In the years since WhatsApp launched, I haven’t seen any marketing at all in the U.S.A. That’s changed in 2025 as Facebook/Meta has started promoting the messaging app with a new ad campaign (1) (2). Personally, …
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Author: Adam Z. Lein
Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
B&H’s Bild Expo picks up where Photo Plus Expo left off
The Bild Expo first started in September of 2023 as a big 50th anniversary for the B&H Photography & Video super store. After attending that, I figured it was just a one-time event for the …
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Dynabook’s New Tecra A40-N, Tecra A60-N, and Portégé X40-N Laptops have Intel Ultra Series 2 chipsets
Dynabook today announces new versions of the Portégé® X40-M Series 2, Tecra® A40-M Series 2, and Tecra® A60-M Series 2 laptops powered by the Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2 processors. They will also include Wi-Fi …
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T-Mobile G1 Review – The original Android smartphone
Originally published at Pocketnow on 11/8/2008 – 1, 2, 3 INTRODUCTION As many of you may know, T-Mobile was the first carrier in the USA to release HTC’s first phone (the HTC Wallaby) which was also the first …
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Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra Review: The first ultra POCO phone
The POCO F7 Ultra is the first “Ultra” model for the POCO brand and it’s the top-of-the-line for the F7 series of POCO phones. It’s very similar to the Redmi K80 Ultra in terms of …
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Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra unboxing
The Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra and Pro smartphones have just been announced with their launch scheduled for March 27 and we got our hands on the Ultra version. The new design looks pretty great with …
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A look at the new MINI BMW OS 9 in-car computer user experience
I got to take a look at the new BMW Operating System 9 in some new Mini Countryman and Mini Cooper cars to learn about the new user experience. The most obvious and unique aspect …
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How to tell if it’s trustworthy
The best way to tell if something is trustworthy is if you’ve actually seen the proof and the proof is reproduceable. If there is no proof, then trust is a decision based on belief. For …
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Redmi Buds 6 Pro Review: high-end features for a mid-range price
The Redmi Buds 6 Pro are the top-of-the-line wireless earbuds in the Redmi sub-brand of Xiaomi. Xiaomi also has some higher-end earbuds called the Xiaomi Buds and Xiaomi Buds Pro, so these are more like …
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Redmi Note 14 Review: attractive budget friendly smartphone
Redmi’s Note 14 series for the global market was just released, and while we already took a look at the higher-end Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G model, now we’ve also got the regular Redmi Note …
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