Europe is looking toward a new deal with China to quicken the development of 5G networks. CNET Europe has made yet another deal designed to further the move toward 5G. The European Commission and China reached an agreement Monday to cooperate on the development of 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless networks. Under the terms of the …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen shows off the Priv’s slider keyboard. Will that feature convince the BlackBerry faithful to try the phone? Business News Network A BlackBerry demo that attempted to show off the company’s upcoming Priv phone didn’t go quite as smoothly as it could have. In a brief video interview with Business News Network’s Amber Kanwar, CEO John Chen …
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Cricket Wireless is yet another option if you want one of the new iPhones contract-free. James Martin/CNET Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S Plus officially launch on Friday, and Cricket Wireless is getting it on the action by selling the new phones both online and at select retail locations. A subsidiary of AT&T, Cricket offers prepaid, no-contract mobile phone plans …
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The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus aren’t tough to take apart and repair. James Martin/CNET You likely would never need to take apart your new iPhone 6S or 6S Plus. But the folks at iFixit did as part of their usual teardown testing and found the journey mostly smooth sailing. The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus officially go one …
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A UN report calls on tech companies, governments and others to help combat online violence against women. CNET The United Nations is calling on both the public and private sector to do more to stem the tide of violence against women online. A report released by the United Nations Broadband Commission on Thursday called violence against women online a “problem …
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Apple’s iOS 9.0.1 fixes several bugs, but there’s at least one more that needs to be squashed. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET A week after pushing out iOS 9, Apple has released the first set of bug fixes for its new mobile software. Available as of Wednesday, iOS 9.0.1 makes several corrections, most notably to the “Slide to Upgrade” item. Some …
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Sprint is trying to outshine T-Mobile with its deal for iPhone 6S buyers. Sprint Watch out, T-Mobile. Sprint is aiming to outmaneuver you in the battle to win over Apple iPhone 6S customers. On Thursday, Sprint announced a new deal in which customers who trade in their existing iPhone 6 can score a 16-gigabyte iPhone 6S by paying $1 a …
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Have you upgraded to iOS 9? If so, does your phone feel slower? CNET The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 9, may be causing a lag in performance on some iPhones, mostly on older models. Videos on YouTube channel iAppleBytes that compare the performance of iOS 9.0.1 vs. iOS 8.4.1, the previous version of the mobile OS, …
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Samsung Pay has scored well in South Korea. But how will it fare in the US? CNET Samsung Pay has proven both popular and profitable during its first month of use in South Korea, according to the company. On Wednesday, Samsung announced that its mobile payments system took in more than $30 million in transactions in South Korea between August …
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T-Mobile is touting and tweeting about a 30 percent jump in iPhone preorders. CNET iPhone 6S demand is off to a strong start, certainly at T-Mobile. In a tweet posted late Tuesday, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said that the carrier’s iPhone 6S preorders are up more than 30 percent over preorders from last year when the iPhone 6 was released. …
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