Samsung Updates the Notebook 7 Lineup
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| Samsung Updates the Notebook 7 Lineup | |
| Number | 854 |
| Broadcast Date | JUNE 3, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:59 |
| Hosts | Rich Stroffolino |
Samsung releases updates to the Notebook 7 13 and 15-inch models, the US DoJ and FTC split up jurisdiction over Amazon and Google, and Google Cloud services suffer a major outage.
Headlines
- Samsung announced new 13 and 15-inch Notebook 7 Windows laptops with diamond-cut edges, a wide trackpad and slim bezels, similar to MacBook Pros. Unlike Apple laptops, the Notebook 7s come with two USB 3.0 ports, one USB-C port, HDMI and microSD. Prices start at $999.99, coming to the US July 26. Samsung also announced the Notebook 7 Force with an Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics card, ethernet port and 16 GB of RAM base for $1499.
- At the Augmented World Expo, Samsung's director of developer relations for XR and gaming Farshid Fallah stated the company had plans to release “multiple AR and VR products” in the coming months. He stated Samsung had "further plans" for Gear VR. The last new Gear VR device was released in 2017, although Samsung phones through the Galaxy S10 are compatible with existing headsets. Samsung more recently released the Windows Mixed Reality headset, the Odyssey+.
- Sources tell The Washington Post that the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice have agreed to divide their focus on Amazon and Google, often a step taken preparatory to antitrust investigations. The two agencies agreed to give the FTC more jurisdiction over Amazon and the DoJ more jurisdiction over Google.
- The US State Department has updated its application forms for US visa applicants requiring nearly all to submit social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. That information was previously required only for applicants deemed to need extra scrutiny, about 65,000 per year. There are approximately 15 million visa applicants to the US per year.
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo told the Financial Times that the US derivatives regulator and Facebook are in talks regarding the company's plans for a cryptocurrency, reportedly called GlobalCoin. Giancarlo characterized the talks as in "very early stages" and focused on determining if launching the coin would fall in the CFTC's purview. He added, "if GlobalCoin launches as a stablecoin, ie backed by US dollars, there might be less of a need for derivatives tied to it."
- PayPal rolled out a new e-commerce platform, combining the company's payment system with back-end systems like fraud protection, compliance, onboarding, account authentication and dispute management. The platform will initially roll out to the United States, U.K. and Europe. Instagram Checkout and Facebook Marketplace are already running on the platform.
- Google announced at I/O this year that AR search for animals was coming, and the feature is rolling out on supporting devices in Chrome and the Google app. The AR representations can be selected in the Knowledge Panel in search, with a “View in 3D” button to see the 3D model, and a further “View in your space" button to launch it in AR. Google previously announced partnerships with NASA, New Balance, Samsung, Target, Visible Body, Volvo, and Wayfair to surface 3D content in search.
- The South China Morning Post reports that Foxconn has stopped several Huawei smartphone production lines due to reduced orders for new phones, according to sources. At a media briefing on May 31, Huawei's Honor-brand president Zhao Ming stated the company is reassessing it's goal to become the top-selling smartphone vendor by 2020, due to the recent US trade ban.
- A filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange shows that Huawei plans to sell a majority stake in Huawei Marine, its undersea telecom cable business, to optical networking company Hengtong Optic-Electric. Huawei Marine was formed in 2008 as a joint venture with Britain’s Global Marine, and Huawei Technologies gained majority voting rights on its board as of August 2018. Huawei Marine built more than 50,000 kilometers of cables, and reported a 2018 net profit of 115 million yuan ($16.66 million).
- Google Cloud services suffered a major 4-hour outage on June 2nd, starting around 3pm ET. The Google G Suite dashboard showed problems with almost all Google services, and YouTube, Snapchat, Nest, Vimeo, and Discord were also among those effected. As a result, some brick and mortar stores relying on Shopify were also unable to process credit cards during the outage. The outage was generally focused on the East Coast of the US, although some European users also reported outages. Google cited “high levels of network congestion in the eastern USA” for the disruption.
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| Preceded by: "Week in Review for the Week of 5/27/19" |
Samsung Updates the Notebook 7 Lineup |
Followed by: "Apple's WWDC 2019 Roundup" |