T-Mobile CEO John Legere wants Verizon customers. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile is going directly after Verizon subscribers in its latest attempt to win over more customers from the competition. Starting May 13, T-Mobile will introduce a campaign dubbed “Never Settle,” the carrier announced on Tuesday. And here’s how it works: Verizon subscribers can port their existing …
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iOS 8 is gaining more ground. Apple/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple’s iOS 8 continues to climb its way up the charts. As seen on Apple’s App Store Distribution page on Tuesday, iOS 8 has nailed an adoption rate of 81 percent. That number specifically refers to the percentage of all iOS devices that visited Apple’s App Store on Monday, April …
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Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer will soon join the lineup on Hulu Plus. The video streaming service has cut a deal with Sony Pictures TV to stream all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld,” Hulu announced Wednesday at its “upfront” presentation. “Since Hulu began, we’ve gotten more emails, letters and text messages about one thing: a show about nothing,” Craig Erwich, head …
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The Apple Watch is of interest to a quarter of people polled in a recent survey. Apple Wearable devices remain a niche product, with only 1 in 10 people polled in a recent survey saying they own a smartwatch. But the Apple Watch may prove to be a game changer, if that same survey is any indication. Of the more …
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Strong iPhone demand should lead to another quarter of healthy sales. CNET Apple may be on track to sell 46 million iPhones this quarter, a healthy boost from the 35 million units sold a year ago. That prediction comes from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster following Apple’s earnings results for the just-ended quarter. Based on Apple’s financial guidance for the …
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The LG Watch Urbane is now available outside of South Korea. LG There’s a new smartwatch rolling out across the world that doesn’t bear the Apple name, and it’s geared toward Android users. Selling for $349 as of Monday, the LG Watch Urbane is now available in the Google Store for consumers in the US and other countries. And it’s …
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Amazon is now aiming its sights at the business crowd. Amazon Amazon is looking to appeal directly to the workplace crowd with a new online store. Launched Tuesday, Amazon Business will sell office supplies, industrial products, lab equipment, food service items and much more to small, medium and large businesses alike. It’s also promising “hard-to-find items,” such as traffic signs, …
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Apple has reportedly fulfilled only a small percentage of preorders for its new smartwatch. Apple Only a fraction of customers in the US who preordered the Apple Watch have received one so far, according to research firm Slice Intelligence. Slice estimates 376,000 units of Apple’s new wearable device, out of 1.7 million preordered since April 10, have been delivered to …
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Apple Pay will work with all four major credit cards in the US, as of this fall. James Martin/CNET Discover credit card holders will be able to tap into Apple Pay later this year. Starting this fall, Apple Pay users in the US will be able to add their Discover cards to Apple’s mobile payments system to buy items at …
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The latest build of Windows 10 improves the Mail app and screen options. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has rolled out a new version of its Windows 10 Technical Preview that shows further promise as the company races to finish the final product by this summer. Released on Wednesday, Build 10061 is available only for Windows 10 users on the …
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