Amazon wants you to think of your Fire tablet as not just a tablet but a full-fledged Alexa-enabled device — or more precisely, a slimmed down Echo Show. It’s called Show Mode, and it’s coming as a free software update for current generation Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablets. Like the Echo Show, …
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If you happen to own a couple of HomePod speakers, you can now place them in the same room and create a stereo pair. While it’s a simple process, it’s not quite as intuitive as you might think if you don’t know where to look. With that in mind, here’s a short step-by-step setup guide. For starters, you’ll need an …
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With the FIFA 2018 World Cup officially underway, maybe it’s time to change your iPhone case to match your team’s colors. Or so Speck hopes. Its just-launched Presidio Grip World Edition line includes six cases that represent Brazil, England, Germany, Spain, Mexico and France, with color combos that correspond to each country’s flag. Unfortunately, the US-themed case is missing, but …
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Do you want an Apple TV 4K? This deal is the best way to get one. When you prepay for 3 months of DirecTV Now service, you get a “free” Apple TV 4K with free FedEx ground shipping. Three months comes to $105, a whopping $75 less than the Apple TV 4K’s $180 price. Seriously, why would any Apple TV buyer …
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Earlier this month I posted a review of the Go 2, JBL’s update to its pocket-sized Bluetooth speaker. Now that it’s available, the company is discounting the original Go to $20, which isn’t a bad deal for a tiny speaker that doesn’t sound terrible. The Go 2 does sound a little bit better, has a slightly improved design and is …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Sorry, folks. After last year’s hardware-heavy WWDC, we got nothing this year. Bupkis. Not that we were expecting much after a recent Bloomberg report said WWDC 2018 would be all about software, not hardware. But it still stings a little that we have …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Going into Apple’s WWDC 2018 keynote, rumor had it that with the arrival of WatchOS 5 Apple would finally allow third-party developers to create and sell watch faces for the Apple Watch. That didn’t happen, but Apple did announce enhancements to the Activity …
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Amazon, Vudu, iTunes and other online retailers regularly feature limited-time deals on digital movies. Here’s a few deals worth highlighting as we head into the weekend. Note that many but not all digital movie purchases will port over to Movies Anywhere, which enables you to link multiple online retailers and access your purchased content from any one of them. On …
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Late last year Bose presold “prototypes” of a new product it was creating called Noise-Masking Sleepbuds that some 3,000 people picked up at a discount on crowd-funding site Indiegogo. Those early units shipped in April and after a couple of months of “real feedback from real people” Bose is ready to officially launch the product at a press event in …
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Best Buy has kicked off its Memorial Day sale and there are some pretty nice discounts. Until Monday at 11:59 p.m. CT (Tuesday, 12:59 a.m. ET or Monday 9:59 p.m. PT), the retailer is offering price cuts on a range of products including laptops, HDTVs, headphones and more from brands including Apple, Bose, HP and Beats by Dre. A handful …
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