Cloud gaming, not Fortnite, poses the longer-term app challenge for Apple
Over at ZDNet, Ross Rubin explains why cloud gaming services provide a bigger challenge to Apple’s business model than even a very popular game than Fortnite.
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LG as the last O.G.
Mobile phone history can be described in two eras — B.C. (Basic Cellphones) and A.D. (Apple Dominance). So profound was the iPhone’s imact was that it wiped the slate of competitors nearly clean; Samsung is the only company from...
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Why now could be the right time to join the Fold
Over at ZDNet, Ross Rubin discusses how the Galaxy Z Fold 2 offers smart features with the fewest amount of compromises.
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reMarkable 2 and Freewrite Traveler deliver focused products for focused creative work
At ZDNet, Ross Rubin writes about the reMarkable 2 and Freewrite Traveler, two devices that offer oases for those avoiding digital distraction.
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Microsoft vs. Google: The state of first-party devices in the ecosystem
At ZDNet, Ross Rubin lays out criteria for evaluating the first-party device efforts of Google and Microsoft, contrasting the need to balance market inroads against common competitors with competition against licensees.
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Amazon’s Echo Loop discreetly wraps Alexa around your finger
Writing in ZDNet, Ross Rubin looks at the benefits and market impact of Amazon’s Echo Loop, an affordavle smart ring that puts a discreet Alexa experience on your finger.
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Apple Silicon MacBooks will be the laptops that iPads were never supposed to be
At ZDNet, Ross Rubin discusses how Apple Silicon MacBooks will relieve the pressure on iPads to be the laptops they were never designed to be while touching on whether Apple will extend a value entry to its laptop line.
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Pixel 5 is a reminder that Google’s phones have never been all that relevant
Ross Rubin speaks with CNET and showed off the clever Hold for Me feature, but most of the focus was on the home as the company strives to find meaningful differentiation in the handset market.
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With HP’s Reverb 2, the Omnicept edition, VR experiences you
At ZDNet, Ross Rubin looks at the forthcoming Omnicept edition of HP’s Reverb 2 VR headset, which borrows from the smartwatch in bringing physiology tracking to wearables.
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When second screens are the second priority
Phones with internal folding or dual displays dramatically increase the real estate available to work on an app or multiple apps. But in current implementations such as the Surface Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 2, these come at a...
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