The DOJ is FINALLY investigating all the bogus comments filed with the FCC during the Net Neutrality debate. DOOM turns 25! Google ends store support for Ice Cream Sandwich! Samsung will kill the headphone jack on future phones!
Also, we spend a little time talking about the ongoing Qualcomm and Apple squabbling. iPhones are now banned from retail channels in China! Who do we want to see win this fight?
Get your tech week started off right!
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Stories this week:
- Juan on All About Android https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android/episodes/398?autostart=false
- DOOM turns 25 https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/a4ub8r/doom_is_turning_25_todaycan_we_celebrate_it/
- Lasers could push new spaceships and probes https://www.businessinsider.com/breakthrough-starshot-laser-beam-power-2018-12?utm_source=reddit.com
- Google ends support for Ice Cream Sandwich https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-ends-support-for-2011s-Ice-Cream-Sandwich_id111733
- Uber Drivers swarm arbitration with company https://gizmodo.com/ubers-arbitration-policy-comes-back-to-bite-it-in-the-a-1830892372
- DOJ STARTS investigating FCC Net Neutrality comments https://thehill.com/policy/technology/420404-justice-dept-investigating-millions-of-fake-anti-net-neutrality-comments
- Here are the Democrats against Net Neutrality https://www.demsagainstthe.net/
- Qualcomm wins patent dispute, iPhones banned in China https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/10/qualcomm-wins-iphone-import-and-sales-ban-in-china-over-patent-violations/
- Samsung killing headphone jack on A8 https://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-a8s-specs-price-headphone-jack,news-28801.html
- Editorial: We’re in the Smartphone Decline https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/global-u-s-growth-in-smartphone-growth-starts-to-decline.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
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