The iPhone 6 (left) and the 6 Plus are destined for India. CNET The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will arrive in India on Friday, October 17, with preorders kicking off this Tuesday. “iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in India beginning Friday, October 17, from an expansive network of Apple …
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The iPhone 6 will go on sale in China on October. 17 CNET Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus scooped up 4 million reservations in China by Friday, according to Chinese media estimates cited by Fortune. A single e-commerce site called Jingdong is responsible for 2.3 million reservations, Fortune reported, citing Chinese website Tencent. The new iPhones went on …
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No, Microsoft is none too pleased with the Xbox One’s poor sales in Japan. Microsoft Microsoft’s Xbox One sales in Japan have been pretty bad, and at least one top executive admits that the company is none too happy about that. As spotted by gaming news site Kotaku, Xbox Japan chief Takashi Sensui spoke with a Japanese gaming magazine named …
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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Looking to buy a used iPhone? You’ll certainly want to make sure that the Activation Lock is turned off so that you can activate it yourself. A brand new tool from Apple can help you do just that. Part of Apple’s iCloud Find My Phone feature, a new webpage tool called Check Activation Lock Status lets …
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The maker of Angry Birds is trimming some of its workforce. Rovio Angry Birds developer Rovio is cutting jobs after admitting that it hasn’t grown as rapid as expected. In a blog post Thursday, Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said that the Finnish company has been building up its team based on “assumptions of faster growth.” With that faster growth failing …
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The latest iPhones will go on sale in China on October. 17 CNET The iPhone 6 is already a hot commodity in China, based on initial reservations through mobile carriers and retailers. A report posted Thursday by Chinese website Sina cites “incomplete statistics” indicating that Chinese carriers and retail outlets took in 2 million reservations for the new iPhone 6 …
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Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET Microsoft has launched new plans for subscription-based service Office 365 that the company says are designed to better meet the needs of business users. Available as of Thursday, the three new plans are called Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business and Office 365 Business Premium. As described in a Microsoft blog post, the new plans …
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Hamza Sood/Twitter/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple’s next major update to iOS will reportedly be able to tap into Apple Pay so you can pay for items through your iPhone. A tweet posted by a developer named Hamza Sood shows what is purportedly a screenshot taken from the beta for iOS 8.1 , which is currently available only to developers. The …
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When will the Apple Watch arrive? James Martin/CNET The Apple Watch may run into some early production issues. A new report from Taiwanese news source AppleDaily claims that the watch won’t actually reach the mass production stage until January. And blog site G for Games is reporting the watch will be assembled by a single supplier instead of two, as …
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Tablet demand is slowing, says research firm NPD. James Martin/CNET Tablets just aren’t as hot as they used to be, according to a report released Tuesday by NPD DisplaySearch. Demand for tablets is slowing around the world, said the research firm, with shipments forecast to inch up only 2 percent in 2014 compared with 2013. The industry will ship 254 …
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