The headphone jack will vanish from most premium smartphones by the end of the year

Closeup of the headphone jack on the iPhone 6s. iFixit Last year I wrote about how Apple's decision to drop the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 meant the beginning of the end for the humble 3.5mm port, and I gave it a decade until the port was extinct. Must read: iPhone: What will the next 10...

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Smartphones gain on cards in physical access

Gartner says a fifth of all organisations will use smartphones in place of traditional physical access by 2020 "A significant fraction of organisations use legacy physical access technologies that are proprietary, closed systems and have limited ability to integrate with IT infrastructure," said David Anthony Mahdi, research director at Gartner. "Today, the increasing availability of mobile...

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Low-Priced Smartphones With High-End Features

If you're holding your breath for the iPhone 8 or the next flagship phone from Samsung, you might want to take a gander at the new, low-priced smartphones from Asus, Huawei, and other little-guy companies. These phones and others being launched in 2017 cost $400 or less. Yet they serve up high-end technology, including wireless and rapid charging, ultrasharp displays, dual cameras,...

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'I ain't got no love': Why Donald Trump's musical choices matter

The words felt like private thoughts found in an old diary and newly exposed to fresh air. “If you try acting sad, you’ll only make me glad.” “I ain’t got no love, I ain’t the kind to meet.” “Regrets, I’ve had a few — but then again too few to mention.” Yet this wasn’t the sour fruit of opposition research. The words are lyrics from two songs prominently featured in Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities:...

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Get Help Worldwide (A community of people providing each other financial help on the principle of gratuitousness, reciprocity and benevolence...)

  HOW DOES IT WORK How does it work technically? You declare the willingness to Give Help (click on "Provide Help"), type in the amount you wish to Provide as Help either in your Local Currency on in Bitcoin after which your account will be rewarded with One Time Registration...

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MMM Slowly Begins the Payment of ‘Poor Members’ (Images)

Contrary to reports that the contentious money-doubling scheme, MMM has stalled in pairing community members for financial transacting since unfreezing accounts, the social network has been attending to poor members at the snail speed. The foremost Ponzi Scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox has...

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