This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Enlarge ImageBad thumbdrive removal. Sarah Tew/CNET Over the years, Apple has turned its Mac OS into a sleek, powerful, user-friendly operating system that mostly gets better with each new iteration. Is it perfect? Not quite, but there isn’t …
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Enlarge ImageWhat’d we miss at Google I/O 2015? Lots of stuff. James Martin/CNET With Google’s I/O 2015 kick-off event now in the books, it’s time to look back and take stock of what we did — and, more importantly, didn’t — get from Google. Lori Grunin has the quick take on everything Google just announced, including Android M, the next …
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The other day CNET’s Jessica Dolcourt, who isn’t a fan of smartphone cases, wrote an article about her favorite cases for protecting the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Samsung’s sleek new flagship smartphones. The irony of the piece wasn’t lost on our readers. “Samsung updates the Galaxy to ‘premium’ materials, (CNET) shows you how to cover it with plastic,” a …
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Enlarge ImageThe CandyShell Fit for Apple Watch ships later this month for $30. Speck The Apple Watch continues to gain accessories, the latest of which comes from Speck, a leader in the smartphone and tablet case market. It’s the CandyShell Fit, a $30 protective cover that “provides full bezel protection to guard the smartwatch’s glass screen, defend against shock, and …
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Enlarge ImageThe Mophie H2Pro is currently available for pre-order for $130. Mophie As we head into summer we’re starting to see more waterproof iPhone 6 cases make their debuts. Lifeproof is getting ready to ship its first waterproof battery case, the Fre Power, and now Mophie is countering with the Juice Pack H2Pro, its first waterproof battery case. Both cases …
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Used to be that cheap Bluetooth headphones didn’t sound so good. And by cheap, I mean anything under $100 or so. But that has started to change, as we’re seeing more inexpensive wireless headphones that we can recommend from a design and performance perspective. Since we’ve tested only a fraction of the Bluetooth headphones out there, this isn’t a definitive …
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The free Mophie Space 2.0 app for iOS and Android has been redesigned to work with or without Mophie hardware. Mophie Mophie doesn’t want you to think of it just as hardware company anymore. Not that it isn’t making new hardware — more on that in a minute — but with the release of Space 2.0, its free app for …
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Now playing: Watch this: Mega Tiny Corp’s Zero G Nano Suction iPhone 6 case defies… 1:35 For the last week I’ve been playing around with a prototype for a pretty ingenious iPhone 6 case in advance of its March 31 debut on Kickstarter. It’s called the Zero G anti-gravity case from a startup called Mega Tiny Corp. It looks like …
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Magzet launches its Kickstarter campaign on March 24. Magzet Apple’s proprietary MagSafe power connectors have saved a lot of laptops from falling off desks, tables and other high places down the years. That’s because the connector adheres magnetically, rather than being truly plugged in, which means that if you bump into the cord, the cable simply breaks away from the …
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A rendering of the Nomad Pod, which is scheduled to ship in June for $59. Nomad In 2012, Nomad started out making the ChargeCard and other innovative mobile charging products for the iPhone. Now it’s jumping headlong into the Apple Watch accessories market with two new products, a mobile charging solution, the Pod, and a swanky stand and charging station, …
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