Week 49 in review: Samsung Galaxy S8 rumors, Nougat update frenzy

Last week wasn’t filled with all that many new device announcements. The Meizu M5 Note was a notable exception, along with an interesting wearable, courtesy of the same manufacturer. Apart from that, however, it seems the industry is mostly focusing on the bright future to come, which is frankly logical, since we are well into December now.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 appears to be on everybody’s mind. As per the latest batch of rumors, next year’s flagship should be a spectacular sight to behold, complete with a likely edge-to-edge, RGB-matrix AMOLED panel, with nothing else on the front,…

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Week 49 in review: Samsung Galaxy S8 rumors, Nougat update frenzy

Top 10 trending phones of week 49

There are slow weeks on out Top 10 trending chart and then there’s this past week. Five phones have kept their spots from the previous edition and two pairs have just traded places, but hey – there’s one new entry.

All the way down in 10th we find the one phone that wasn’t on the chart last week – the Xiaomi Redmi 3s. Not the 3s Prime – that one is still here, this week in 5th.

The Galaxy S7 edge has slipped one spot into 9th, freeing the 8th for the Redmi Note 4. The Galaxy J7 (2016) has stood still in its 7th position, while the Redmi 3s Prime has nudged the Oppo F1s into 6th on…

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Top 10 trending phones of week 49

Man behind THAT Usain Bolt photo picks the best sporting shots of 2016

As he runs, just ahead of a field of men desperately trying to beat the champion sprinter, Usain Bolt turns and seems to flash a cheeky grin at the camera.

The photo, taken in August at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, quickly became the most recognised sporting photo of the year. The man behind the lens, Cameron Spencer, gave dozens of interviews about how he got the shot — suffice it to say, he’s a master photographer.

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As part of Getty’s Year in Focus 2016, Spencer has handpicked his favourite Australian sporting shots of the year for Mashable. …

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Man behind THAT Usain Bolt photo picks the best sporting shots of 2016

Walter White joins the Trump cabinet on 'SNL,' and he has the perfect role

“It’s almost like Mr. Trump appoints these people specifically to undermine the very agencies they head,” said CNN’s Jake Tapper, as played by Saturday Night Live’s Beck Bennett.

By that logic, who did the show predict Trump would hire to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)? None other than former high school chemistry teacher and meth cook, Walter White.

SEE ALSO: ‘SNL’ to close out the year with John Cena, Casey Affleck

Bryan Cranston reprised his Breaking Bad role as White in Saturday’s cold open, appearing alongside Bennett and Kate McKinnon as Trump aide Kellyanne Conway.

Sounds about right#CenaOnSNL pic.twitter.com/pGcE2LTniz

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Walter White joins the Trump cabinet on 'SNL,' and he has the perfect role

A new, compromise-friendly Airbnb makes nice with New Orleans

We knew Airbnb was working with more accommodating policies as it tries to improve relationships with the cities that don’t love it, but it turns out the company really is willing to make some tough concessions. Case in point: New Orleans. Recently,… – Source

A new, compromise-friendly Airbnb makes nice with New Orleans

Supreme Leader-Elect Donald Trump Has Summoned Silicon Valley Elites To His Lair

Supreme Leader-elect Donald Trump (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Roughly a dozen leaders of Silicon Valley, from Apple CEO Tim Cook to Facebook COO Cheryl Sandburg, will assemble at Trump Tower in New York this week. But it’s still unclear what kind of punishment Supreme Leader-elect Donald Trump has in store for his disloyal subjects.

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Supreme Leader-Elect Donald Trump Has Summoned Silicon Valley Elites To His Lair

Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, climate archvillain, to be named secretary of state

If it weren’t real, it might read like a dark climate change comedy.

President-elect Donald J Trump is expected to turn to the leader of America’s largest oil company, and the main villain in a new wave of climate change activism, to lead the State Department: ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson. Multiple news organizations reported the pick on Saturday.

Tillerson has worked at Exxon for his entire career, which is important since Exxon is currently under investigation for misleading its investors and the American public about the threat of global warming since the 1970s. The investigations and environmental activism surrounding it are known by the hashtag #ExxonKnew. …

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Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, climate archvillain, to be named secretary of state

Please enjoy this inspiring student reacting to animals in zoology class

Some students sleep through class. Some students take just enough notes to pass the final exam. And some students are like this dude.

Twitter user @jilliebean421 tweeted a video Friday of her classmate Jalen, whose astounded reactions to the animals in their zoology class are nothing short of inspiring.

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“Zoology wouldn’t be the same without @jloading33,” she wrote.

The internet agrees. Since the video was posted, it’s been retweeted over 60,000 times.

Jalen even weighed in to confirm. Those reactions were real, guys — because animals are cool as hell. …

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Software is due for a bundling event

We are approaching a new phase of enterprise software, where every niche of Software-as-a-Service has been filled and cloud companies are being consolidated into larger companies. Markets have a tendency to cycle from bundling to unbundling, and software is due for a bundling event. Read More

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Software is due for a bundling event

Apple unleashes new Apple Watch Series 2 ads for the holidays

If you believe some studies, smartwatch sales are down by more than 50 percent, but that isn’t stopping Apple from pushing its latest wearable even harder just before Christmas.

In a new series of ads the company posted on Friday, the Apple Watch Series 2 is profiled as the ultimate lifestyle device.

SEE ALSO: Apple, which doesn’t reveal Watch sales data, says Watch sales are great

Taking us from what looks like Los Angeles and Asia, and then a dance studio and an outdoor soccer match, the spots don’t feature any dialogue and only last from 10 to 16 seconds each.

The key focus in each video is how they open: with the wearer opening a gift box containing the Apple Watch Series 2, a clear prompt to stuff …

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Apple unleashes new Apple Watch Series 2 ads for the holidays