I’m standing on the bow of what looks to be a sunken pirate ship. A blue whale swims near me. Our eyes lock as he glides by and, as he turns to drift away, I see the ridges on his belly. I am awestruck by his beauty, and it takes a moment for me to …
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Enlarge ImageSamsung likely will update its Note line during its event Thursday. CNET If you’ve been waiting for Samsung’s next large-screen smartphones, you don’t have to wait much longer. Samsung will host its second Unpacked event of the year at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET on Thursday at Lincoln Center in New York. CNET will be on hand to bring …
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It’s hard to stand out in the iPhone case market, but Speck is trying to do just that with its new CandyShell Inked Luxury Edition, available soon for $50 (iPhone 6) and $55 (iPhone 6 Plus). In contrast to the original CandyShell and CandyShell Inked cases, which have glossy finishes, this new model features a “shimmering” metallic design with a …
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Samsung’s Unpacked event was brief, but certainly not light on details. The company gave us a rundown on the new hardware and features we can expect to see in the coming weeks. Here are the most important things Samsung announced. Enlarge ImageThe Galaxy Note’s S-Pen has been revamped. Josh Miller/CNET The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 packs a new stylus The …
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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. Enlarge Image A4C If you’ve watched and wondered about smartwatches but just couldn’t bring yourself to spend $200, $300 or more on something you weren’t sure you’d like, today is your very lucky …
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Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive Samsung has announced that Samsung Pay, its mobile payment system, is about to roll out, but Australians might not want to hold their breath. Samsung Pay will begin operation in Korea on August 20 and in the US on September 28 but there’s no firm date for Australia except “in 2016.” The South Korean smartphone …
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Check out all the places we’ve been on CNET’s Road Trip 2015. On the 21st floor of New York’s Woolworth Building, the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1913, there’s a new structure that’s on track to break records. David Etherington, the chief strategy officer at municipal advertising giant Titan, is helping to create a structure …
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Angelina Jolie is one of the stars with their sights set on streaming their next project. Vera Anderson/WireImage/Getty When Netflix show “House of Cards” won a hat-trick of Emmys and Amazon’s “Transparent” took home a brace of Golden Globes, it served official notice that some of today’s best TV isn’t even on TV. As the streaming services vie to win …
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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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Apple released a slew of updates today to iOS and iTunes, aimed at improving Apple Music and fixing a few key problems. The updates are available to download now for iOS devices and iTunes on Windows and Mac. The company also pushed out an update to Mac OS X that fixes a few minor issues related to Mail, Photos and …
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The Dell Chromebook 13 is a premium Chrome OS laptop geared for business users. Prices range from about $400 to $900. Stephen Shankland/CNET MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google’s high-end, high-priced Chromebook Pixel laptop became a market success in its creators’ eyes on Thursday — by influencing the design of a more affordable competitor from Dell. The $1,299 Chromebook Pixel from …
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Mac users who want to run Windows 10 can now do so through the latest release of Apple’s Boot Camp. Dong Ngo/CNET Mac users can now officially run Windows 10 through an updated version of Apple’s Boot Camp dual-boot utility. An Apple support document posted late Wednesday lists the Mac and iMac models that support dual booting with Windows 10 …
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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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Now playing: Watch this: The best free movies to catch online in August 2:43 You look like someone who needs to watch many movies about leprechauns who terrorize humans. You’re in luck! Six “Leprechaun” movies arrived on Crackle just for the month of August. In case you are not a leprechaun-phile, some great titles are arriving include “Jerry Maguire,” “District …
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Enlarge ImageSamsung’s new Galaxy Note 5. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s new Galaxy handsets, the Note 5 and the S6 Edge+ , roll out globally on August 21, and while both devices strut a similar look to the current company flagship , Samsung did make a few tweaks and improvements to their hardware. Both phones, for instance, have a higher capacity battery, …
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