Cypher CEO John Walker, right, and Vice President John Yoon test out their company’s noise-reduction technology. Steven Tregeagle, courtesy of Cypher In the race to add more capabilities into a smartphone, often what gets neglected is the actual phone part. With the speaker and microphone shrinking down and packed in with computer chips, cameras and …
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Jun Rekimoto works to bring augmented reality to life. Courtesy of Jun Rekimoto Jun Rekimoto envisions a future in which sports spectators will be able to watch games through the eyes of the players, experiencing the sights and feeling on the field, even while sitting at home on the couch. This concept of “jacking in,” popularized by William Gibson’s seminal …
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sees mobile as a strategic part of the company’s future. Getty Images Intel showed that — despite heavy financial losses so far — it has no intention of walking away from its mobile chips business, announcing Friday it will invest up to $1.5 billion in two mobile chips companies owned by the government of China. For …
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The 16GB iPhone 6 and 6 Plus cost Apple $200 to $216 to make. CNET It costs Apple about $200 to make an iPhone 6 smartphone with 16 gigabytes of storage, with the price of materials and manufacturing rising to roughly $216 for the larger iPhone 6 Plus, according to a new teardown of the devices from researcher IHS. At …
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Immersion is adding a layer of feeling to Homeland’s ads. Showtime Smartphones are quickly becoming the primary outlet for many viewers wanting to catch a clip on YouTube or a video stream on Netflix, but it’s hard to pack a lot of excitement on a tiny screen. With that in mind, Immersion — a company that works to add more …
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Friday’s line for the iPhone 6 outside Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan stretched for blocks. Sarah Tew/CNET It happened again: Apple broke another record, and Wall Street shrugged as expectations were met. Apple said Monday it sold over 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices during the first weekend of sales, about 1 million more units sold …
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Tim Cook’s Apple is a more collaborative place. CNET For his first three years as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook has had to fend off barbs that the tech giant has lost its edge as an innovator. Cook last week offered plenty of reasons to reconsider those accusations. After unveiling the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the Apple Pay mobile-payment …
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The LG G2 smartphone, which includes Immersion’s haptics technology. CNET LG renewed its partnership with Immersion — a company that provides touch-feedback technology — reaching a multiyear, global licensing deal to provide Immersion’s TouchSense software in the Korean tech giant’s mobile devices. Touch-feedback technology, also called “haptics,” is built into devices to create tactile feedback or vibrations so a user …
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The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus may be costly, but they will retain their value better than most other phones. Apple Apple’s iPhone 6 doesn’t come cheap, but the good news is your old iPhone will help you pay for it. People interested in upgrading to the newest Apple smartphone, which officially goes on sale Friday, may be happy …
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Consumers will have to decide whether the iPhone 6 Plus, right, is worth the wait. CNET Interested in the iPhone 6 Plus? You might not get it until Thanksgiving. After Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones went on sale for preorder Friday, the arrival times for the iPhone 6 Plus were quickly pushed back several weeks later than those …
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