Samsung on Wednesday revealed new versions of three midrange phones with features designed to give the company an edge over the competition. The 2016 editions of the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 sport different screen sizes, high-resolution displays and advanced cameras. Two of the models also offer the Samsung Pay mobile payment system. The new …
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 isn’t setting any speed records moving up the desktop operating system food chain. The latest edition of Windows snagged a 9 percent share worldwide of all Web traffic generated by desktop operating systems in November, NetMarketShare said Tuesday. That number was up around a percentage point since October. Overall growth had been declining since the initial share …
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Tablet makers will surely take their glimmers of hope wherever they can find them. To be sure, sales of tablets are continuing their long, slow decline, according to the latest figures from market researchers, but new twists on the traditional design could catch the fancy of consumers and businesses alike. For all of 2015, worldwide tablet shipments are projected to …
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The Apple Watch may have captivated the wearables market, but not every owner is crazy about the gadget. The research firm Wristly wanted to know why, so it polled 330 Apple Watch owners in North America, Europe and other regions who had expressed dissatisfaction with Apple’s first wearable. Nine of 10 of respondents cited the rather vague reason of “not …
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More people went shopping online than in retail stores over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation. Over 103 million people said they shopped online, the NRF said on Sunday, topping the 102 million who said they shopped in stores this past weekend. Among online shoppers, 41 million people surfed for bargains on Thanksgiving …
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Australia is now officially the fourth country to adopt Apple Pay, but it’s got some restrictions. Apple’s mobile payment service launched Down Under on Thursday for American Express cardholders. Apple Pay debuted just over a year ago in the US before reaching the UK in July and Canada on Tuesday. Using an iPhone 6 or higher or an Apple Watch, …
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Android users in a host of countries may now find reduced prices on some of their favorite apps. On Tuesday, Google changed the pricing options for software on its app store to make apps more affordable for users in emerging markets, the company said. That means developers now have the ability to lower the price on their premium titles and …
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Apple’s new iPad Pro is suffering from production problems, though they’re apparently not taking much of a bite out of sales, according to one analyst. Released last week, the iPad Pro is being affected by two production woes, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said on Tuesday in an investors note seen by blog site AppleInsider. First, Sharp is not ramping up …
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Apple’s new iPad Mini 4 outscored supersized sibling the iPad Pro in screen quality, according to new testing from DisplayMate. In its latest lab tests, DisplayMate analyzed the screens of the new iPad Mini 4 and the iPad Pro as well as last year’s iPad Air 2. All three received high marks for their displays, but this year’s models outscored …
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Canada is now the third country where Apple Pay will work, if you happen to have exactly the right credit card. Apple launched the mobile service just over a year ago in the US and brought it to the UK in July. With an iPhone 6 or higher or an Apple Watch, people can use Apple Pay to pay for …
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