Snapchat is launching new augmented-reality Lenses for gaming with friends, the company announced in a post Wednesday. Snappables is a new form of Lenses, the augemented-reality filters that apply special effects within the Snapchat app. Snappables expands Lenses to create shared experiences and gaming capabilities between users. Snapchat introduced Snappables AR Lenses Wednesday. Snapchat Snappables …
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Google just announced a huge update to Gmail, adding new features such as high-priority notifications, confidential mode and better offline support. Now playing: Watch this: The new Gmail is here 1:24 Not all features will be available at launch. Those immediately available include smart replies (similar to the Gmail mobile version), the option to snooze emails as in Inbox and …
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For a moment there, Gal Gadot, better known for her role in the Wonder Woman movie, joined the ranks of phone brand ambassadors caught using an iPhone when they shouldn’t have. Gadot, who became Huawei’s US brand ambassador for the Huawei Mate 10 Pro in January, appeared to have been caught using an iPhone to tweet about about her love of an iPhone …
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The Oneplus 6 has now been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus. With the success of its 2017 lineup — the 5 and 5T — the Chinese phonemaker solidified its reputation for premium phones equipped with top-tier …
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Spotify’s revamped mobile app unshackles free users from shuffle mode — and opens up a cache of new data in the process. The world’s largest music-streaming service said Tuesday that after years of limiting mobile users of its free tier to shuffled songs, it’s opening up about 40 hours of on-demand music from 15 playlists like your personalized Discover Weekly …
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“Who wants a stylus?” Steve Jobs famously asked when he unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, implying that the answer was “no one.” Now, 11 years later, analysts believe that a new iPhone may work with a stylus anyway. The prediction comes from analysts at investment firm Rosenblatt Securities (via AppleInsider), who believe that a premium 2018 6.5-inch OLED iPhone …
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Owners of Fitbit Versa and Fitbit Ionic smartwatches should no longer have problems syncing the devices with their smartphones. Fitbit says the company has resolved connectivity issues that had afflicted both devices for several hours on Tuesday. “We have rolled out a fix and all Versa and Ionic users should now be able to use their devices normally,” Fitbit said in a statement. “We …
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Now playing: Watch this: Gmail gets a big reboot (The 3:59, Ep. 392) 4:19 On this podcast, we talk about: The new Gmail and what features it comes with A hack that turned Amazon’s Alexa into a listening device How digital currencies are helping the poor out of poverty The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image It’s hard work, tolerating corporate America. Sprint/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s easy to think that those who peddle products on TV don’t have feelings. Who could imagine they experience doubt or fear? They smile on camera, tell you to buy a certain …
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Adobe Lightroom’s new profiles feature puts photo editing presets on steroids — and now you can build your own profiles, too. Profiles now use technology called a 3D lookup table (LUT) that mathematically transforms colors and tones in precise ways. They’ve long been used in cinema to give movies a certain mood or look — the oppressive greenish cast in …
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The fate of the AT&T — and potentially all media deals — is in the hands of a judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. It’s in the courtroom of Judge Richard Leon that AT&T and Time Warner are battling with the Justice Department over their right to merge, bringing together one of the largest telecom …
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Chinese phone maker Huawei is under investigation by the US Department of Justice, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investigation aims to determine whether Huawei violated US sanctions against Iran. It’s not clear what stage the investigation is in or exactly what allegations have been presented. This isn’t the first time Huawei has been under the government’s microscope. Huawei’s relationship with …
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What do we call the phone that comes after the iPhone X? We’ve wondered that ourselves, especially since Apple effectively killed the iPhone 9 after bringing out the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X this past September. Don’t hold your breath for the iPhone 11, according to analysts from Guggenheim Securities (via AppleInsider), who said that Apple could keep the iPhone X …
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