Fi, a service that aims to optimize the broadband experience for

Time for Execs, Not Techs, to Get AI-Savvy

March 11, 2019
Microsoft launches free AI business school Machine learning and, more broadly, artificial intelligence (AI) have become the tech industry’s most important trends over the past 18 months. And despite

5G Contests Are All the Rage

March 8, 2019
Operators and device makers recruit the public for help Things aren’t always done in what would seem to be the proper order. This is certainly true for mobile operators,

IoT Highlights from Embedded World 2019

March 7, 2019
Nuremberg fair reveals shifts in operational technology Embedded World focusses on the computing needed within all types of machine. This spans a huge set of suppliers, covering everything from

Oppo Plots International Expansion

March 6, 2019
Another Chinese Phone-Maker Sets Up Shop in Europe Oppo is a smartphone brand with a focus on Asia. It gets the vast majority of its sales from its home

Phish Fight

March 5, 2019
Web Consortium Addresses “the World’s Password Problem” The Internet is great. Passwords are lousy. Current web authentication methods have become somewhat cumbersome, but what’s worse is that they’ve enabled

An Unfolding Market

March 4, 2019
Are New Flagships Making the Case for Mid-Level Smartphones? We never doubted the $2,000 smartphone would come, and in 2018 we wrote that devices with this steep new price