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OnePlus 8T Review: One of the Best Phones You Shouldn’t Buy

Posted on October 14, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

OnePlus 8T Review: One of the best phones you shouldn’t buy

“The OnePlus 8T is a great smartphone — great software, speedy, and a decent camera. Except at $749, the competition around it is too strong for it to be a hearty recommendation.”

Superfast charging
One day’s use after 15 minutes charge
Clean, fast, and up-to-date software
Attractive photos from the camera

No wireless charging
No IP water-resistance rating

The unassuming OnePlus 8 has been replaced by the OnePlus 8T. Wait, you don’t remember the OnePlus 8? That’s not surprising, as the phone was a safe, sensible choice that had absolutely no standout features, making it entirely forgettable. The OnePlus 8T also makes you forget, but this time it makes you forget about charging, because its big new feature completely removes any worry about making sure you have a fully charged phone each morning.

Think that’s the whole story? It’s

7 Big Tech Stocks to Buy For Blockchain And Crypto Exposure

Posted on October 14, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Following the creation of the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009, other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP), followed suit to bring further attention to blockchain technology.

But there’s a lot of potential for the blockchain. According to recent research led by Vida J. Morkunas of Lulea University of Technology, Sweden and published by the Kelly School of Business, Indiana University:

“Emerging technologies regularly serve as enabling forces for economic, social, and business transformation.. [B]lockchain placed among the top five technology trends in 2018… Therefore, blockchain is predicted to challenge existing business models and offer opportunities for new value creation.”

As you probably know, the blockchain is a public digital ledger and a record-keeping technology. All transactions that have written in blocks are immutable, and information can never be erased. Furthermore, they are transparent to all parties in question.

And while blockchain-based decentralized cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, draw

Don’t Buy an iPhone 12 Just for 5G

Posted on October 14, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Apple’s new iPhone 12 lineup, revealed Tuesday, has plenty of the upgrades you’d expect: a faster processor, a better camera, a new design. But the feature that’s getting the most hype is the new 5G wireless chip, which will let the devices connect to the latest high-speed mobile broadband networks.

Apple CEO Tim Cook talked up the benefits of including the new cellular standard in the iPhone 12 line, citing improvements on everything from video streaming to consumer privacy. “Each generation of cellular technology on iPhone has enabled breakthrough innovations and entirely new opportunities for our developers and our users,” said Cook during the virtual event. “For so many people this all becomes real with 5G coming to iPhone.”

It’s about time the iPhone gets 5G, a feature that’s been available on Android phones for years. But whether 5G is really a selling point is out of Apple’s hands—in

Best Buy Early Black Friday Deals Are Live Now: Cheap Games, 4K TVs, Headsets, And More

Posted on October 14, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

The wait is over–Amazon Prime Day 2020 is officially live, but you don’t have to be a Prime subscriber or even shop at Amazon to get amazing deals today. That’s because this has effectively become a precursor to Black Friday, and competing retailers are getting in on the action with steep discounts on games and tech this week. Best Buy is one of those retailers running a big anti-Prime Day sale of its own, and it made the biggest move we’ve ever seen to compete with Amazon by announcing its first Black Friday deals will go live this week.

Select deals from Best Buy’s Black Friday ad have gone live today, and they feature fantastic discounts on laptops, tablets, and 4K smart TVs along with Arcade1Up cabinets. Notably, you can buy a Samsung 70-inch 4K smart TV for $530, down from its usual $750–just in time for next-gen gaming. There’s

Will iPhone 12 with 5G be exciting enough to buy?

Posted on October 13, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Cellular technology is about to make an evolutionary leap. 5G is almost here. But you’re gonna have to wait a little longer. Here’s why.

USA TODAY

New iPhones will be revealed today, but do phone shoppers still have the same lovin’ feeling?

For years, like clockwork, new iPhones have been released in the fall and consumers snapped them up quickly, before inventory inevitably ran out, and slow responders were forced to wait for weeks.

Enthusiasts camped out in tents to snag bragging rights to be first with the new iPhone. Then Apple got better at inventory management, and convinced customers they didn’t have to wait on line, just order it ahead of time, and it would be awaiting you on release day. So we don’t see the masses outside Apple Stores like we used to.

And with a pandemic and many Apple Stores closed to the public, the odds

Snowflake Rated Buy at Deutsche Bank, Piper Sandler on Growth Prospects

Posted on October 12, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Snowflake (SNOW) – Get Report Monday received positive recommendations from analysts at Deutsche Bank and Piper Sandler, who are impressed with the cloud service company’s growth prospects.

Snowflake shares recently traded at $245.51, up 3.15%, but have slipped 4% since the company’s initial public offering in September.

Deutsche Bank analyst Patrick Colville initiated coverage with a buy rating and a $305 price target.

“Data is the coal of the digital economy,” he wrote in a commentary. Production of the commodity “spurned the Industrial Revolution,” he said.

Now, “we find that capturing and analyzing data is becoming paramount to business success in the 21st century,” Colville said. “We see a world where the use of data is democratizing, many more roles and functions are becoming data consumers. … Our estimates call for data warehouse (analytical processing) spending to grow to $45.2bn in 2024, a 13% CAGR from 2019.”

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If Google Had To Sell Chrome, Who Would Buy It? Here Are 5 Candidates

Posted on October 12, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Google Chrome — Google may be forced to part with its Chrome browser

Anadolu Agency

There are grim times ahead for big tech. Democrats are pushing for Congress to rein in firms such as Google, Apple and Facebook, while the EU has reportedly drawn up a list of 20 internet companies that will be subject to stringent new rules that curb their power.

At the weekend, Politico reported that the Justice Department and state prosecutors, who are investigating Google for alleged antitrust violations, are considering whether to force Google to sell its Chrome browser.

Chrome is by far the world’s most used browser, with almost 70% of the market on desktop computers and 64% on mobile, according to NetMarketShare.

If Google were forced to cleave its browser away from its advertising business, who would buy it? Here are some of the likely contenders:

Samsung

Samsung certainly has the funds to make big buys

2 Stay-at-Home Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now

Posted on October 11, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

Some technology companies have had the unique opportunity to help businesses of all sizes weather the coronavirus pandemic. And some of these tech stocks have thrived as people around the world spend more time at home than ever before.

Investors who are looking for a couple of investments that are tapping into the stay-at-home trend should consider snatching up shares of Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) and Limelight Networks (NASDAQ:LLNW). Here’s why these two stay-at-home tech stocks are worth considering right now.

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1. Zoom Video in on this investment opportunity

I was a bit skeptical about Zoom’s stock when it started gaining attention months ago as the U.S. lockdowns began. My hesitation was that there are plenty of other video communication tools available from tech heavyweights, so how could Zoom’s services beat them all?

Boy was I wrong. Zoom’s stock is up an astounding 611% so

Got $3,000? Buy These 3 Unstoppable Stocks With Multi-Bagger Potential

Posted on October 11, 2020 / by [email protected]_84 /

There’s little question that the best path to wealth generation is investing in quality stocks and holding them for years and even decades. Along the way, there is the potential to find a company that can become a “multi-bagger,” or an investment that gains several times its original value. There are a few contributing factors that can help a stock go parabolic, increasing the chances that it will become one of this rare breed of investment.

Find companies that provide a novel answer to an age-old problem, have massive secular tailwinds, or have a large addressable market, and you’ll be on the right track. In very rare instances, you can a find a company that ticks all three of those boxes, dramatically increasing the likelihood of multiplying your investment dollars many-fold. An investment in any or all of these companies will likely fit the bill.

Smiling man with cash raining down around him

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