Joshua Goldman

Best tablets and accessories for Christmas gifts: Apple iPad, Microsoft Surface, Amazon Fire and more

If you’re still thinking of tablets as strictly for media consumption, games and email, it’s time to take a fresh look at what the latest models can do. Sure, they’re still great for entertainment, but they can also function as simple laptops for getting home office tasks done, too.  Disclaimer: CNET may get a share …

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Samsung Notebook 9 Pen for 2019: Made to please creative pros

With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop and a pen-enabled tablet without needing separate devices or paying extra for a pen.  Like with the 2018 model, Samsung will include one of its S Pens, an active pen that can be used to write and draw on …

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Casio Pro Trek F30 smartwatch hits the trails in January

Casio announced Thursday it expects its Pro Trek Smart WSD-F30 watch to be released on Jan. 18, 2019. The watch, which runs on Google’s Wear OS, was announced in August at the IFA 2018 tech conference in Berlin, where it won eight awards.  The rugged F30 is made for outdoors enthusiasts, with water resistance up to 50 meters, built-in GPS …

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Buying a Cyber Monday Chromebook? Read this first

Good news, everyone! If you slept on a Black Friday Chromebook deal, there are new Cyber Monday Chromebook deals ripe for the picking. Google’s web-based Chrome OS laptops and two-in-ones are typically cheap to start with, starting around $200. But this time of year you can find some amazing prices.  Chrome doesn’t require a lot of processing power for basic …

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Cyber Monday 2018 deals on storage: Samsung EVO 1TB for $130, SanDisk 128GB microSD card for $20 and more

Cyber Monday isn’t only for big ticket items like phones, laptops and TVs. There are deals to be found on essentials like storage to back up your Mac or PC, increase your phone, game console or camera storage, or boost the capacity of your desktop, laptop or NAS.  While Black Friday has come and gone, many of the same great deals …

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Pictar Pro makes your phone feel more like a premium camera

Camera-accessory maker Miggo’s latest Kickstarter project is designed to fix a major shortcoming of shooting pictures with your phone: ergonomics. The Pictar Pro is tailor-made for phone photographers who crave physical controls, miss having a viewfinder or simply want a steady hold while shooting. The slide-on grip, which works with iPhones and Android phones, builds on the original Pictar Miggo launched in 2016 …

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Olloclip has new pro and entry

If you’re into phone photography, you know the name Olloclip. The company launched its first iPhone lens in 2011 and has been cranking them out ever since. However, while it has a lot of lens options, it has stayed away from premium lenses. As of Monday, that changes with the introduction of a new Pro series to use with its …

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Spotify returns to Roku players and TVs

Spotify’s new Roku app is now rolling out to players and TVs running on the platform. Roku announced in September the popular music streaming service would be returning with its latest OS updates. “Users will be able to launch Spotify and navigate the channel using a Roku remote, or via Spotify Connect, which controls the Roku channel using a laptop, …

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MacBook Air 2018 gets Retina display, Touch ID for $1,199, available Nov. 7

Editors’ note, Nov. 1: We’ve added hands-on impressions of the new MacBook Air, which starts at $1,199 and features a Retina display, Touch ID and USB-C ports. Apple announced an update to its most popular laptop, the MacBook Air, at a special event in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. The 13.3-inch laptop now has a Retina display with four times the …

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DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise adds modular accessories, enhanced security to a folding drone

DJI might be best known for its camera drones, but it also makes enterprise drones like the Matrice M200 made for dangerous jobs like search and rescue and bridge and power line inspection and other tasks like agriculture monitoring and land surveying.  For the new Mavic 2 Enterprise, DJI marries the design, long-range data transmission and flight autonomy features of …

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