Update: Watch live coverage of Google I/O here. Google I/O starts next Tuesday, May 8 and — like always — we’ll be there to bring you all the latest from the company as it’s announced. Just like last year it will take place at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, and we’ll hear what Google …
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Samsung was paying attention when the iPhone X got animojis, animated emojis that map to your facial movements. Because the Galaxy S9’s own animated emojis, called AR Emojis, take a page from Apple’s playbook. We had some hands-on time with the Galaxy S9 to check out how it works, and while it’s fun to create an emoji using your own …
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Those googly eyes on emojis that currently face left could be made to face to the right next year if Apple or other device vendors decide to give you the option. A draft of the new guidelines announced Monday night by the Unicode Consortium would allow vendors to give you the power to reverse the direction of your emoji. The guidelines are …
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Thanksgiving is almost upon us and that means Black Friday deals are rolling in from all the major manufacturers. Samsung has several deals spread out over certain key dates up until Black Friday for everything from phones, wearables and accessories to laptops and flat-screen TVs. The doorbuster sales won’t come until the biggest Black Friday sales begin on November 23, …
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The national anthem of Bulgaria is actually “Mila Rodino,” but you wouldn’t know that if you asked Siri. That certainly doesn’t seem right. GIF by Jason Parker/CNET Reddit user wandreylust caught this amazing error on Facebook and had to give it a try. As of this writing, if you ask Apple’s voice assistant, “What is the national anthem of …
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iOS 11 was making me crazy, but not for the reasons you might think. It wasn’t crashing or glitching out or erasing my contacts or anything like that. What I saw. Every. Time. Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET I simply couldn’t get it. Starting at 10 a.m. PT yesterday, the latest version of Apple‘s iPhone software became available to everyone. Everyone, that …
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What if there was an instant camera for GIFs? That’s what developer Abhishek Singh wondered and set out to discover for himself. The result is a Polaroid-like instant camera that captures a few moments and ejects a cartridge containing a moving image. He calls the camera “InstaGif NextStep,” and says he was inspired by the Polaroid OneStep. And if you …
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It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since Pokemon Go (iOS/Android) took the world by storm. It happened in a matter of hours after launch: groups of people started coming outside in droves to catch Pokemon with their friends, compare notes on where to go around their respective neighborhoods, and even passed on tips about the right type …
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A fidget spinner app is taking over Apple‘s app store, but after only a few minutes with it, it’s pretty clear its popularity has more to do with the physical toys than with the quality of the app. If you’re in the dark, fidget spinners are stress-relieving toys that consist of a bearing in the center with three spokes sticking …
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Every now and then I like to head over to YouTube to see what’s trending. Recently, there’s been a lot of political content, which is obviously a sign of the times but not really the tone I’m going for with these posts. This week I’ve been able to find some gems that will hopefully offer a brief escape from the …
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