How does a wireless carrier get your attention? By promising to cut your phone bill by half. Sprint wagered that consumers would be willing to ignore its reputation for subpar service if that meant saving a few bucks. True, it has upgraded its network and sped up its service, but the reality of those improvements …
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I’ve just walked half a mile up a mountain in the snow, but that’s not what’s taken my breath away. That honour belongs to Quill, a new virtual-reality tool from Oculus that allows you to paint in the air around you simply by waving your hands. It’s one of many cool and clever virtual-reality developments here at the 2016 Sundance …
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Anyone can buy their lover roses and chocolates for Valentine’s Day, but what about a shiny new phone? Google is making it easier for aspiring casanovas to do just that by dropping the prices of the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P phones by $50. The Google Nexus 5X can be purchased unlocked at $299 for the 16GB unit and $349 …
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Ever wanted to use PayPal to make purchases on Amazon? Don’t hold your breath. That’s the message Amazon Payments’ vice president Patrick Gauthier offered in an interview with CNET on Monday when asked whether his company might someday bring PayPal’s digital payments service to Amazon.com. “It’s quite simple,” Gauthier said. “Amazon starts with the customer. If our customers were asking …
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Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi has confirmed that its next flagship smartphone, the Mi 5, will launch next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. Xiaomi’s Global Vice President Hugo Barra confirmed the launch on Twitter, exclaiming, “#Mi5 is almost here! Xiaomi’s first product launch in 2016, on February 24. It’s everything you imagined, and more.” Specs of …
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We may be finally getting over the iPhone. Apple on Tuesday said it sold 74.8 million iPhones in the fiscal first quarter, ended December 26, missing Wall Street expectations and posting the slowest growth since the company began selling the smartphones in 2007. Sales were essentially flat compared with the same quarter last year, when it sold 74.5 million units. …
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On Tuesday, GoPro and Periscope announced an update to the Periscope app would allow users to stream from a GoPro action camera as well as the iPhone’s camera. The potential for streaming from a smaller camera intended to be used in extreme situations is limitless. And that’s pretty exciting. To use the new feature, you’ll need to own a Hero …
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Sprint’s prepaid brand Boost Mobile wants to pay you to watch ads — and that’s not all. The wireless carrier came out swinging on Tuesday with a bundle of announcements that include two new family plans, free phones and roaming in Mexico. $5 ad-watching credit Boost will give customers using Android phones a $5 monthly bill credit for installing the …
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Is your Uber driver going too fast or stopping too short? The ride-hailing service says it will now be able to find out. Uber has been conducting a test program to measure the actions of its drivers, the San Francisco company said in a blog post Tuesday. By checking the GPS and accelerometers in a driver’s smartphone, Uber can detect …
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AT&T is on a mission to touch every aspect of your life. The Dallas telco already runs huge wireless, home Internet and TV services. And it wants to connect your car, smartwatch, glucose monitor and potentially even your city. Now, it’s hoping to be responsible for something more: delivering video you want, when and where you want it and on …
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It’s an Apple world after all. The Cupertino, California, technology titan disclosed in a financial document that it has an active base of 1 billion devices in the market. That includes iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, Apple TVs and Apple Watches that the company said were engaged in its services over the past 90 days. The staggering figure underscores the continued …
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The aptly named YouTube Picture in Picture extension for Chrome makes YouTube on your desktop or laptop feel more like YouTube’s mobile apps where you can swipe down on a video to watch it off to the side so you can continue to browse YouTube. The extension is marked as being in beta, but I found it to be stable …
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After seeking the advice of his Twitter followers, Donald Trump has decided not to participate in Thursday’s presidential debate between Republican candidates in Des Moines, Iowa, following a row with debate host Fox News. The Republican front-runner’s campaign announced his decision to back out Tuesday night after complaining of bias against him by Fox News host Megyn Kelly, one of …
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There are a few things nearly every Super Bowl party in America will likely have: a TV, chips and some sort of dip, and lots and lots of phones. Since surveys indicate you have these pocket-size computers on you pretty much every waking moment, you might as well be keeping up with the game via Twitter. The Carolina Panthers and …
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A screencast is a recording of everything that happens on your computer screen. Why would you need such a thing? For businesses, it’s a great way to, say, teach new employees how to use company systems or show prospective customers a product demo. For individuals, a screencast can help demonstrate a task or operation to, say, a tech-challenged friend or …
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