Enlarge ImageSony will debut new devices on September 2 in Berlin. Sony Sony may no longer be the best-known Asian electronics maker, but it’s got plenty to share at this year’s IFA electronics show. The Japanese company is hosting a press conference at 4:15 p.m. local time on September 2 in Berlin (that translates to …
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Enlarge Image Acer CEO Jason Chen (right) and another exec reveal the Predator 6 gaming smartphone during a press conference at IFA in Berlin. Shara Tibken/CNET BERLIN — Acer’s going after gamers with a new smartphone, a projector and other devices revealed here at the IFA electronics show. Jason Chen, the Taiwanese company’s CEO, showed off a new Predator 6 …
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Enlarge Image Intel’s Kirk Skaugen talks up the company’s new Skylake processors during an event at IFA in Berlin. Shara Tibken/CNET BERLIN — Intel on Wednesday officially took the wraps off its new Skylake processor family and showed off computers that use the chips. More than 800 systems will be launching around the world starting Wednesday, said Kirk Skaugen, senior …
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Samsung teased its new smartwatch, the Gear S2, during a video at its Unpacked event in mid-August. Samsung Samsung is hoping the seventh time’s the charm, even though the company is now facing off against the Apple Watch. The South Korean electronics giant will show off its latest smartwatch — its first in a year but seventh since late 2013 …
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The Apple invitation invokes the iPhone’s voice assistant, known for providing answers to users’ questions. Apple Apple will show off its next iPhones on September 9 at an event in San Francisco. The event will be held exactly a year after the company introduced the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling, the 6 Plus. The two phones have become Apple’s …
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Can’t get enough of smartwatches? Well, a whole new batch is on its way. Asus, Huawei, LG and Motorola will introduce their newest smartwatches next week at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, according to people familiar with the companies’ launch plans. The devices will all run Google’s Android Wear software, which was created to power wearable products like …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook wants investors to stop worrying about China. The head of the world’s biggest public technology company on Monday emailed CNBC host Jim Cramer to say that despite concerns in the stock market, Apple has “continued to experience strong growth for our business in China through July and August.” He added that growth in iPhone activations has …
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Enlarge ImageJK Shin, the Samsung co-CEO in charge of the company’s mobile business, shows off the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ during an event in New York. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — Consumers may not have to wait much longer for Samsung’s next virtual-reality device. JK Shin, Samsung co-CEO and the head of the company’s mobile business, told …
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Enlarge ImageSamsung teased its next smartwatch on Thursday. The company will reveal full details of the wearable in early September at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Screenshot by CNET NEW YORK — Samsung offered a brief glimpse Thursday of its next smartwatch, a round device it hopes will lure consumers away from the Apple Watch. The company played a …
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Samsung on Thursday took the wraps off its latest jumbo-screen smartphones in a bid to win back customers who’ve defected to Apple and to other Android vendors. It also detailed plans to launch its mobile-payments service Samsung Pay and teased its next smartwatch. The Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ go on sale in the US and Canada on …
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