93: Cab Drivers Were Asking About It

02/28/19 • 70 min

Mobile World Congress brings folding phones, battery phones, camera phones, 5G machinations, and a new business-oriented HoloLens. Plus there's a robot on the streets of Memphis, and maybe Netflix is bringing the world closer together?

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Links and Show Notes: Support Download with a Relay FM Membership Huawei Launches the Mate X: Folding in a New Direction Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold - The Verge Huawei Mate X hands-on: our foldable future - The Verge TCL's foldable phone concept bends in half like a stack of cash LG V50 ThinQ: entering the 5G game at MWC 2019 - The Verge The Nokia 9 PureView has five cameras and a lot to prove - The Verge This 18,000mAh Energizer battery has a phone in it - The Verge Oppo’s 10x optical zoom system really works - The Verge FedEx unveils autonomous delivery robot - The Verge Microsoft's HoloLens 2: Why it's really all about the cloud | ZDNet Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3500 mixed reality headset for the factory - The Verge Mobile World Congress 2019: Doctor uses 5G to direct surgery live onstage - CNN Mobile World Congress Overshadowed by Huawei 5G Spying Standoff New FTC task force will take on tech monopolies - The Verge Opinion | Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal to Planet Earth - The New York Times Estonian workers rescued a dog from freezing waters — and then discovered it was a wolf - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth – The blog of Andy Ihnatko, intermittently-beloved technology journalist. Tom's Guide: Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To Andy Ihnatko (@Ihnatko) | Twitter Philip Michaels (@PhilipMichaels) | Twitter

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Links and Show Notes: Support Download with a Relay FM Membership Samsung Galaxy S10 announced: price, hands-on, and release date - The Verge Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ hands-on The new 1TB Galaxy S10 Plus costs an eye-watering $1,600 - The Verge The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales – Tech.pinions You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want - The Verge Samsung's first 5G phone is a higher-spec Galaxy S10 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson interview on Recode Media Peter Kafka podcast - Recode You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want - The Verge Samsung Galaxy S10e hands-on: High-end, but not too high Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared - The Verge Florence Ion - Emojipedia Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold - The Verge Samsung Introduces Three New Wearables for Balanced and Connected Living - Samsung US Newsroom Samsung's true wireless Galaxy Buds are tailor-made for the S10 Orphaned Puppies Find Solace in Tortoise Grandpa Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) | Twitter

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