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Apple Flip phone Concept

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While many are eagerly awaiting the official reveal of  Apple ‘s  iPhone 12 , YouTube channel #iOS beta news has debuted a flip iPhone concept. The design falls in line with the current foldable phone trend, as the likes of  Samsung  and  Motorola  have delivered similar models in recent months. The iPhone Flip, as #iOS beta news calls it, boasts a full display when the phone is completely open and a smaller display on one half of the back. The much talked-about stovetop camera of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max is featured on the rear, while the front welcomes a hole punch camera. The two-minute video showcasing the iPhone Flip spotlights the 3D prototype from virtually every angle, as it rotates nonstop. As you can see, the concept device bears no creasing on the screen — a common issue among new foldable phones — but this would likely be an issue if such a phone was ever produced. Press play below for a look at the wild iPhone concept, and hit the comments to let us know if you’d buy
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Apple iPhone 2020 Revealed.

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The news comes from Front Page Tech’s Jon Prosser, the standout Apple leaker of 2020 with a near-perfect track record. Prosser  explains  that Apple will remove the Lightning port but not for USB-C, instead the company will shock the industry with the first “portless iPhone coming next year”.  Prosser states that it will be just one model, presumably a new flagship halo device - much like the original iPhone X, which stood out from the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus that were announced alongside it. Given the 2021 iPhone would be four generations on from the iPhone X, it also makes sense that Apple would look to deliver an all-new headline-grabbing design.  0 5/16 Update: Prosser has given me further details about Apple's new portless iPhone. Interestingly, he states that it should not be taken for granted that this model will be a flagship iPhone and Apple may instead opt to debut it on a cheaper iPhone, such as the  delayed iPhone SE Plus . Presumably, this is because Apple will be a
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Blackberry: Mobile World Congress 2014: BlackBerry Forges Ahead with Introduction of New Products and Services

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The BlackBerry executive team is at Mobile  World Congress , this week, underscoring their strategy with a renewed focus on core strengths in security, productivity, communications and collaboration. There’s a lot to cover, including newly announced enterprise solutions, partnerships, and smartphone models that enable enterprises and individuals to maximize their productivity, communication and collaboration. In an overview, John Chen,  Executive Chairman  and CEO at BlackBerry had this to say: “We have engineered a  new strategy  to stabilize the company and restore our customers’ confidence in BlackBerry. The announcements made during Mobile World Congress demonstrate that BlackBerry is looking to the future and bringing solutions to market that matter most to our customers. These secure solutions emphasize our strengths in enterprise mobility, while empowering end users to become more productive with technologies that drive communications and collaboration.”
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Life at Microsoft

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Be a Big Shot at work & at play Both Microsoft and National Geographic benefit from these men’s creativity Written by: By Michelle Feder Outside of work, Nitish Kumar Meena (a UX Designer in  Visual Studio ), and Noah Dyvadheenam, (a  Software Development Engineer  in Test on the Windows team), are avid photographers. Last year, they became acquainted at a  special event , an art exhibition at Microsoft India. What made this art show particularly special? At this debut “Arty Party,” the first of its kind, all the art showcased was made  by   Microsoft employees . Noah and Nitish showed their photos at the event. Both passionate  about photography , they became friends. They began going on photo-walks, where they shared their interest and learned from each other. On their first outing, Noah took Nitish to do some street photography. “While I was busy clicking a watch repairman,” Noah says, “Nitish took a picture of the two subjects engrossed in the
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Life at Microsoft

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Written by: Mohamed Mansour,  Software Development Engineer , Microsoft Silicon Valley Mohamed Mansour is a Software Engineer at Bing, focusing on user data and personalization. Here’s what Mohamed loves about his role and what keeps him at  Microsoft : The team. When finding a job, one of the most important things is the team, and the amount of freedom you will be given. When I heard we had an  innovation team  here, I was intrigued what that meant. Everyone could be part of it and work with other bright coworkers to create something impactful. That kind of culture, balance between hacking and producing, is what I love. Before Microsoft, I was doing a lot of hacks around Social Data by creating extensions to improve  user experience  that many people loved. But they all went down because of unsupported APIs, which was frustrating because I wanted to create new and unique experiences, which I deeply believe is the correct way. Over two million people downloaded
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iPhone holds most of its value and market share to 2018

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As sales growth slows and prices fall, Apple is expected to keep skimming the cream. FORTUNE -- The heyday of smartphone sales is over, according to an  IDC report issued this week. The U.S.-based  market research firm  expects growth in worldwide smartphone shipments, which approached 40% last year, to slow to less than 20% in 2014 and then within a few years to shrink to single digits: 8.3% in 2017 and 6.2% in 2018. For a company like Apple ( AAPL ), which depends on smartphone sales for more than half of its revenue and whose share of shipments has fallen below 15%, that's  bad news , right? Not necessarily. Although IDC predicts that smartphone growth over the next four years will mostly be in price-conscious developing markets, and that sales growth in Apple's strongholds -- the U.S. and Europe -- has already slowed to single digits, there is a silver lining for Apple. It's represented by the red line in the attached IDC graphic. Apple's competi
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Mobile apps overtake PC Internet usage in U.S.

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Americans used smartphone and tablet apps more than PCs to access the Internet last month -- the first time that has ever happened. Mobile devices  accounted for 55% of Internet usage in the United States in January. Apps made up 47% of Internet traffic and 8% of traffic came from mobile browsers, according to data from comScore, cited Thursday by research firm Enders Analysis. PCs clocked in at 45%. Although total  Internet usage  on mobile devices has previously exceeded that on PCs, this is the first time it's happened for app usage alone. The shift follows  a freefall in PC sales , which suffered their worst decline in history last year. Smartphone adoption, meanwhile, increased 39%, acording to  research firm  IDC. This trend will likely continue thanks to improved  user experience  on mobile apps and the expansion of  high-speed 4G access , said Andrew Lipsman, vice president of marketing and insights at comScore   ( SCOR ) . As of January, 55% of American a
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