Qualcomm just unveiled a new high-end 800-series ARM processor, and I know what you’re thinking: Didn’t Qualcomm already announce its 2021 flagship system-on-a-chip (SoC)? It did, but the new Snapdragon 870 will slot in below the flagship Snapdragon 888. The 870 is more akin to last year’s 865, but …
Read More »AT&T Calls Via Alexa
Amazon this morning announced it’s teaming up with ATT on a new feature that will allow some ATT customers to make and receive phone calls through their Alexa-enabled devices, like an Amazon Echo smart speaker. Once enabled, customers with supported devices will be able to speak to the Alexa …
Read More »Draymond Green calls Kelly Olynyk ‘dirty’
Green had 17 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in Golden State’s series-clinching 121-95 win at Utah in Game 4. Earlier in the day, he expressed his opinion of Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk and the Cavaliers’ first two playoff opponents. Green brought up Kevin Love’s injury two years ago …
Read More »Drive calls and customers with display ads
Consumers today view display ads on their smartphones. And when they convert, many prefer to call. Display advertising drove over 28 billion calls in 2016, and marketers must change how they measure and optimize display campaigns to be successful in 2017. Read this playbook from DialogTech and learn how to: …
Read More »Google Duo adds supports for audio-only calls because why not
Google’s standalone video-calling app Duo is no longer just for video calls. The company announced today it’s adding support for audio-only calls – a feature aimed at increasing the app’s adoption in emerging markets, where a strong, high-bandwidth network connection isn’t always available. The option is first rolling out to …
Read More »Heal plans nationwide expansion for doctor house calls on demand
Already a hit in the limited California regions that it serves, doctor-on-demand startup Heal is planning to take its house call service to more cities across the country. Today, the company announced that it would be expanding into cities in Florida, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania by the end of the year. …
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs
Image copyright AP Image caption “From my own experience… it is much harder to make peace than to wage war,” Santos said The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said …
Read More »Senator calls for SEC investigation into Yahoo breach
Yahoo’s announcement last week that data from 500 million user accounts had been stolen in 2014 by what it called a “state-sponsored actor” certainly alarmed Yahoo’s users and its new bosses at Verizon. But now it seems that eyebrows were raised in the Senate as well. Senator Mark Warner, a …
Read More »T-Mobile Digits Lets You Take Calls From One Number On All Devices
T-Mobile has announced a new service called T-Mobile Digits which will let you use your phone number on all of your devices. The company is launching T-Mobile Digits in a limited beta at first, you can see how the service will work at the link below. “Phones today are nothing …
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