Daily Archives: February 4, 2020

LG Electronics and ZTE said they have cancelled plans to participate in MWC later this month in Barcelona, Spain, because of coronavirus-related concerns. In a statement on its site, LG said it will skip MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, and launch this year’s releases at separate events “in the near future” instead. “With […]

LG and ZTE withdraw from MWC due to coronavirus-related concerns

This entry was posted in LG Mobile TC on February 4, 2020 by Catherine Shu

The cameras on our phones are getting good enough that it's becoming hard to justify having a dedicated picture-taking device. Fujifilm's X100 series has always made one of the strongest cases for it, however, and the latest iteration makes it more convincing than ever.

Fujifilm’s X100V strengthens the case for owning a compact camera

This entry was posted in cameras Gadgets hardware Photography on February 4, 2020 by Devin Coldewey

President Trump will deliver his third address before Congress Tuesday, on the eve of the Senate's scheduled vote on impeachment.

Watch Trump Give the 2020 State of the Union

This entry was posted in Gear on February 4, 2020 by Caitlin Kelly

Snapchat still isn’t profitable nearly two years after its IPO. In Q4 2019, Snap lost $241 million on 560.8 million in revenue that’s up 44% year-over-year and an EPS of $0.03. That comes from adding 8 million daily users to reach a total of 218, up 3.8% this quarter from 210 million and 17% year-over-year. […]

Snapchat hits 218M users but big Q4 losses sink share ...

This entry was posted in Advertising Tech Apps augmented reality Earnings Mobile Social TC and tagged snapchat on February 4, 2020 by Josh Constine

The former mobile powerhouse has been licensing its brand to Chinese smartphone company TCL since 2016. But that deal will expire this summer.

The End of the BlackBerry Is Officially Upon Us

This entry was posted in Gear on February 4, 2020 by Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica

U.S. consumers aren’t adopting voice-based shopping as quickly as expected, according to a new report today from eMarketer. While consumers have been happy to bring smart speakers into their home, they continue to use them more often for simple commands — like playing music or getting information, for example — not for making purchases. However, […]

Shopping via smart speakers is not taking off, report suggests

This entry was posted in Amazon eCommerce Gadgets shopping on February 4, 2020 by Sarah Perez

A UK government advisory body on AI and data ethics has recommended tighter controls on how platform giants can use ad targeting and content personalization. Concerns about the largely unregulated eyeball-grabbing targeting tactics of online platforms — be it via serving ‘personalized content’ or ‘microtargeted ads’ to individuals or groups of users — include the […]