Comcast’s customer service is being called into question again — and the questioning extends to how it is that the customer got fired from his job. Hezakya Mixologist/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The idea of losing your job after complaining about your home cable service seems a touch absurd. One Comcast customer, however, says that’s …
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A member of the true modern family? Netflix/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET In presenting the Emmys, Seth Meyers joked that TV is more today than movies. At which Netflix guffawed like a drunken Brando. During the NBC broadcast, Netflix ran an ad that placed a stake not so much in the ground, but more in the solar plexus of television. …
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Hold on to your sanity. noPhone Your phone is like your teddy bear, isn’t it? You like to talk to it occasionally. The real pleasure, though, lies in just being able to clutch it. Somehow, it makes you feel more secure. Unlike your teddy bear, however, your phone is an active distraction. It wants to notify you all the time. …
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A pocket protector CNET I’d like to save quite a few commenters the trouble of adding their own “joke.” So here goes: If he’d had an iPhone 5, he’d be dead. Now, back to the story. It is said that a man dropped his wallet in a sandwich shop in Xinjiang, China. Another man picked it up for him and …
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Be careful out there. Hezakya Mixologist/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Though Comcast doesn’t enjoy the finest reputation for customer service, there are various ways of expressing one’s displeasure. None of those should include a gun. However, this is what police say a Comcast service engineer had to face on Monday when visiting the New Mexico home of Gloria Baca-Lucero. For …
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The smoking Samsung. KDFW/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If I am awoken by smoke in the middle of the night, I assume the neighbors are having a key party again. However, one 13-year-old from Texas, says she was woken by a smoky smell and didn’t even worry about it. She went back to sleep. For Ariel Tolfree, though, the smell …
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Allergic reaction? CNET Everything that touches us affects us in one way or another. When it comes to itching, we might blame it on washing powder, strange chemicals, something we ate, or even something that took a bite out of us. Dermatologists have, for some time, examined a connection between the presence of nickel — a common metal allergen — …
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iPhones and Galaxys are reportedly already being heavily scrutinized. PhoneDog/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If you’re flying into the US from certain countries, you may discover that getting through security will become even more time-consuming and stressful. The US Transportation Security Administration revealed on Sunday that enhanced security procedures on flights coming to the US now include not allowing uncharged …
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Angela Ahrendts, just one fashionable part of Apple. Fallon Cislo/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Things that are useful have never really inspired us. Power drills are lovely, but all they make us feel is relief that the job’s done. Modern computer technology, though, is different. We don’t just want to use it, we want to be inspired by its looks, …
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One of Apple’s prime testers? TeamKobe/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I must have heard more rumors about Apple’s purported, supposed, about-to-go-into-production-maybe watch than about JLo’s latest (or last) lover. So this one ought to be treated with the usual asbestos gloves and long grilling tongs. However, word has it that Kobe Bryant, he of the gimpy body and the Los …
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