In 2016, NBC streamed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time. This year the parade is once again available to watch online. Here’s what you need to know: When Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday 2017 survival guide 2:11 The parade starts at 9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT, in New York. For …
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Apple’s face-scanning tech should work with the vast majority of sunglasses. However, if you happen to own a pair of sunglasses that Face ID just doesn’t work with, don’t fret — a simple change of settings should help. Now playing: Watch this: Report: 2018 iPad Pro is getting the iPhone X’s Face… 7:46 Each time Face ID is used to …
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Google Pixel Buds ($30 at Amazon) may lack inline buttons but their touch and voice controls offer so much more than just playback. You can talk with Google Assistant, use Google Translate to hold conversations in a different language, and triage your notifications without looking at your phone. How do you do all that? Let’s take a look. Now playing: Watch …
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Not to be left out of the wireless earbud market, Google announced Pixel Buds ($30 at Amazon) alongside the Pixel 2 ($98 at Amazon) and Pixel 2 XL ($249 at Amazon). Fast forward a few weeks, and Pixel Buds are starting to arrive at customers’ homes. Now playing: Watch this: Google reveals Pixel Buds with instant translation 1:55 Pixel Buds’ …
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Instead of letting the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) automatically adjust how bright your display needs to be, Apple has tucked a toggle to disable auto-brightness into the Settings app. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET It’s a bit hidden, but here’s what you need to do: Open Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations and slide the switch next to …
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Animoji felt like little more than a neat trick on the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon). But less than a week later, it’s proving to be a fun way to communicate through iMessage and beyond. Now playing: Watch this: Get started with animoji on iPhone X 1:59 Animated emojis — animojis — are exclusive to the iPhone X due to …
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Since the beginning of the iPhone ($162 at Amazon)‘s time, taking a screenshot has consisted of pressing the side button (formerly the power/wake button) and the home button at the same time. Now playing: Watch this: Apple fans finally get hands on with the iPhone X 2:26 With Apple ditching the home button on the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon), …
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Apple has spent the last few months talking up a range of new emojis. There’s an emoji of a bearded person, a T. rex, a zombie and an explodey head for those times you just can’t believe what you’re being told. Another notable change after following the instructions below is the 3D touch multitasking gesture, where you press on the …
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If you’re dead-set on preordering the iPhone X, you’re not alone. The biggest four US carriers have hinted that iPhone 8 sales are weak, suggesting that people are either hanging on to their old devices or holding out for the iPhone X. And even those who did purchase an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus might be experiencing some buyers remorse …
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With each new iPhone, Apple introduces a new camera feature. This year’s feature is what the company calls Live Photos. A Live Photo consists of 1.5 seconds of video, the photo, then an additional 1.5-seconds of video. The end result is a standard photo a first glance, but when touched, the photo comes to life showing the entire 3-second clip. …
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