Katherine Adams Joins Apple as General Counsel & SVP

With the retirement of longtime general counsel Bruce Sewell —Apple today announced that Katherine Adams, formerly senior vice president and general counsel of Honeywell, will join Apple as general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook and serving on Apple’s executive team. 

The company also announced Bruce Sewell, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2009, will be retiring at the end of the year.

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Hundreds of new emoji coming to iPhone and iPad

Emoji have become the preferred way to quickly communicate ideas and now iOS is making giving users more precise options with hundreds of new emoji. 

Hundreds of new emoji, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures and more, are coming to iPhone and iPad with iOS 11.1.

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First impressions on the Google Pixel 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We have new Google Pixels coming! These are still premium devices and apparently in short supply (some are already out of stock). For this year, Google has made the Pixels water resistant and it has improved the quick charging functionality.

New OLED displays are brighter and more saturated and the Pixel 2 XL has a lot of the display technology from the LG V30, including a semi bezel-free screen with no notches. Design has been refined with a slimmer body and more rounded corners but at the expense of a headphone jack. Google will include a USB-C adapter for headphone jacks.

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Google's Pixelbook redefines the Chromebook segment

Chromebooks have traditionally been affordable, no frills devices. Much like entry-level notebooks, they are made of plastic, offfer few ports and have moderate specs. Google's newly released Pixelbook, however, truly defies convention. 

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