U.S. accused of procuring Israeli spyware that surveils through smartphones
The U.S. intelligence community is accused of acquiring spyware technology from the Israeli tech firm NSO Group that could snoop on just about anyone through their smartphone. The alleged procurement of the technology came before the Biden administration…
Facing phone battery issues frequently? Know how to boost phone battery
Smartphones are miniature supercomputers now! In fact smartphones are now equipped with almost all the necessities that anyone requires that will probably put the supercomputers of a couple of generations ago to shame. But the cost to be paid for these…
Third COVID wave looms in Indonesia as omicron spreads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is bracing for a third wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly transmissible omicron variant drives a surge in new cases, health authorities and experts said Saturday. The country reported 9,905 new infections and…
Pamplin Media Group – BUSINESS Briefs
The Business Briefs are short news items abouit what’s new in the Southeast Portland business community March “in-person” AHB meeting – “How to lower your Schedule C Taxes”: In February’s monthly meeting of Southeast…
Samsung led smartphone shipments for 2021, beating out Apple
Samsung released the Galaxy S21 FE earlier this month. Lisa Eadicicco/CNET Companies shipped 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, a 5.7% increase over the previous year, market researcher IDC said Thursday. However, supply chain issues meant that fewer…
Google possibly hints at Pixel 6A in coloring book, report says
Google’s Pixel 6 smartphone, left, and the larger Pixel 6 Pro. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google may have leaked the name of its next smartphone in, of all things, a coloring book, according to a report. Here is part of a Pixel 6 page from…
National News Literacy Week: Navigating social media
This week is National News Literacy Week, and in 2022, more people are getting their news and other content from social media platforms. Annie Margaret, an assistant professor at the Atlas Institute at the University of Colorado in Boulder is hoping to…
Red Magic 7 teaser video has tons of cute kitties
TL;DR The new teaser video for the Nubia Red Magic 7 features tons of adorable kitties. You can see the phone a few times in the video, but they appear quickly and then vanish. The next gaming phone from the brand should have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 under…
Samsung and Apple dominated the smartphone market in 2021
Despite the supply chain issues last year, the smartphone market managed to grow year-over-year, according to a pair of reports from Counterpoint Research and Omdia. The overall winners of the market were the usual duo of Apple and Samsung, the reports…
Google is investing another $1 billion in India’s smartphone market
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Google is investing up to $1 billion in a major Indian telecom company, a move it hopes will drive down the cost of smartphones in a huge and rapidly expanding market. Google said in a statement Friday that it would invest…