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Mobile Minutes: NY Times removed from App Store; Intel’s 5G modem; Apple SoftBank investment; Tech and humanity

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Jan. 5, 2017
Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month.
Intel doesn’t want to get left behind in the next evolution of the mobile business. The chipmaking giant said on Wednesday it’s launching a 5G modem chip, codenamed “Goldridge.”

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Apple is investing $1 billion in a new fund that will work on developing new, strategically important, technologies, the company said.
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2016 was an incredible year for technology, and for humanity. Despite all the negative political-related news, there were 10 tech trends this year that positively transformed humanity.
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