The Moto 360 gets even smarter and more interactive with new software update. Sarah Tew/CNET Owners of Motorola’s Moto 360 can start receiving the latest version of the Android Wear software for their smartwatches starting Thursday. Available immediately, the new release features interactive watch faces as well as some custom Motorola touches. (You can see …
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CNET went hands-on with the Turing phone. Josh Miller/CNET Turing Robotic Industries isn’t the first company to attempt to build a super secure smartphone that will keep even the most agile hackers out, but it’s determined to try. On Thursday, the California-based company announced that three variations of its Turing Phone will ship on December 18, with pre-orders beginning September …
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More iPhones are on the way. CNET Apple just sent out invitations for its next big media event, and fresh rumors of what will and won’t be announced are already flying. Though the next generation of big-screen iPhones should be the main attraction at the September 9 event, a rumored smaller-screened smartphone won’t be ready for prime time quite yet, …
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Sprint is getting aggressive with DirecTV customers. CNET Sprint has found a novel way to lure away customers from a rival: give its service away for free. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier said on Thursday that as a way to “celebrate” rival AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV, it would offer any of its satellite TV customers a free year of wireless …
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Sennheiser’s mysterious marble headphone amp. Rich Trenholm/CNET LONDON — Sennheiser has unveiled a new…something. To celebrate its 70th anniversary, the German headphone and audio company has given us a look at a new high-end audio product without telling us much more — except that it’s made of marble. What it looks like is a headphone amplifier, and a very posh …
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Now playing: Watch this: Geronimo is a cooler, faster way to read your emails 1:12 Editors’ note, August 27, 2015: Geronimo is now live in the Apple App Store to download. Digging through your inbox is hardly the most fun activity of your day. A new email app called Geronimo is using gestures, like flicks and swipes, to change that. …
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The Apple Watch is poised to reach the top of the wearables market in the coming quarters. CNET No, the Apple Watch hasn’t completely dominated the wearables market just yet — but it’s getting there. In market researcher IDC’s latest quarterly report on wearables, Apple’s smartwatch — which launched in April — debuted at the No. 2 spot, just behind …
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Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Apple is adding some much needed multitasking features to its iPad lineup with iOS 9. There’s a new keyboard, the option to run apps in a split-screen setup, and a new picture-in-picture feature. Picture-in-picture will allow users to watch a video or hold a FaceTime call, while at the same time using the iPad for other …
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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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What’s next for Microsoft’s Lumia line? Some new images give us hints. CNET Microsoft has plans to announce new handsets in October, according to reports, but they may have already been leaked online. Images were leaked on Twitter on Wednesday purporting to show off the upcoming Microsoft smartphones. The first leak came from Brad Sams, a Microsoft reporter at news …
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Enlarge ImageAmazon Prime is set to offer video streaming in Japan. Amazon The global battle between Amazon and Netflix is growing with the announcement that Amazon is set to launch its video streaming service in Japan next month, hot on the heels of the news Netflix will soon launch in the country. The US-based e-commerce giant announced on Thursday that …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Today is all about the sci-fi. (The first person who says, “Star Wars isn’t sci-fi, it’s fantasy,” gets a wedgie.) The Humble Star Wars Audiobook Bundle is a collection of at least seven …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to stop Facebook autoplay videos on mobile 0:39 Autoplay videos can get you right into the action when you’ve spotted a fun new cat video, but when you’re out on the road those videos could send you rapidly toward your data cap. Here’s how to slow things down so your Facebook app only automatically plays …
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The Asus ZenFone 2. Aloysius Low/CNET Asus is going all out with its ZenFone line, with plans to release up to seven new models in 2016. Jerry Shen, CEO of the Taiwanese electronics giant, told the Taiwan-based DigiTimes this week: “The 2016 ZenFone family will include one premium ZenFone Deluxe, two models of the mainstream ZenFone Laser, one ZenFone Selfie …
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