Hard-core triathletes with an eye for gadgets may want to run, swim and cycle over to Garmin’s website to check out the firm’s latest fitness-tracking watch. Released Wednesday, the Forerunner 935 succeeds the Forerunner 735XT, a device CNET reviewer Dan Graziano judged “exceptional” for serious triathletes. Both gadgets have GPS for tracking a variety of …
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Jelly and pushpins? Doesn’t sound quite as lip-smackin’ as a PB&J. But you never know. Digital-scrapbooking tool Pinterest said Wednesday that it’s acquired Jelly — the search site co-created by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone — to “accelerate our efforts in building the world’s first visual discovery engine.” Since its relaunch, Jelly has been a little like Q&A site Quora, with …
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Chipmaker AMD had some news Wednesday for gamers and other fans of high-performance computers. The company said that after nearly half a decade of development, its Ryzen 7 chips for desktop PCs will hit the market next month. AMD has promised that the chips, based on its Zen processor core, will deliver substantial performance gains over its Excavator processors. “Four …
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Got climate data? Worried the new US president might want to vaporize it? WikiLeaks says it’s ready to help. As scientists and others ponder the possibility of President Donald Trump’s administration removing climate data stored on US government websites, Julian Assange & Co. took to Twitter on Wednesday to offer WikiLeaks as an alternative spot for publication. “Do you have …
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On your next subway ride to work, why not take a time-out from Minecraft, Mario or Candy Crush and build a website instead? Domain name hawker and web hosting service GoDaddy is touting a new website building tool that’s designed to let individuals and small businesses whip up a site right from a mobile phone. Unveiled Wednesday, GoDaddy’s GoCentral service …
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Donald Trump may’ve been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, but that doesn’t mean you suddenly have to start paying heed to his tweets. Or does it? More than half a million Twitter users might’ve worried about that, when they noticed that after Trump’s inauguration, they were suddenly following him on the microblogging service, by way …
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Let’s hope your ears have strong hands. If you lose one of your shiny new AirPods — the interesting looking wireless earbuds from Apple — here’s how much it’ll cost you to replace: $69. That’s according to an Apple customer-support page spotted by AppleInsider. The headphones, which went on sale Tuesday via Apple’s site and are set to hit stores …
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T-Mobile and CEO John Legere are up to their old tricks. The phone company gave rival AT&T a tweak on the nose Thursday as T-Mobile tried to lure customers away from its competitor. The deal? Leave AT&T Wireless and jump to T-Mobile’s One plan and you’ll get a year of streaming-video service DirecTV Now for free. The punchline? DirecTV is …
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The internet is a yuppie. Or, if no longer quite young — and at times not quite professional — it at least continues to be upwardly mobile. A report out this week from Zenith, which researches advertising, marketing and media, says mobile gadgets will account for 75 percent of internet use next year. That’s up from 68 percent this year …
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AT&T has struck a deal to buy Time Warner in an acquisition valued at more than $80 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed people familiar with the plans. The two companies’ boards are meeting Saturday to approve the half-cash, half-stock deal, and an official announcement could come as early as Saturday evening, the Journal said. If …
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