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Greg Nibler and Riley Winn are on-location in Maui, Hawaii, for Day Three of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit, where they take a look at the biggest announcements, news, and hottest developments from the world of 5G. As the world heads toward the freedom, speed, and connectivity that a true 5G network will bring, Qualcomm is on the leading edge of innovation that will enable users all over the world to experience the reality of a true Internet of Things. For the highlights of Day One, head here. For highlights of Day Two, click here. Nibler and Winn have compiled the best highlights from the third day of the summit and have boiled down the biggest news from the day with their Top 5 takeaways. No. 1: Qualcomm’s new XR2 5G chips Qualcomm’s new XR2 5G chip is set to unleash a new standard for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. From smart glasses to AR games, the new chips from Qualcomm, coupled with the speed and processing power of 5G, will open a whole new … [Read more...] about Digital Trends Live: Day Three highlights from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit

On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Caleb Denison and Nicole Raney break down the biggest-trending tech stories of the day, including the iPhone 11 location-data controversy, Qualcomm’s team-up with Pokémon Go’s creators, Uber’s sexual assault problem, and more. Randall Field and Joanna Mood Randall Field, executive director of the Mobility of the Future study and the Mobile Systems Center at the MIT Energy Initiative, and Joanna Mood, research program manager for the center, join Denison to discuss travel, technology, and how we’ll get from point A to point B over the next 30 years. It’s then time for Work/Life as Ciara Pressler, founder and author of Pregame, joins Denison to talk about one of the major hurdles this time of year: How to maintain your sanity during the busy holiday season. We then welcome Ken Yeung for our weekly Tech Brief segment, where he reviews the biggest tech stories from this past week, including the latest Qualcomm … [Read more...] about Digital Trends Live: Uber’s assault problems, iPhone location-data leaks, more

Dropping into the market If you’ve ever “dropboxed” a file to someone, then you’ve likely used the popular file transfer and storage service that just had its long-awaited IPO on Wall Street. The Xerox of file sharing companies isn’t exactly a startup: Dropbox first popped up way back in 2007, when founder Drew Houston forget his USB thumb drive at home and created a simplistic file transfer scheme. The rest, as they say, is history. Shares of Dropbox actually started trading Thursday and were hovering at about $21 a share, giving the company a market cap of about $8.2 billion. The value rose considerably today. Analysts think Dropbox could be a solid investment, mostly because its nearly profitable already, has a huge installed base and it’s already very well known. A Hatch full of fun As you might have guessed, we love us some flashy cars here at Digital Trends, but occasionally, something a little more… ordinary gets our attention – … [Read more...] about Dropbox IPO finally goes live after a decade of ‘starting up’

On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Greg Nibler and Luke Larsen dive into the biggest tech topics of the day, including a $6,000 Mac Pro, a portless iPhone on the horizon, Tesla’s “premium connectivity,” Snapchat’s “harmless” deepfakes, Golden Globe nominations, and more. Myth Nibler then speaks with pro Fortnite player Myth, who talks about the 5G revolution, as well as his life in the fast lane as a pro gamer. Don McGuire Don McGuire, vice president of marketing at Qualcomm, speaks with Nibler at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit about how 5G technology is primed to make some major changes in our daily lives. It’s then time for some awesome tech you can’t buy yet. Nibler is joined by DT Senior EditorDrew Prindle to talk about some amazing tech on the horizon, including a 3D SLA printer, a smartphone microscope, and a 2-terabyte keychain. Øyvind Birkenes We then speak with Øyvind Birkenes, chief executive officer of … [Read more...] about Digital Trends Live: $6,000 Mac, portless iPhone, Golden Globe nominations

On this episode of Work/Life, Caleb Denison sits down with Ciara Pressler, founder of Pregame, to talk about what’s on everybody’s mind during this time of year: How do I keep my sanity during the busy, crazy holiday season? Pressler gives tips, tricks, and strategies to help you navigate your challenges, events, food, work, and life to bring sanity during this insane time of year. “During this time of year, I find there’s a lot of sensory overload,” says Pressler. “Flashing lights, more stuff, more things you have to do. Keeping your mind clear takes special effort.” So what can a person do? “First is to say ‘NO,’” Pressler says. “If you’re not into it, you don’t have to go,” she says. And you don’t even have to give a reason, she adds. “’No’ is a complete sentence,” she notes. You don’t owe anyone else an explanation, just a polite “no.” Setting … [Read more...] about Work/Life: How to keep your sanity around the holidays