Daily Archives: March 7, 2016

Justice Dept. Appeals Ruling in Apple iPhone Case in Brooklyn by ERIC LICHTBLAU and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

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By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

The Justice Department said a federal judge had erred in not ordering Apple to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone, in a case being watched by lawyers and experts on both sides of the encryption debate.

Published: March 7, 2016 at 06:00PM

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As Android Phone Profits Dwindle, Are We Heading Toward Future Of Only iPhone and Chinese Phones?

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Last month I wrote about how the LG G5 is going to be South Korean electronic manufacturer LG’s “all in” move, because the company’s mobile division had a disastrous 2015 and face pressure from not just in-country rival Samsung, but Chinese original equipment manufacturers as well. In fact, my worries extend beyond LG, but the entire Android market in general, because a whopping 94 percent of all smartphone profits go to Apple, despite iPhones taking up just 14 percent of global phone sales. Apple’s dominance is due to the fact that it can charge more for their phones while every other Android out there are competing with each other, including price points.

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On Wine And Tech With Built.io’s Neha Sampat

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She’s one of the new breed of successful tech entrepreneurs with the company she co-founded, application development platform, Built.io. But what was it that prompted company co-founder and CEO Neha Sampat to become a certified wine sommelier – and how has having this unusual “extracurricular” provided a boost for her own entrepreneurial career?

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Project Fi ditching invites, offering $199 Nexus 5X deal

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Project Fi’s first birthday will be next month, but Google isn’t waiting until then to celebrate.

Google today announced two big pieces of news regarding Project Fi. First up, invitations are no longer required to sign up for service. That means that anyone in the US can now sign up for Fi and give Google’s wireless service a go.

Of course, Project Fi only supports a few Nexus devices, and not everyone that’s interested in Fi may own one of them. Google knows this, and so it’s discounting the Nexus 5X for new Project Fi customers. Simply buy a Nexus 5X and activate Project Fi service and you can save $150 on your new phone. That’ll leave the 16GB Nexus 5X at $199 and the 32GB model at $249.

The Nexus 5X deal will be valid from March 7 through April 7.

We’ve seen quite a few nice deals on the Nexus 5X lately, but this is the biggest discount that the 5X has gotten yet. And while it’s not quite as high-end as the Nexus 6P, $199 for a Nexus 5X with 5.2-inch 1080p screen, hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, 12.3-megapixel camera, and Android 6.0 is a pretty nice deal. If you’re not yet a Project Fi customer, you can sign up right here.

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