Author: EconLearner

Updated January 1: article originally published December 30. Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra will enter a crowded smartphone market, but three features will stand out to consumers looking to fall in love with their new phone. The cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis/Getty Images)Getty Images The first decision is around the camera. This is crucial to the Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung’s smartphone story. If the S24 Ultra camera is seen as the flagship smartphone camera, the halo effect for the other S24 devices—and all Galaxy devices coming in 2024—then the Galaxy brand…

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My name is Hod Fleishman. I am an entrepreneur, innovator and creator. I have founded, launched and managed various technology-driven businesses throughout my career and worked with C-Suite executives and entrepreneurs to design and execute technology solutions. In this series of posts, I will share my experience and knowledge about the world of entrepreneurship. In Part 1, we stopped with the three critical pillars that an entrepreneur must be able to clarify if they are seeking to create a fundamental change in a system. It can be a change within a business, social or personal system. These pillars are: You…

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The Wordle game displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustrative photo taken in Krakow, Poland … [+] on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty Images Happy New Year! 2024 is here. Burn your diaries and drown your expectations. Pin those New Year’s resolutions to the wall. Fire up the barbecue and turn on the soccer game. It’s time for one last day of fun, before we head back to the copper haunts, back to the business of starting over — again. January 1st has been the first day of the new…

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On December 30, NASA’s Juno snapped this image of Jupiter’s moon Io. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA’s Juno spacecraft just had an extremely close encounter with the most volcanic world in the solar system—but its stunning first image could be among its last after 56 orbits of Jupiter. On December 30, the bus-sized spacecraft – which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 – came very close to Io, Jupiter’s giant moon. It came within just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the moon’s surface. However, the spacecraft’s camera has been damaged by radiation and may not last much longer. First Image The first image…

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Despite major updates, Android Messages can’t compete with the radical new version planned for 2024. @UKZak / Android This has been a critical year for Android Messages, Google’s answer to Apple’s tacky iMessage. After taking control of the global rollout of RCS, the long-awaited replacement for the embarrassingly archaic and insecure SMS, Google followed up with default end-to-end encryption and a host of fun features to provide the much needed lift in the standard Android messenger. But really, the messaging war isn’t really Apple vs. Google – it’s their smartphone OS duopoly vs. the so-called over-the-tops, and in the case…

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Why you should book three days in April 2024—before everyone else doesgetty Forget Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving: what are you doing on Monday, April 8, 2024? On that day, as many as 50 million—and definitely 32 million—people in the U.S. will look up to the sky and see something that tingles. Another 10 million in Mexico and Canada will also have nature’s most incredible experience – total during a rare total solar eclipse. However, the requirements to travel are so specific that you should book your time off now and get your travel plans in place as soon…

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