James Martin/CNET Apple Pay seems to be spreading its wings further via the latest beta of iOS 8.1. Scoping out iOS 8.1 beta 2, iOS developer Hamza Sood discovered a few new screens related to Apple Pay , the new payment system demoed by Apple at its iPhone 6 launch event on September 9, according …
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Apple’s original iPad Air may be followed up by an even thinner model. Josh Miller/CNET Apple’s next iPad Air will be thinner than its predecessor and offer the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, at least based on details and photos leaked by a Vietnamese blog site. As described by 9to5Mac, website Tinhte.vn claims the new iPad will be as thin as …
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This is part of an actual AT&T bill, annotated by the FTC. FTC AT&T will pay the US government a fine of $105 million to settle charges over a practice known as mobile cramming. Announcing the fine and settlement on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission stated allegations that AT&T had billed its customers hundreds of millions of dollars in charges …
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The app offers headlines from topics such as World News, Business, Sports and Health. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Google has ported over its news and weather app from Android to the iOS world. Released on Tuesday for Apple’s iOS operating system, the app dubbed simply Google News & Weather displays the current weather and latest general news headlines on its …
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Google mounted its Trekker equipment on top of a camel to map the Liwa Desert. Google Google typically captures its Street View images via a car. But in some terrains, you need to rely on a slightly different mode of transportation. In one of its latest treks, the Street View crew traveled across the sandy dunes of the Liwa Desert, …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET An eBay seller who was trying to hawk an alleged iPhone 6 prototype has terminated the auction with no sale and no explanation. Put up for auction late last week, the phone was apparently an iPhone 6 still running in developers mode. The eBay seller kimberlyk1018 — identified by CNET as Alex Kantor — said he …
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Apple Apple users don’t seem to be in a big rush to install iOS 8, which was released September 17. As of October 5, Apple’s App Store Distribution page showed adoption of iOS 8 at 47 percent. That’s a mere one point bump from the 46 percent seen on September 21. That sliver of growth over a two-week period is …
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Sprint’s new lineup of wireless plans aims to stop the erosion of its customer base. Sprint Sprint is trying to woo more business customers with a wireless plan it claims will save them as much as 56 percent in costs compared with the competition. Announced on Tuesday, the new Sprint Business Share Plans will give businesses with up to 50 …
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The Start menu in Windows 10 is part Start menu and part Start screen. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET With Windows 10, Microsoft has returned the Start menu to its rightful place. But the new menu offers a few surprises with its dual-personality of part Start menu and part Start screen. How can you use and even personalize the menu so …
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Apple iOS 8 adoption keeps climbing though not as rapidly as iOS 7 did over the same period last fall. Data released by mobile analytics firm Mixpanel showed iOS 8 with an adoption rate of 44.5 percent as of Monday — 20 days post-launch. That leaves iOS 7 with nearly 51 percent of Apple’s mobile device users — and older …
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