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How to make an AirTag holder for your pet’s collar

One seemingly obvious use for Apple’s new $29 AirTag tracker is for pets. As a new dog owner, I wanted to add an AirTag to my dog’s existing leather collar, but the options currently available are lousy. AirTags are small, but they’re not that small. Most AirTag holders currently available from Apple and its partners… Read more

Samsung won’t physically attend Mobile World Congress

Samsung representatives won’t show up in person to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, according to a statement obtained by Reuters. The company says it has “made the decision to withdraw from exhibiting in-person” and will instead attend remotely to prioritize the health and safety of its customers and employees. Samsung has yet to… Read more

‘Hey Spotify’ is another hands-free way to control your music, rolling out now

If you want to pull up your favorite Spotify track or playlist without pressing buttons, there is no shortage of voice assistants to help you get those jams, including Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and even Bixby. But now, Spotify has its own hands-free wake word: “Hey Spotify” appears to be rolling out on Android… Read more

Huawei Mate X2 teaser hints at new folding screen design

Huawei has posted another teaser for its upcoming Mate X2 folding phone on Weibo, offering the strongest hint yet that it’ll move away from the original Mate X’s design. The first Mate X, announced in 2019 and refreshed in 2020, had a single large screen that folded in half so that the display was on… Read more

MWC insists on holding potential COVID-19 superspreader event in Barcelona

The world’s largest phone show, Mobile World Congress, is moving forward with an in-person event in June, despite the risks that it could turn into a COVID-19 superspreader event. Over 100,000 people usually attend MWC. John Hoffman, the CEO of the GSM Association (which organizes the show) says those numbers will be scaled back this… Read more

Flashback: the LG KE850 Prada had the first capacitive touchscreen, not the iPhone

Many think that the iPhone was the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen, but that’s not the case – the LG KE850 Prada was announced a month earlier (December 15, 2006) compared to Apple’s unveiling at the Macworld Expo (January 9, 2007). Sales of the KE850 started in May of 2007 at a price of… Read more

Redmi Note 10 Pro appears in FCC listing

Back in November, we saw a TENAA listing for what is widely believed to be the Redmi Note 10 and now the Pro variant has surfaced in an FCC document. Redmi Note 10 Pro FCC listing The device bears the M2101K6G model number and the listing details confirm this will be a 4G device supporting… Read more

TechStage | Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 in the test: waterproof and hard

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test: hard but slow Oneplus Nord N 10 5G in the test : Gallop in price Oppo Find X2 Pro in the test: performance bargain Asus… Read more

realme Koi (Race) will arrive with Snapdragon 888 and probable fast charging at 125W: here are the first live photos

Interesting news has arrived on the next series flagship realme Race, recently renamed to realme Koi. The device will mount the Snapdragon SoC 888 and triple cam, some leaks suggest a fast recharge from 125 W by Lorenzo Tirotta published on 30 December 2020 , at 08: 11 in the Telephony channel Realme realme together… Read more

GSM mobile communications: Switzerland is switching off

2021 Switzerland is switching off: At the beginning of January, the semi-state mobile network operator Swisscom will start switching off its GSM network. Private competition is also pulling along. The second generation of mobile communications, the “Global System for Mobile Communications”, is being phased out slowly for some and faster for others. While that takes… Read more

In 2020, live product launches turned into infomercials

In a year when the spread of COVID-19 made bringing large crowds together impossible, companies around the world had to reevaluate their love affair with the live product launch. Packing hundreds of attendees into extravagant venues to hang on every word of company executives was never going to be possible in an era of social… Read more

Farewell to Norman Abramson, pioneer of wireless networks

Between the years’ 60 is ’70 the foundations have been laid for the realization of radio transmission networks: Norman Abramson is one of the minds behind that very important technological innovation for modern society by Andrea Bai published 14 December 2020 , at 19: 21 in the web channel Maybe it’s a name that will… Read more