Lenovo Announces X1 and L13 ThinkPads
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| Lenovo Announces X1 and L13 ThinkPads | |
| Number | 927 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 27, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:45 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
Yelp rolls out new personalized results, Netflix announces “The Irishman” hits US theaters November 1, Nest Hello doorbell now tracks box delivery.
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- The BBC is making its own smart voice assistant for use in its website and apps for mobile and smart TVs. The voice assistant, called "Beeb" will also be made available for manufacturers to include in devices like smart speakers. Beeb is planned for launch next year.
- Gartner released its estimates that worldwide smartphone shipments declined 1.7% year over year in the second quarter, from 374 million to 368 million. Only two of the top 5 markets, China and Brazil, saw growth and China's growth was 0.5%. India saw a 2.3% drop. Huawei and Samsung both saw growth as well, with Samsung's growth coming from mid-range and entry-level handsets.
- 9to5Google notes that the original Chromecast seems to be stuck on firmware 1.36.159268 while all other Chromecasts have the most recent 1.42 firmware. The preview program also shows the 1st gen Chromecast getting 1.36 versions. Google told 9to5Google it will "continue to update it with bug and security fixes."
- The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency or CISA told Reuters it is working alongside, "election officials and their private sector partners to help protect their databases and respond to possible ransomware attacks.” CISA will provide educational materials, penetration testing and vulnerability scans along with recommendations for how to prevent and recover from ransomware.
- Lenovo announced new ThinkPads with Intel's 10th gen processors. The X1 Carbon gets the 10th Gen Comet Lake chips and Intel's Project Athena guarantee of 9 hours of battery life, coming in September starting at $1479. The X1 Yoga doesn't get the battery life guarantee, but has the Comet Lake Chips coming in September, starting at $1609. And the ThinkPad L13 and L13 Yoga get the new chips and new thinner and lighter designs as well as brighter displays and smaller bezels. The L13 starts at $749 and the L13 Yoga at $919 both coming in October.
- The Verge reports Facebook is developing a companion app for Instagram called Threads for more intimate sharing between users and their closest friends. Location, speed, and battery life info is shared along with photo, and video messages. In May, Instagram stopped development of Direct, a standalone messaging app in the works since late 2017. Instagram employees who work on messaging were folded into the Facebook Messenger team earlier this year.
- Yelp is offering new filters in its iPhone app to offer results based on dietary, lifestyle and accessibility preferences. Yelp will also ask users to pick from "cuisine", types of dishes, and "snacks and drinks" to get a better sense of what you like, and use that data along with what's nearby and open to suggest the best spots that also might be dog-friendly or be wheelchair accessible, for example. The new features are rolling out to 60 percent of iOS app users today, with a full rollout to all iOS users in the fall. Android will get a "subset" of these features with full features sometime next year.
- Netflix announced The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DiNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci will debut in theaters in the US November 1, in the UK November 8, and arrive on Netflix November 27, Thanksgiving Day in the US. That's a 27-day theater exclusive. Major theater chains require a 90-day exclusive so you will not be able to see The Irishman in AMC, Cineplex, Regal or Cinemark theaters.
- Google's Nest Hello video doorbell has added the ability to send alerts to users when a package is delivered if they subscribe to the Nest Aware subscription in the US. The feature detects boxes, not just that a person was at your door. Current subscribers get the feature automatically.
- French President Emmanuel Macron announced he and US president Donald Trump have agreed on a compromise regarding French taxation of tech companies. Essentially, France will continue with its current plans to tax tech companies until a new "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development" (OECD) framework is agreed next year. That framework is meant to tax companies based on where they operate, not where they're headquartered. The current French plan requires that marketplace and advertising companies that generate more than €750 million in global revenue and €25 million in France, to pay 3% of French revenue in taxes. That impacts mostly US tech companies. Tax paid under this French scheme, before the OECD framework is implemented, will be used as credits for the OECD plan and any overpayments will be refunded.
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Lenovo Announces X1 and L13 ThinkPads |
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