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Last year at SDC 2018, Samsung sort of took the wraps off their foldable smartphone. In reality, it was more of a sneak peek where the company showcased its foldable screen technology. However, during Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Unpacked event, the company has since officially announced the handset in full in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Fold.

It’s not the most creative name we’ve heard but it does a good job of getting the point across. The handset will feature a 7.3-inch Infinity Flex display that will allow users to transform the phone into a tablet-like device, and back again. When the device is folded, the cover display will sport a 4.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED screen which makes it smaller than the majority of smartphones out there today, even budget ones.

That being said, we can understand why Samsung has opted for a smaller screen as using a larger display could potentially hike up the cost of the phone. Other specs include an octa-core processor built using the 7nm process, 12GB of RAM, a triple camera setup on the back, a dual front-facing camera (when unfolded), and the cover camera is a 10Mp shooter.

The phone will also come with a 4,380mAh battery, although we have to wonder given how many displays the phone is powering if it will be enough. As for pricing and availability, the Samsung Galaxy Fold will be launched in the US on AT&T and T-Mobile in Q2 2019 where it will be priced starting at $1,980.

Samsung Galaxy Fold Foldable Smartphone Officially Launched

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One of the annoying features in more recent Samsung phones is the dedicated Bixby hardware button. The idea behind it is that it will allow users to quickly launch the digital assistant at the touch of a button, but given that Bixby has been found to be lagging behind the competition, it’s not surprising that not many people want to use it.

At the start, users discovered that they could remap the button, but this was later stopped by Samsung which ticked off users to no end, but the good news is that a couple of years later, Samsung has finally given in. In a report from The Verge, they have confirmed that with the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S10, users will finally be able to remap the Bixby button to their own apps.

The button currently accepts single or double presses, and users will be able to choose what the presses do. For example you could choose to launch Instagram with a single press, which means that Bixby will launch on double press, and vice versa. Holding on the button for an extended period of time will launch Bixby voice, that much hasn’t changed yet.

This is great news for Samsung fans who might not have otherwise been too thrilled to have Bixby forced upon them, and having options means that users will no longer have a button on their phone that they won’t use.

Bixby Button On The Samsung Galaxy S10 Can Be Remapped

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There are various video or photo editing apps available on our mobile devices, but the good news for those who are planning on getting their hands on the Samsung Galaxy S10 is that the phone will be getting a custom version of Adobe Premiere Rush. The app will not be available at the phone’s launch and is only expected to be made available later this year.

For those who are unfamiliar with Adobe Premiere Rush, this is an app aimed at users who want to be able to edit videos on the go on their mobile devices. Granted it might not be as robust compared to a desktop editing app, but if you want to make a quick and simple video while on the go, it does the job fine.

Adobe Premiere Rush is currently only available on iOS devices where it was launched back in 2018. A generic version of the app is expected to be released for Android devices later this year, so if you don’t own the Samsung Galaxy S10, not to worry as you’ll be able to get the uncustomized version as well.

We’re not sure how different the app will be for the Galaxy S10 compared to other devices, so we’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime Samsung also appears to have arranged a discount for owners of the Galaxy S10 who might want to get their hands on it.

Samsung Galaxy S10 To Get Custom Version Of Adobe Premiere Rush

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According to a report from earlier this month, it was suggested that Apple’s HomePod commanded about 6% of the US smart speaker market. Clearly this is less than ideal as it means that the rest of the market is dominated by pretty much the likes of Amazon and Google with their Echo and Google Home devices.

However it seems that the HomePod can’t really be considered a failure if the sales figures are accurate. According to a report from Strategy Analytics, it seems that Apple might have sold as many as 1.6 million units of the HomePod over the holiday season. This is said to represent a 45% growth, but unfortunately when looking at the sales figures of Amazon and Google, those numbers are miles ahead of what Apple achieved.

According to Strategy Analytics, they claim that Amazon sold about 13.7 million Echo devices over the holidays, while Google isn’t too far behind with about 11.5 million. It should be noted that Amazon and Google both have smaller and more affordable smart speakers, like the Echo Dot and the Google Home Mini. This is versus whose HomePod only comes in one model and is priced at $350.

Samsung is also expected to eventually enter the fray in the first half of 2019, although given how stiff the competition is, it will be interesting to see if the company’s Galaxy Home powered by Bixby will be enough to convince customers to hop on board.

Apple’s HomePod Managed To Sell 1.6 Million Units Over The Holidays

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There is a lot of fake information floating out there, and while we would like to think all of us are smart enough to tell the fake from the real, or at least do enough research to come to our own conclusions, that isn’t always the case. As they say, a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

This is why many tech companies are looking at ways to try and curb the spread of misinformation, and in the case of Pinterest, how they are going about that is by blocking searches for certain topics completely. This is according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Pinterest is now blocking searches related to vaccination.

This is to try and curb the spread of anti-vaccination ideology from spreading. The company had previously attempted to try and pull misleading content from its platform, but soon discovered that they were unable to remove all of it. Not to mention this would also be a whack-a-mole like situation, where when one piece of misinformation is removed, another just appears.

By blocking searches completely, it would make it harder for that information to be discovered. Now people will believe what they want to believe, and this misinformation can still be found by going to certain users directly or check suggestions for related boards, but at the very least they won’t suddenly appear for unsuspecting users.

Pinterest Is Now Blocking Vaccination Related Searches

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