Choo-choo! All aboard the Apple bandwagon, everybody! I see you, Jim Beam! Jump on up here and let’s catch this train to infamy. Jim Beam is known for its expansive lineup of whiskeys, but now it also wants to be known for an entertaining marketing stunt hitched to Apple’s much-hyped iPhone event on September 7. …
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Like others, I have been critical of Apple for including only 16GB of storage in the entry-level versions of the iPhone 6 and 6S when base models of rival high-end smartphones came with 32GB. Well, Apple’s finally killed the 16GB iPhone, at least when it comes the iPhone 6S/6S Plus and iPhone 7 /7 Plus, all of which include 32GB …
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If you own an Apple Watch, your gadget is going to get faster and better at communicating on Sept. 13 with the release of WatchOS 3. Apple announced the smartwatch’s new software version at its iPhone 7 launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday, while touting new features for communications and health. “There are so many features in WatchOS 3, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple debuts iPhone 7 2:42 The wait is over; the Apple iPhone 7 has finally landed. That means no more speculative gossip about cameras and battery life — just real-deal specs. More from Apple’s event Apple’s iPhone 7 is a familiar phone for unfamiliar challenges Apple’s AirPods may look weird, but they’ll change the headphone market …
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After a demo of Pokemon Go for Apple Watch, Apple confirmed suspicions of second-generation hardware for what is the most popular smartwatch around today. This new watch is called the Apple Watch Series 2, and it boasts some significant upgrades, such as water resistance up to 50 meters over the previous model’s splash resistance. It also comes with a faster …
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It’s a classic dilemma: Buy the new iPhone, or save some money by going with an older model? If the recently announced Apple iPhone 7 has spun you into this predicament, fret not dear CNET reader — we got you. We parsed through the slight differences between the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6S so you don’t have to. Below is …
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Apple is holding an event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco in just a few hours. The Cupertino-based company is expected to announce the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and an updated model of the Apple Watch. We may also see some other surprises. Here’s everything you need to know: Tuning in When: Wednesday, September 7 What …
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The Federal Aviation Administration might still be working out how commercial unmanned aerial systems, or drones, fit into US airspace, but that’s not stopping Qualcomm from researching how to make the skies — and the ground below — safer right now. Qualcomm will work with AT&T and its commercial 4G LTE network to begin trials to analyze how drones can …
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Now playing: Watch this: Vizio debuts new Google Cast speakers 1:01 Vizio has announced two new Wi-Fi speakers for its SmartCast range — which also incorporates televisions — and is based on the Google Cast platform. The Vizio SmartCast Crave 360 ($250) is a portable speaker which works in a similar fashion to the Samsung Radiant360 by radiating sound evenly …
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People wanting to get their hands on Apple’s latest iPhone only need to wait until next week. The tech giant unveiled its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus on Wednesday, saying the devices will be available online and in stores on September 16. Preorders begin September 9. This is supposed to be a year of big changes for the iPhone, but …
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The good news is that iPhones with foolishly small 16GB amounts of storage are mostly vanishing from the market. The bad news is that it won’t be long before 32GB is the new 16GB. When Apple began selling the first iPhone in 2007, it came with what now seems a laughably inadequate 4GB supply of flash memory. That’s where you …
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Apple finally doubled the storage capacity of its entry-level iPhone 6S/6S Plus and iPhone 7 and 7 Plus models to 32GB, but the memory boost isn’t just limited to its phones. On Wednesday, the company stealthily replaced all 16GB options for its lineup of older iPads as well, upgrading the iPad Air 2, the iPad Mini 4 and the iPad …
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Grado headphones have a sound. AKG, Audeze, Beyerdynamic, Hifiman, and Sennheiser headphones tend to be more tonally neutral and accurate. The thing I love about Grados is they’re more dynamically alive and present than those other brands’ headphones. I’m never more aware of that as when I listen to Grados at recording sessions. I could go into the studio and …
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If any actress knows murder inside and out, it’s Angela Lansbury. The 90-year-old screen veteran is best known as author and detective Jessica Fletcher in the hit TV series “Murder, She Wrote.” In the series, which aired from 1984 to 1996, Lansbury solved one murder after another as Fletcher, occasionally becoming the suspect herself. With an acting career spanning seven …
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Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 The new version of the software that runs the iPhone and iPad will be out in six days. Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday during the tech giant’s annual late-summer event in San Francisco that Apple’s newest mobile software, iOS 10, will be available September 13. The release …
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