Should the iPhone 7 Plus support the Apple Pencil?

By the time Apple got around to releasing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, big smartphones were a pretty common element in the smartphone market. Devices with 4.7-inch displays, and bigger, were all over the place, even some with screens reaching up to six inches or more. Some of you out there might even remember seeing pictures of people holding up tablets with similar screen sizes to their faces, and how silly we all thought that was back then.

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Lenovo teases 'a new chapter in tablets' and new Moto Mods for IFA 2016

IFA is the next big mobile conference, and it’s happening in less than one month. Ahead of the show’s kick-off, Lenovo has posted a video teaser about what we can expect from the company.

In its new clip, Lenovo says that we should follow them at IFA as they unveil their “latest innovations.” The company goes on to tease “a new chapter in tablets” as well as new Moto Mods modules. You can watch the full teaser above.

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Are you holding out hope for a Surface Phone?

I will admit (although I believe it’s obvious) that when I try to come up with article ideas, I tend to forget about and gloss over Windows 10 Mobile. I think it has a proper foundation to become something great, but even as a casual user I find that I can’t stick with a Windows 10 Mobile device any longer than I could a basic flip phone (well, maybe a little longer). In the end, though, my app-centric lifestyle is never satisfied by a Windows 10 Mobile device.

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Google fined $6.8 million by Russian antitrust body

Russia's antitrust body has slapped Google with a $6.8 million fine after ruling that the firm didn't do enough to open Android up to other companies. Officials believe that the search engine has abused its dominant position by crowding-out domestic rivals like Yandex, commonly known as Russia's Google. For instance, other firms aren't able to pre-load rivals apps for navigation or search on Android devices that are certified ready for Google Play. It's an accusation that Google denies and its representatives have already told the New York Times that it's reading the charges "closely."

Via: NYT

Source: FAS

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CVS Pay is a new mobile payment service for use at CVS Pharmacy stores

Shortly after Apple Pay launched in October 2014, some retailers began blocking Apple's mobile payment service and others. That included CVS, who today is launching their own mobile payment service to compete with Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay.

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BlackBerry DTEK50 review: Cheap, secure and better than expected

BlackBerry's first Android phone was a curious, ambitious machine, so it's funny that the company's second turned out to be so ... practical. The $299 DTEK50 is affordable from the get-go, lacks a physical keyboard and was basically tailor-made for corporations to buy in bulk. Seriously: BlackBerry has been pretty candid about the fact that this is a "fleet" device, a supersecure phone it hopes will attract companies trying to trick out their mobile workforce. BlackBerry is trying to pitch this to regular people too, though, and in the process, it's hurling the DTEK into a crowded, crazy-competitive pool of midrange phones. Spoiler alert: It's probably not for you.

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UK grants new powers to remotely block illegal prison mobiles

Mobile phones have to be one of the most valuable kinds of prison contraband, where they're used for keeping in touch with loved ones all the way through to running criminal empires from behind bars. According to the UK government, close to 15,000 handsets and SIM cards were confiscated last year alone. But thanks to new powers granted to prison and police officers, they can now be disconnected remotely, removing the need to physically find the things to take them out of circulation.

Source: Home Office

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