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- Dow Jones News: 5G Could Drive Super Cycle for Apple; IBM Has a Lot to Prove in 2020 - The Motley Fool
- This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time - USA TODAY
- Stable Android 10 starts hitting the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ (Update: US unlocked) - Android Police
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:40 AM PST The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) was down 0.41% at 2 p.m. EST Monday, the second-to-last trading day of a lucrative 2019. The Dow is now up a bit more than 22% for the year. Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) managed to show some strength after an analyst predicted that 5G would be a boon for the iPhone business in 2020. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) wasn't so lucky, with the stock slumping in the lead-up to a critical year for the century-old tech giant. Apple viewed as top 5G pickAn iPhone "super cycle," in which users upgrade in droves thanks to must-have features, has failed to materialize in the past few years. Apple still sells plenty of iPhones, but unit sales peaked back in 2015 and never recovered. 2020 could finally be the year that Apple's iPhone business ramps back up, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives. Ives expects a 5G-enabled iPhone to drive robust iPhone sales next year, calling Apple his 5G-related top pick. Apple hasn't confirmed that a 5G iPhone is inbound, but it's widely expected.  Image source: Getty Images. The big question is whether consumers really care about 5G. Or rather, whether they care enough to upgrade to a new, likely expensive 5G iPhone. Ives thinks so, maintaining his buy rating and $350 price target on Apple stock. Shares of Apple currently trade for around $290. Apple stock was up 0.8% Monday on the analyst commentary, moving against the broader market. Shares of the tech giant are now up nearly 85% since the beginning of 2019, a remarkable performance given that Apple is valued at more than $1 trillion. IBM weak ahead of pivotal yearThe market does not appear all that confident that IBM will turn things around in 2020. The stock was down 1.6% Monday on no significant news. IBM completed its acquisition of open-source software company Red Hat in 2019, paying $34 billion to strengthen its hand in the hybrid cloud computing market. The opportunity for IBM is potentially enormous. Selling Red Hat software to existing IBM customers with little Red Hat exposure, as well as bringing IBM software to Red Hat's OpenShift cloud platform, could eventually add billions of dollars of additional revenue to IBM's top line. The risks are also big, thanks to the high price Red Hat commanded. This was an all-cash deal, requiring IBM to load up its balance sheet with debt. IBM plans to pay down that debt quickly, suspending share buybacks to bring its balance sheet back in line. But if the expected benefits fail to materialize, disappointing growth and write-offs could erase any remaining confidence in the company's turnaround. IBM's focus on wrangling the complexity of cloud computing for its clients, who may be using a mix of multiple public clouds as well as on-premise hardware, seems like the right strategy. The addition of Red Hat certainly makes IBM's portfolio of software and services more compelling, but the company has a lot to prove in 2020. |
| This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time - USA TODAY Posted: 31 Dec 2019 03:11 AM PST Smart home devices from Google, Amazon and Facebook are engineered to listen for your commands and respond to them. Usually, they only engage when you say your "wake" word such as "OK, Google" or "Hey, Google." But these devices are always listening. If that makes you uneasy (and here are some reasons of why it might), there's a simple fix to stop your smart-home companion from listening in on you all the time. Turn off the microphones on the devices when you are not using them or for short periods of time when you don't want them eavesdropping. Here's how to do it for each device: Hey Siri, Google and Alexa: Enough with the snooping Is Facebook listening to you?: The creepy stories mount Amazon EchoEcho devices, staffed by Alexa, are equipped with a microphone off button that you can turn off and on. When the button is pressed, the power to the microphones is disconnected and a red light is illuminated.  Google Home, Home Mini, Nest Mini, Home Max and Google Nest WifiOn the Google Home, press the microphone mute button on the back of the device to mute and unmute. On the Google Nest Mini and the Google Home Mini, slide the switch on the power cord. The switch will display orange when the microphone is turned off. On the Google Home Max, slide the switch on the back of the device. The switch will display orange when the microphone is turned off.  Will Alexa stop recording you? Nope Hey, Google and Alexa: How easily can you be hacked? On the Google Nest Wifi, slide the switch next to the power cord. The switch will display orange when the microphone is turned off. Not ready to turn off the microphone? To take a break from your digital assistant, open the Google Home app, click on settings then digital well-being and follow the instructions for scheduling some down time. Facebook PortalTo turn off the camera or microphone on Portal and Portal Mini, slide the switch on top of the Portal all the way to the left. A red light will alert you that the microphone and camera are off.  To turn off just the camera, slide the switch on the top of Portal's frame into the middle position. You will see a shutter over the camera's lens when you've turned the camera off. On Portal+ and Portal (Gen 1), press the circle button on top of your device. A red light on the front of your Portal will tell you when the microphone and camera are turned off. You can also use the camera cover to block your Portal camera when you're not using the camera. |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2019 04:13 AM PST Previous rollouts Now for users on Pie stable Those running stable Android Pie on their Note10 and Note10+ have begun receiving the final Android 10 update, though the rollout is still limited to Germany. That means only the Exynos variants of the two phones are eligible for this update right now, while users outside the European market may have to wait for a few more weeks. A couple of Reddit users from the UK and Russia mentioned that their Samsung Members app notified them of a January release.
The update weighs over 1.9GB for the Note10+ users, as pointed out in the screenshot by SamMobile. It should roll out to all eligible units in Germany over the coming days, while more markets should join soon. France, Poland, India, UAE, more Samsung has seemingly fast-tracked the rollout process over the past couple of days as the stable Android 10 build has reached several more markets in Europe and Asia. The confirmation for Poland came from our tipster, while a tweet pointed at the update's availability in India. One UI 2.0 is also hitting Note10 units in Israel, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Trinidad, and Nicaragua, according to a bunch of Reddit threads.
In addition to these, SamMobile also appears to have received confirmations for more countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, which are listed below:
UK, Mexico, Russia, more Android 10 is now rolling out to Note10 users on O2 in the UK, according to an update from SamMobile. It is also reaching those running stable version Android Pie in Mexico, Russia, Greece, Denmark, and Turkey.
Verizon The update has now reached Verizon Note10 and Note10+ units in the US, according to our tipster and a bunch of commenters, one of whom also got Android 10 on their 5G variant. AT&T After Verizon, it's time for AT&T-locked Note10 devices to get the new build. A couple of our commenters received the update weighing over 2.2GB a few hours back, and so did our tipster.
T-Mobile A bunch of Redditors with T-Mobile-branded Note10 units in the US have begun receiving the Android 10 build. Similar to AT&T's, the update weighs just over 2.2GB, according to the screenshot shared by a user. Update notifications have also started appearing on T-Mobile's site.
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