I tested out a bunch of cases for Samsung’s two flagship phones. Josh Miller/CNET I pretty much despise most phone cases, but it isn’t because of common tropes that they “destroy to the handset’s pristine form,” or cost more money than they should — although there’s that, too. My issue is that I find the …
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Sensoria Fitness socks promise to track how well you run. Nic Healey/CNET Serious runners, the smart socks you’ve been waiting for are here. Starting May 5, Sensoria Fitness Socks go on sale online for select markets. Pressure sensors fitted into the sole promise to measure factors like speed, pace, altitude, calorie burning and cadence, while also keeping tabs on your …
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Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars. Showtime Manny Pacquiao isn’t the only one questioning Floyd Mayweather’s unanimously-judged welterweight boxing win Saturday night. According to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, that title goes to Periscope, the company’s tool for live video broadcasting. Shortly after the boxing decision, Costolo turned to his company’s social networking …
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The LG G4 will feature a curved, ultracrisp 5.5-inch display. LG Apple and Samsung have once again catapulted into the smartphone world’s upper echelons with two stellar devices, the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 . Now it’s time for LG to see if its next flagship, the LG G4 , can make it into the top ranks. The press …
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Forget Amazon and Diapers.com. A new breed of concierge services for desktop and mobile apps far outpaces these now-common doorstep delivery outfits to ferry things like beer and handpicked clothing — even takeout from shops that don’t normally deliver. Right now, the trend is mostly locked to metropolitan cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. According to …
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The Alcatel Idol OneTouch 3 first debuted at Mobile World Congress 2015. Sarah Tew/CNET Budget-phone seekers, look alive. The 5.5-inch Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and will sell for a pretty rock-bottom $250. Now that’s the online price from Alcatel’s US site. Its official suggested retail price is $30 more, $280, though Alcatel says you’ll never buy …
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Sprint’s Apple smartphones now make calls over Wi-Fi. Sarah Tew/CNET If your iPhone’s signal is too weak to sustain a call, Sprint has the solution for you. On Wednesday, the carrier started rolling out Wi-Fi calling to four Apple iPhone models: the iPhone 6 , iPhone 6 Plus , iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C . Wi-Fi calling utilizes the wireless …
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Swapping in imaginative modules makes Ara your own. Lynn La/CNET Imagine your phone as the ultimate Swiss Army knife, the perfect all-in-one toolkit. What would you want on yours: A mini screwdriver, a fingerprint scanner, a bottle opener? With Project Ara phones, the attachment possibilities are boundless. Related links Project Ara: Everything we know about Google’s modular phone Yezz Project …
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Home-delivery grocery services like Instacart could save your bacon. Josh Miller/CNET It all started Tuesday morning with a scratchy, bloodshot right eye that perpetually threatened to water over, and mysterious goo that appeared in the corners of my peeper. Gross, I know. Within hours, I was diagnosed with conjunctivitis (pink eye, for the rest of us) and effectively quarantined until …
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A transmitter beams infrared light to awaiting receivers on devices around a coffee shop or your home. James Martin/CNET In a few years, charging your device wirelessly will be as simple as doing nothing at all. That’s if wireless charging startup Wi-Charge gets its way. Related links Magnetic fields make wireless charging a whole lot cooler Say hello to Rezence, …
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