Qualcomm just ended the Snapdragon Satellite project. The solution that allows phone calls and sending SMS messages via satellite, shunned by Android smartphone manufacturers, will never see the light of day. Since the iPhone 14, Apple has integrated a satellite emergency call system. Available in France since the end of 2022, this feature allows users … [Read more…]
Photo credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Hey guys, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that rounds up the top tech and technology-related stories from the last few days. With the holidays just around the corner, this reporter expected a quieter week. But the opposite happened – there was no shortage of stories … [Read more…]
Vaudreuil-Dorion will ultimately not receive its $100 million order fulfillment center from American giant Walmart, announced last year, as the American multinational now prefers to modernize eight stores on Quebec soil, the company announced Thursday. “Instead of moving forward with the opening of the previously announced distribution center in Vaudreuil-Dorion, we have decided to accelerate … [Read more…]
Among automakers, CarPlay is sometimes seen as a problem: General Motors was one of the first to integrate CarPlay before abandoning the technology this year, citing somewhat biased reasons. But obviously the interface chosen by the American manufacturer is not yet ready and the initial feedback is quite disastrous. The new user interface, beautiful in … [Read more…]