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Tactful Google RCS campaign insults Apple iMessage
On August 9th, Google started a new campaign – “Get The Message,” forcing Apple to adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services). Through this campaign, Google is promoting all the goodness of RCS functionality and insults Apple for offering outdated features in iMessage for texting.
The US tech giant even suggested Apple and said, “It’s time for Apple to fix texting.” Google tells RCS is a major upgrade over the traditional SMS and MMS functionalities, which should be adapted by Apple for smoother messaging between Android smartphones and iPhones.
Apple has a separate and loyal fanbase, which loves everything Apple offers no matter if it’s years old or not useful for many. Android, on the other hand, is becoming futuristic day by day, which leaves the iPhone maker far behind when it comes to creations.
Consumers of Android and iPhones have had different kinds of problems with texting such as broken texts, blurry videos, broken group chats, and missing read receipts for years as Apple denied adopting RCS protocol for iPhones and other products.
“Texting between iPhones and Android phones use SMS and MMS, outdated systems from the 90’s and early 00’s. The result is a poor experience—they do not support modern texting features like end-to-end encryption, high quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators and more.
If Apple upgraded SMS/MMS to RCS, texting issues between iPhones and Android phones would be fixed.”
Texting a friend with a different phone than you should be no problem… Right? @Apple? #GetTheMessage pic.twitter.com/Qa1TDkmUSK
— Android (@Android) August 9, 2022
RCS
RCS (Rich Communication Services) is the modern industry standard for messaging. It’s supported by most carriers and over 500 Android device manufacturers excluding Apple. It offers various modern texting features like end-to-end encryption, high-quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators, and more.
Green Texts
Text messages that appear green on iPhone are sent via SMS and MMS, outdated systems that do not support modern texting features like end-to-end encryption, high-quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators, and more.
Green Text Bubbles
Green text bubbles are how Apple displays your messages when you’re texting with someone who doesn’t have an iPhone (or someone with iMessage disabled). But it’s not just the color of the bubbles that change, the experience is worse too.
Samsung announced Clash of Commuters on Fortnite in Australia. This new experience features Australian icons from the humble Bin Chicken to a Sydney train to let gamers play a uniquely Australian and public transport-inspired map in Fortnite Creative.
Players can also win Samsung swag IRL by participating in the Clash of Commuters until May 30. To be a winner, gamers have to defend an Aussie public bus across 5 checkpoints as it meanders through a dystopian commute, complete with bin chickens, servos, and caffeine-starved commuters.
Samsung’s new Clash of Commuters map enables players to experience an all-new Fortnite Creative island. It also allows them to defend the very thing that they commonly game on. Pay attention, 44% of Aussie gamers admit they game while commuting to pass the time.
Activation opening times:
- Parramatta Square, NSW: 4 to 8 May, 11am to 7pm daily
- Southern Cross Station, VIC: 11 May to 15 May, 11am to 7pm daily
Image: Samsung
The player who completes all five rounds of the Clash of Commuters campaign in the shortest amount of time (The Shortest Haul) will be eligible to win a Samsung gaming pack worth over $8,000, which includes a 55” OLED TV, Odyssey OLED G9 Monitor, Galaxy S24 Ultra and Galaxy Buds2 Pro.
There will also be additional prize packs for the fastest player to complete the campaign on a mobile device (The Ultimate On-The-Go Gamer), the most side quest phones acquired (Seat Scavenger), as well as four winners drawn at random from all completed time submissions (Regular Riders).
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Samsung formed a team for a billions-of-dollars HBM supply deal with Nvidia. The company is putting efforts into winning the contract from the global artificial intelligence semiconductor giant to beat the HBM market leader SK Hynix.
According to KEDGlobal, Samsung made a task force to finalize its HBM deal with Nvidia. The team comprises about 100 excellent engineers, who have been working to improve manufacturing yields and quality with the first aim to pass Nvidia’s tests.
“Samsung aims to log a high market share by quickly increasing supply to Nvidia,” said one of the sources. “It is expected to speed up the supply from the third quarter.”
Previously, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asked Samsung Elec to increase the yields and quality of 8-layer and 12-layer HBM3E chips for supply. It’s worth noting that HBM3E is the world’s best-performing DRAM chip for AI applications.
36Gb 12-layer HBM
The South Korean tech giant has been focussing on the 36Gb 12-layer HBM3E model. Samsung finished the development of HBM3E in February 2024 and aiming to pass the quality test conducted by Nvidia this month.
To meet Nvidia’s demand, the company has secured production lines already to increase output. The 12-layer HBM3E improves AI learning speed by 34% on average compared to the 8-layer product.
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Samsung released new battery pack products in India, featuring up to 20,000mAh capacity and 45W speed. In particular, the company announced two different models: 10,000mAh capacity with 25W charging and 20,000mAh with 45W charging.
Selling on Samsung.com and Amazon, Samsung’s new battery packs are available in a Beige colorway. As far as the pricing is concerned, the new 10,000mAh battery pack costs INR 3,499 while the 20,000mAh battery pack is priced INR 4,299.
Samsung’s 20,000mAh pack comes with many advantages including triple port capability, letting users charge up to three devices simultaneously. It gives users peace of mind as charging a phone alongside a smartwatch and earbuds or tablet is simpler and easier.
The 10,000mAh battery pack features 25W Superfast Charging. It has dual port functionality, allowing users to charge two different devices at once. The company notes that the power banks are made with UL-certified recycled materials which help reduce carbon emissions.
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