The AT&T Lumia 635 — a Black Friday deal from Microsoft. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Microsoft is pushing the AT&T Lumia 635 for Black Friday shoppers by lowering the price tag to $39 — sans contract. The Microsoft Store shows the Lumia 635 selling for $60 less than its usual price of $99. The phone, which launched …
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You’ll be able to rotate some products 360 degrees. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Google is trying to make it easier for shoppers to compare products and prices right from their mobile device. Starting this week, the search giant will tweak the shopping results for its mobile website to deliver more details on the products on your holiday list. When you …
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The iPhone 6 will account for 60 percent of all iPhone sales this quarter, said Ming-Chi Kuo. CNET Apple’s holiday quarter will be a merry one, courtesy of heavy demand for the iPhone 6, says at least one analyst. In an investors report scooped up by AppleInsider, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said he predicts that Apple will sell 71.5 million …
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Google South Korean owners of the LG G3 smartphone will be receiving Android 5.0 this week, LG said on Sunday. In a blog post written in Korean, the mobile device maker said that all three of the mobile carriers in Korea — SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus — will launch the update at the same time. The update itself …
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Microsoft Gamers who purchased Halo’s new collection may soon have an easier time finding others to play with. Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the suite of individual Halo titles for the Xbox One, has suffered a matchmaking bug that makes it difficult to find players for multiplayer games. After the collection’s launch last Tuesday, Microsoft blamed the problem in part …
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YouTube/Microsoft/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft wants you to buy a Surface Pro 3 instead of an Apple MacBook Air, and it’s putting its own spin on a favorite holiday song to convince you. Dubbed “Surface Pro 3 – Winter Wonderland,” a video spot released on Sunday touts what Microsoft considers to be the tablet’s most competitive features in a takeoff …
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Now playing: Watch this: Google’s supersized Nexus 6 takes a bite out of Lollipop 3:30 Consumers seeking a carrier version of the new Google Nexus 6 can now order one via Sprint. As of Friday, the Nexus 6 is available through Sprint for $300 with the usual two-year contract, or for $696 with 24 monthly payments of $29 but a …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Heads up, those of you who’ve been checking out Microsoft’s Windows 10 Technical Preview. Microsoft keeps tweaking its Windows 10 Preview with new builds packed with new features. These builds have been coming out on a fairly regular basis. The initial Windows 10 Technical Preview debuted on October 1. The next build, dubbed Build 9860, came …
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If only the Windows bug had been this obvious…CSIRO Microsoft has patched a bug that went undetected for 19 years. The security hole was discovered in May by IBM researchers, who then teamed up with Microsoft to fix it before publicly releasing its existence, BBC News reported Wednesday. The Windows bug, dubbed WinShock, could be used to remotely run code …
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Sony is rolling out a TV service, initially for PlayStation owners. Sony’s PlayStation is diving into the entertainment business in a way that may worry cable and satellite companies. Sony on Thursday unveiled its long-teased online TV service, known as PlayStation Vue, which will kick off with around 75 channels for each market with TV shows, movies and other programs …
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