In this day and age of fast food journalism, with technology pundits vapidly expunging their opinions on that day’s technology fare, we sometimes miss something that is truly seminal that happened in our industry. That “something” would be Tim Cook’s refusal to turn over the keys to the kingdom – the security of the iPhone itself – to Federal authorities. The goal of these government agencies was to secure a skeleton key that would allow unfettered access to Apple devices, in important cases that would help solve crimes. Ultimately, it is widely believed that recent leaks of software backdoors made…This story continues at The Next Web Reported by The Next Web 5 hours ago.
The European Commission may hit Google with a record fine of over €1 billion (£874 million) over antitrust issues, according to a report from The Financial Times.
While both Apple and Samsung are struggling to find a way to integrate the fingerprint sensor in the display, a Chinese company is very close to launching a model featuring this technology. Chinese firm Vivo is currently giving the finishing touches to a model called X9 Plus and expected to come with a fingerprint reader integrated right into the display, thus eliminating the need for a physical home button or for a dedicated sensor on the back of the phone. While at this point little is known about this new Vivo model, it’s believed it’ll launch on June 28 at the Shanghai MWC conference, with sales to begin next month. Apple to offer it on the iPhone 8, Samsung late to the party As far as fingerprint sensors integrated into the display go, Apple is likely to be the first major company offering such a technology, with the upcoming iPhone 8 very li...
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BiAffect tracks typing speed, how hard keys are pressed and the use of backspace and spellcheck - all of which can reveal if the user is experiencing depression or manic episode.
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Consumers may not be able to get their hands on Apple 's iPhone 8 just yet, but they can purchase a screen protector for it. Pre-orders are open for the product that fits an edge-to-edge phone.
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Apple remains tight-lipped on everything iPhone 8, but the closer we get to the rumored launch in the fall, the more leaks seem to be pointing to major changes in terms of design. This time, @VenyaGeskin1, who has a good track on iPhone leaks, has discovered some alleged iPhone 8 screen protectors that provide us with an early look at the new design of Apple’s flagship device. Specifically, the screen protectors appear to confirm that the next iPhone will come with a bezel-less display, an approach that was already embraced by Samsung for its Galaxy S8 lineup and presumably for the upcoming Note 8 phablet as well. With narrow bezels, Apple can offer a bigger screen in a chassis that has almost the same dimensions as the one of the existing 4.7-inch model. So it’s a bigger display in a smaller phone, which for Apple users who want to stick with the original iPhone is an offer they can hardly r...
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