This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Developers will soon be able to bypass the iPhone and write apps directly to the Apple Watch. James Martin/CNET Apple is finally showing developers what’s under the hood of its Apple Watch. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that …
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You can now reserve your free copy of Windows 10, if you meet the necessary requirements. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has a grand plan to get its next operating system, Windows 10, running on 1 billion devices in three years — by giving it away for free. Well, sort of. The software, which Microsoft announced Monday will begin rolling …
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Nick Statt/CNET Microsoft has set a release date for Windows 10 to arrive in the summer. The software maker announced Monday that it will begin offering its newest software to power PCs and tablets as a free upgrade on July 29. Windows 10 Mobile, the company’s companion software designed to power smartphones, is expected to arrive later this year. Windows …
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Apple Watch head Jess Williams, right, says the company has sold “a lot” of units, “but not enough.” Asa Mathat for Recode Don’t think of Apple’s iPhone as the end-all-be-all device of the future. Instead, consider it your next pocket watch. That, at least, is how the executive who oversees the Apple Watch would like consumers to think about the …
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Stratos is one of an emerging group of startups trying to simplify the wallet. The question is whether consumers need one card for all their other cards in the age of Apple Pay. Josh Miller/CNET With a Chipotle burrito in one hand, I handed the cashier a credit card lined with miniature computer parts. She handed it right back. “We …
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One (of many) app in the Windows Store lets users illegally stream pirated copies of popular films and television shows, including a few like “Furious 7,” which still haven’t been officially released on DVD or online. Screenshot by Dan Ackerman/CNET Open up Microsoft’s Windows Phone Store and search for Super Mario, the classic Nintendo game series notoriously absent on mobile …
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Windows 10’s new Continuum feature will let smartphone owners use PC versions of apps like Word and PowerPoint, including a mouse and keyboard, just by plugging their devices into a monitor. Screenshot by Juan Garzón/CNET Windows Mobile is back from the dead. Microsoft is killing off its Windows Phone brand, which has languished in the mobile market for the last …
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We learned that Earth’s core is solid, not molten, thanks to Inge Lehmann. Google/Screenshot by CNET Inge Lehmann helped us to know planet Earth a little better. And now Google is helping us to get to know Inge Lehmann. The Google Doodle on Wednesday is paying homage to the Danish seismologist, on what would have been her 127th birthday, with …
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Fitbit’s Surge smartwatch was one of 10.9 million devices the startup sold in 2014. Sarah Tew/CNET Fitbit is on track to be the first wearable tech-focused company to go public. In a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 8-year-old startup — a leading maker of fitness- and health-tracking gadgets based in San Francisco — is seeking to …
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Windows 10, due out in the summer, will be free to users of Windows 7 or later for up to one year. After that, however, Microsoft says it’s still working out the kinks. Nick Statt/CNET Microsoft has bold ambitions for Windows 10: To power 1 billion devices by 2018. To achieve that goal, the company for the first time will …
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