Month: February 2020
Registration price for .com domain names will increase substantially
The internet registration outfit ICANN recently announced that the private company which administers the .com domain, Verisign will be allowed to increase prices by more than 70 percent over the next decade. Domain registrars aren’t happy with the change as they will be forced to pass on these higher fees…
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Blue Canyon Technologies chosen by Made in Space for orbital manufacturing demo mission
In-orbit manufacturing startup Made in Space has tapped Colorado’s Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to help support its Archinaut One demonstration mission contracted by NASA, which is currently set to take place in 2022. The mission will see Made in Space show off the assembly of two ten-meter solar arrays on…
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The Essential Phone’s amazing track record of software updates is over
Essential did a truly impressive job delivering fast monthly patches and Android updates for its one and only smartphone, the Essential Phone. But today the company announced it’s closing up shop, which means that those software updates won’t be coming any longer. Customer support is also being phased out effective…
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GMSA cancels Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus concerns
The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show. MWC usually attracts over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries to Barcelona. This year’s show was supposed to take place on February 24-27. Several publications received a statement about the…
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MWC 2020 is cancelled out of concern over coronavirus
MWC 2020 has officially been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. The announcement comes as no surprise after a raft of companies withdrew from the event over the past couple of weeks, leaving some sizable gaps in the show’s exhibitor list. The viral outbreak has made Mobile World Congress…
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Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down
Essential was supposed to disrupt the smartphone industry. And when it was done with that, it was coming for the smart home. The company came out of stealth with a $330 million funding round and grandiose plans for a new brand of handset, led by none other than Android head,…
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