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It’s the Apple-Nokia conflict all over again, but this time it’s between Apple and one of its key chip suppliers, Qualcomm. The row appears to be over how much of a premium Qualcomm is charging for its modem chips in past and future models of iPhone. If you’ve been following this thread, you’ll remember that Apple…
On Tuesday morning, Apple released the first iOS 10.3 beta to developers. This is the third major iteration of the iOS 10 operating system for iPhones and other mobile devices from Apple. iOS 10.3 beta was supposed to be out by January 10, but on January 9, Apple released iOS 10.2.1, presumably forcing this update…
Earlier this month Samsung had indicated that the cause of the Note 7 explosions and other mis-events was the batteries. On Sunday, Samsung has made its full findings known, and we now know what the actual battery problems were. The root cause seems to be how the batteries themselves were put together. In the case…
Microsoft is possibly one of the biggest comeback stories in the world of technology. After seeing their Windows revenues decline over several quarters, Microsoft is finally back to profitability and growth once again. The Windows problem hasn’t gone away yet, but the company now has enough new and growing parts in its business to offset the…
Android Wear 2.0, Google’s smart watch operating system based on the Android OS, will be released on February 9, according to a leak by “generally reliable leaker” Evan Blass. While there were earlier rumors of two new smart watch models under development, we now think that they could be the LG smart watches that the…
Finally, we’ve got some increased visibility around how our MacBook Pro’s battery gets affected by screen brightness. A new feature introduced in the recently launched fourth beta of macOS 10.12.3 has a “Display Brightness” alert that shows up if your screen is set to a brightness of more than 75%. Clicking the warning will automatically…
It’s a sad day for the world of entertainment. After more than fourteen decades in the business, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end the “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of what is probably the greatest circus act in history told AP that they are closing their act for good in May…
There’s constant talk about the top cloud service providers being in a price war against each other. That war is reportedly being promoted and executed by none other than current cloud leader Amazon Web Services. At 1redDrop, we wanted to know the reality of the situation, so we took a look at one of Amazon’s…
Two years after leaving Google, the creator of Android, the world’s most prolific mobile operating system, Andrew E. “Andy” Rubin, is now ready to launch his own mobile hardware company, Essential Products Inc. Andy Rubin’s company intends to launch a high-end smartphone with a “large screen and no bezel”. The Essential smartphone will compete with…
Apple has just dropped iOS 10.2.1 beta 4 a few hours ago, but it looks like a very minute increment possibly with some key bug fixes. The fact that beta 4 dropped so quickly after beta 3 of iOS 10.2.1 was released (earlier this week) could mean one of two things – either there was…
Google’s Android mobile operating system has declined in terms of market share in the most lucrative market in the world yet again. According to data released by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the period ending November 2016 saw Android’s market share decline in key markets including Great Britain, France and Australia. The good news for Android is that its…
When Microsoft launched its first All-in-one PC, the Surface Studio, the market as well as the media were impressed. But the starting price point of $2,999 was a little less digestible, considering the average price of a reasonably specced PC is about half that. However, despite the pricing hurdle and the fact that this was…
A recent press release by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declares that, according to the Department of Transportation, airline operators in the United States are no longer required to issue the pre-flight warning about carrying Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on board. The reprieve is a significant one for Samsung, which issued a statement shortly…
Apple was reportedly going to release a beta version of iOS 10.3 today, January 10, but instead they’ve dropped the third beta for iOS 10.2.1. What’s new in this version, and should you upgrade? Typically, incremental builds from Apple have had little to offer other than the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, and so…
Italian hacker Luca Todesco is just about to do it again. After his Yalu iOS 10 – 10.1.1 jailbreak beta went viral last month, Todesco is extending the tool to include an iOS 10.2 jailbreak. Unfortunately, the JB doesn’t work on iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus models running iOS 10.2. For older devices, Todesco is not…
