This week?s Android Circuit includes the force-touch enabled Galaxy 7 display, Samsung’s new hero handset for 2016, Microsoft’s Android app store, leaked images of the HTC One X9, fitness tools in Pebble’s latest smartwatch update, Fairphone profiled by the BBC, secrets of the Nexus 6P and 5X, and Google’s Android-powered lightsaber.
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On Friday, Congress passed legislation making the solar investment tax credit (ITC) available for several years and creating a new production tax credit for wind power projects.
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At a recent industry event in San Francisco, a hallway conversation — which are almost always the best conversations — a conversation broke out about the history of marketing technology. We reached a quick consensus about what appears to be an historical pattern: at the middle of each decade since the 1990s, the world of marketing has been rocked by a tech revolution. The first revolution, circa 1994-95, was the rise of the World Wide Web. The second, circa 2005, was the rise of social media. And, here’s the really cool thing: each revolution did two things for marketers: to (1) democratize and (2) humanize the tools they use for engaging people.
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Geology students were the happiest with their degrees according to the National Student Survey.
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Disney Infinity The Force Awaken expansions add new content and characters for the latest film.
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Don’t believe the $500 million to $1 billion estimates — the bulk of compensation from the deal is likely to come from giving James a percentage of sales. Given the softness of his line at retail now, the odds seem slim that he’ll earn Jordan-esque money from it in retirement.
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Two months after the LG G4 started getting its first taste of Marshmallow, the G4’s Android 6.0 update is making its way stateside.
Sprint has announced that it’s now pushing an Android 6.0 update to its version of the LG G4. The update is version LS991ZV6, and in addition to the Android 6.0 bump, it adds support for Sprint Global Roaming. That feature allows you to travel to several different countries around the globe and get free texting, free 2G data, and 20 cents per minute calling.
You can try to grab the Sprint G4’s Android 6.0 update by going into Settings > General > System updates > Update LG software > Check for Update.
We always say that it can take a long time for carrier-branded phones to get updates after they hit international, unlocked models. And while Sprint G4 owners did have to wait two months for their update, it’s still impressive to see that a carrier pushed Android 6.0 to the G4 before 2015 is out.
If you’ve got an LG G4 on Sprint, happy updating!
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Because the Galaxy Note 5 has no microSD slot, it’s important to buy the model with the right amount of storage for your needs. Most of us can only choose between 32GB and 64GB, but some folks will soon have a third option.
Samsung today revealed the Galaxy Note 5 Winter Edition, a special version of the Note 5 with one big new feature: It has 128GB of built-in storage, double the amount that other Note 5s top out at. One other small change between the Note 5 Winter Edition and the regular Note 5 is that the Samsung logo on the former’s backside is close to the bottom of the phone, while the latter has its Samsung logo near its rear camera.
The Galaxy Note 5 Winter Edition will be sold by South Korean carriers SK Telecom and KT. It’ll be sold in Silver Titanium and Gold Platinum colors, and it’ll carry a price tag of 999,900 won, or around $847 USD.
With past Galaxy Note phones, the amount of internal storage that your phone came with wasn’t a huge deal because you could always add more storage to your phone with a microSD slot. But the Note 5 lacks a microSD slot, so you really have to think about how much storage you’ll need when buying a Note 5. Getting a Note 5 with 128GB of built-in storage is huge, so hopefully Samsung will make the Note 5 Winter Edition — or some other 128GB variant of the device — available outside of South Korea.
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