We’d only been living in Manhattan for a few weeks when my in-laws came to stay. On our way home from visiting the spectacular One World Trade Center, we had to take a couple different subways, through which my wife and I steered the out-of-towners with little difficulty. “I’m just amazed,” my mother-in-law Theresa said, …
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LAR01JoKa/Shutterstock Amazon isn’t skipping a beat with its money-off deals, with Black Friday segueing immediately into “eight days of Cyber Monday.” A raft of new deals go live on Saturday, November 29, with promotions on thousands of gadgets, including Sony TVs, the Nest Learning Thermostat, the Acer Chromebook and even a 3D printer. The deals will continue to go live …
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Martin Good/Shutterstock Sick of your phone company putting up its prices halfway through your contract? Vodafone today promises it won’t do that ever again. “We asked our customers what they thought was fair when it came to charging, and the clear majority told us that it was unacceptable to increase monthly prices during the contract term,” said Cindy Rose, the …
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Josh Miller/CNET The head of Samsung’s mobile design unit, Chang Dong-hoon, has resigned following criticism of the company’s latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S5 . Chang has stepped down in favour of the company’s vice president of mobile design, Lee Min-hyouk. “The realignment enables Executive Vice President Dong-Hoon Chang to focus more on his role as Head of Design Strategy …
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Sony’s new flagship packs 4K video into a classy waterproof chassis Andrew Hoyle/CNET Sony can’t meet demand for its new 4K-shooting flagship phone, with the Xperia Z2 ‘s general sale date being pushed back into May in the UK and Europe. The Japanese company says it’s “working tirelessly to maximise stock levels” of the new waterproof smartphone, but one online …
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Josh Miller/CNET Want to get your hands on the Galaxy S5? You won’t have to wait until its 11 April launch day. Samsung is releasing a small batch of S5s to shops in selected countries, including the UK, starting today. The “Global Preview” starts in the US and Switzerland today, with Samsung promising it “will be expanded” to the UK, …
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Sony’s got stock of its tasty new quad-core slate, the Xperia Z2 Tablet, on its UK site. The new 10-inch tablet will set you back a hefty £399, but if you order before next Monday, 24 March, you can bag an extended three-year warranty for just a penny extra. The Z2 Tablet — not to be confused with the Xperia …
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A leaked render of a possible new Nokia phone. @evleaks A sequel to Nokia’s brilliant Lumia 620 is apparently ready for release, with Sofica, the makers of a prominent camera benchmarking app, spotting a Nokia with a 5-megapixel camera running Windows Phone 8.1. Benchmarks are often a good tip that a new mobile is rapidly incoming, and the Lumia 630 …
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The major UK networks — EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three — have teamed up with industry body the GSMA and the government’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to combat spam texts. The GSMA’s 7726 service — that’s “SPAM” on old numerical keypads — lets you forward dodgy texts you’ve not signed up for. It’s been around for ages, but now the …
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Marvel’s Powers comic books, about detectives who investigate superheroes, is coming to a PS4 near you. Sony’s first original TV show for the PlayStation Network will be an adaptation of Brian Bendis and Michael Oeming’s long-running series, according to Hollywood gossip site Deadline. It’ll be produced by Sony Pictures Television, the company behind Breaking Bad and Community, with scripts from …
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