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Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020

Smartphone makers sold 1.32 billion handsets in 2020, a decline of 9.6 percent when compared…

Samsung to Provide at Least 4 Years of Android Security Updates on Many Devices

Samsung announced today that it will provide at least four years of Android security updates…

Spotify to Launch a Lossless Streaming Service in 2021

Spotify announced today that it plans to release Spotify HiFi, a lossless audio tier of…

Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU

Microsoft has joined forces with several news publishers in Europe to call on the EU…

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Vinyl (Premium)

We recently added a turntable to the Sonos system in our sunroom. It’s an interesting…

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Ask Paul: February 19 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s an excellent collection of reader questions to kick off the weekend. No…

Roku Surged in 2020 Too

Roku earned a gross profit of $808 million on revenues of $1.8 billion in the…

Huawei Expects Dramatically Lower Smartphone Sales in 2021

According to a report in Nikkei Asia, Huawei has alerted its suppliers that it will…

Microsoft Concludes Its SolarWinds Investigation

In December, Microsoft began an investigation into a SolarWinds-based breach of its internal systems. That…

Microsoft Announces Office 2021

Microsoft announced today that it will release Office 2021 for Windows and Mac by the…

Google Announces First Preview of Android 12

Google today announced the first Developer Preview release of Android 12, which the firm expects…

Apple TV+ Comes to Google TV

Google announced today that Apple TV+ is available on Chromecast with Google TV and will…

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I want to write about our recent vinyl purchases, but it occurred to me that…

Fall Guys Lands on Xbox This Summer

The Xbox team has announced today that Fall Guys will be coming to Xbox this…

Microsoft Finally Announces Windows 10 Version 21H1

Microsoft today formally announced Windows 10 version 21H1, and it released the first pre-release build…

Microsoft Brings FPS Boost to Backward Compatible Games

A new Xbox Series X|S feature called FPS Boost will improve the experience of playing…

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