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…
Verizon Launches Samsung 5G Smartphone, Sprint Taking Pre-Orders for 5G Devices
Samsung’s first 5G smartphone, the Galaxy S10 5G, is available in the U.S. from Verizon starting today. Sprint, meanwhile, announced the carrier will start taking preorders on Friday for 5G devices from LG and HTC. The price tag for the 256GB Galaxy S10 5G is $1,299 or $54.16 per month for 24 months with Verizon’s…
Apple’s Fiscal 2Q Revenue, Profit Sag Amid iPhone Slump
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple’s sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company’s increasing emphasis on services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use. Revenue for the January-March quarter fell 5% from the same time in 2017 to $58 billion,…
Samsung’s 1Q Profit Slides on Falling Chip Prices
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels. The South Korean technology giant said its operating profit for the January-March period came in at 6.2 trillion…
California Approves Free Phones, Internet for Foster Youth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Young people in California’s foster system will get free cellphones and internet access under a unique program approved Thursday that supporters say will bridge a digital divide. The California Public Utilities Commission passed the $22 million pilot program that will provide smartphones to more than 30,000 current and former foster youth…
5 Reasons IT Teams Spend Too Much Time Troubleshooting Wireless Networks
If you’ve ever worked in IT, chances are you’ve heard countless complaints from network operators and administrators about how much time they spend troubleshooting. A new research report from Sirkin Research and LiveAction corroborates these grievances, revealing that 42% of network operations (NetOps) teams struggle to find time to work on strategic business initiatives, while…
China’s Huawei Says 1Q Sales Up 39%
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday its revenue rose 39% over a year earlier in the latest quarter despite U.S. pressure on allies to shun its telecom technology as a security risk. Huawei, the biggest global maker of network equipment for phone and internet companies, on Monday reported revenue of 179.7 billion…