Will Samsung’s Galaxy S6 try to top the Galaxy Edge by offering a three-sided display? Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung may offer a Galaxy S6 with a display that you can view from three sides — the front, left and right. The mobile phone maker plans to unveil two versions of its next Galaxy S phone — …
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Apple Pay is now booked aboard JetBlue flights. JetBlue Apple Pay is trying to spread its wings by serving as a payment option on JetBlue flights. Beginning in mid-February, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners who fly JetBlue will be able to use Apple Pay to buy items in flight, including food, drinks and even upgrades to better seats. …
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The successor to iOS 8 may be more concerned about stability and performance than new features. CNET Apple may use iOS 9 to add greater stability and performance enhancements to its mobile operating system. Expected to be unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, iOS 9 will come packed with a number of “under-the-hood” improvements, according to 9to5Mac, which …
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Google will now try to deliver specific details on health and medical issues. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Have a question about a specific medical condition? You may now be able to find the answers you seek via Google. Obivously, you’ve always been able to search for health and medical information at Google. But now the search giant will start showing …
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Microsoft’s Work Assistant will use Cortana to work with your Office documents via voice. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET A new video that has popped online appears to show off Microsoft’s voice-powered Office Work Assistant. Currently being tested internally as a beta product at Microsoft, the Work Assistant would handle Office-related tasks on devices running the company’s mobile OS for smartphones. …
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Apple Watch wearers with diabetes will be able to use an app to monitor their glucose levels. Designed by medical products maker DexCom, the app will track and display your glucose levels on your watch in the form of a graph, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The goal is to help diabetics easily and quickly read their glucose, or …
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Windows 10 Preview will initially hit only a subset of phones Lynn La/CNET Microsoft is busy prepping its upcoming Window 10 Technical Preview for smartphones. But which phones will get the preview, and which ones will receive all the features of the new OS, is a key question. In a series of tweets posted Sunday, Joe Belfiore, vice president for …
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Googe has the backing of its own advisory group in restricting takedown requests to Europe. An advisory group set up by Google is backing the search engine’s belief that so-called “right to be forgotten” requests should be restricted to Europe. Google has been complying with a May ruling from the European Union that requires it to honor requests from users …
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It’s up to each health insurance company to decide how to best protect customer data. CNET Health insurer Anthem says the hacked database containing the personal information of 80 million people wasn’t encrypted. But here’s the catch: the company was not required to do so. On Wednesday, Anthem revealed that it had been hit by hackers who broke into servers …
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Windows 10 for phones will borrow some elements from the desktop and tablet editions. Lynn La/CNET Microsoft offered us a peek at Windows 10 for phones at a press event last month. Now a few alleged screenshots are providing a closer look. In one key change, some of the context-sensitive menus seem to be getting tweaked to more closely resemble …
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