Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Thursday, January 10th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, we have a good idea when that foldable Samsung phone is coming.

Google is actually close to a big legal win in Europe for a change.

The government shutdown might actually be affecting CES and why the gig economy might actually

be a big nothing burger.

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech. What was it that I said yesterday about that company that wanted to rush out a foldable phone

because it sensed that Samsung was on the horizon?

Well, we now know just how far away. that Samsung was on the horizon.

Well, we now know just how far away the horizon is

because Samsung announced the date of its next

unpacked event, where most likely it will

debut the latest Galaxy S flagship smartphone lineup.

Mark your calendars because the event will be Wednesday, February 20th at 11 a.m.

Pacific in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. In the

invitation Samsung notes that 2019 is the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy series and

rumors are there will be bigger screens this year and possible additional

cameras, of course.

In fact, further rumors are, there might be three versions of the Galaxy lineup initially with

possibly a fourth version coming later in the year that will feature, guess

what, 5G. But the immediate headlines will probably be the expected announcement of a fully functional

foldable screen phone.

According to the Wall Street Journal, quote, Samsung has signaled to partners that the foldable screen phone could be

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