UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent U.N. panel called Monday for much greater cooperation to bring digital technology to roughly half the world’s people, and a senior Google executive said mobile phones with internet access are being created to sell for about $20 that can help make this possible. Google Vice President Vinton Cerf said…
Facebook Stops Huawei From Pre-installing Apps on Phones
LONDON (AP) — Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, a move that deals a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant. The social network said it has suspended providing software for Huawei to put on its devices while…
Qualcomm Sees 6 GHz Primed for 5G Industrial IoT
Commercial 5G networks and smartphones have already launched in the U.S. and around the world, but as we wait for consumer applications to surface, much industry attention is also focused on the potential of 5G for private networks and Industrial IoT. “For industrial IoT, the increase in capacity and improvement in latency are just as,…
Characterization of Sigfox Devices from Lab to Production Line
The application note guides developers and manufactures of Sigfox Devices to perform the required and recommended measurements with test solutions from Rohde & Schwarz. The note will help bring ultranarrowband IoT devices and applications using Sigfox technology to the market as fast as possible and help ensure the desired quality and performance.
Aperture Tuning for 5G Smartphones
Antenna efficiency plays a critical role in overall smartphone RF performance. However, current broad trends in RF requirements – especially the forthcoming transition to 5G – and in smartphone industrial design, mean that smartphones must fit more antennas into less space. As a result, antennas are shrinking in size, which reduces antenna efficiency. Without compensating…
Tech is Vital Element in Search for Missing Hawaii Woman
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Technology is becoming a vital element in the search for a woman who went missing in a rural Hawaii forest. Volunteers searching for 35-year-old Amanda Heller are employing GPS devices and computers with live feeds and real-time data from the parking lot of the Makawao Forest Reserve on Maui, The Maui…
Chinese Man Guilty of Defrauding Apple Out of 1,500 iPhones
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should be replaced under warranty. He didn’t just submit a couple of the devices — he delivered in person or shipped to Apple around 3,000 of…
UK, Japan Mobile Operators Suspend Huawei 5G Phone Launches
LONDON (AP) — British and Japanese mobile phone companies said Wednesday they’re putting on hold plans to sell new devices from Huawei, in the latest fallout from U.S. tech restrictions aimed at the Chinese company. Britain’s EE and Vodafone and Japan’s KDDI and Y! Mobile said they are pausing the launch of Huawei smartphones, including…
Oculus Quest Standalone VR Headset Launches
Facebook-owned Oculus launched the fully standalone Oculus Quest VR headset today, hoping to generate mainstream appeal for VR, a technology that has not quite garnered the widespread adoption some had hyped. An Oculus Blog calls the headset an all-in-one, fully immersive 6DOF (Six Degrees of Freedom) VR gaming system that comes with touch controllers…
Speed Tests Clock 1 Gbps+ on Verizon’s 5G Network
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G launched in the U.S. yesterday and devices clocked in speeds above 1 Gbps on Verizon’s millimeter wave 5G network in Chicago during real-world speed tests. CNET tech journalist Jessica Dolcourt wrote that her experience with Verizon’s 5G network in Chicago on Wednesday was “night and day” compared to similar tests…