Welcome to the affordable smartphone boom. A combination of factors — whether it’s the slowing pace of innovation in phones and how we’re holding on to older models longer or the economic uncertainties of now and the near-future — has meant companies are chasing hypothetical new phone budgets with keenly priced devices.OnePlus That’s not an…
Android app stores have largely observed the license rule since 2016. Apple, however, took a looser approach, allowing developers to publish their games while they waited for authorization, which could take months. Estimates show there are roughly 60,000 affected games in the China App Store, but China’s regulators have only issued around 43,000 licenses since…
The Unit would have a “fairness-by-design” policy, too, and the power to separate platforms — Facebook and Instagram, for instance, or Google and YouTube — if it was needed to “ensure healthy competition.”These powers would be complimented by some company-specific initiatives. The regulator believes, for instance, that Google should be forced to hand over its…
Panasonic RZ-S500WPanasonic In terms of the Panasonic-branded models, the RZ-S500W ($180) is the ANC option. Like the EAH-AZ70W, these have an ambient sound mode, touch controls and easy access to Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri. The RZ-S500W is also IPX4 rated and the company claims the same battery life figures for this set of buds.…
The shape of the earbuds themselves is standard fare. They’re reasonably-sized circles. These are considerably smaller than what Sony offers, for example, but they’re deeper than the tiny Jabra Elite 75t or Galaxy Buds+. That extra room accommodates an acoustic chamber that Panasonic says is “precisely designed to control air flow.” In theory, it improves…
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