Verizon has won the latest legal battle in a spat with broadband competitor Cablevision over disingenuous advertising. Verizon A federal judge has ordered Cablevision to stop running advertisements that accuse Verizon of lying about offering its Fios broadband customers the fastest in-home Wi-Fi service. On Friday, Judge Gary Brown threw out Cablevision’s lawsuit against Verizon, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Here’s how you install Windows 10 on a Mac 2:51 Editors’ note: This post was updated on August 12, 2015, with information on how to remove Windows from a dual-boot Mac. If you haven’t already heard, Windows 10 is pretty great and worth installing on your PC. Apple fans won’t miss out either, since the new …
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Sometimes nothing gets your point across like Darth Vader. Like, you text your buddy: “Where shall we have lunch?” Your buddy: “How about that hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint?” You: VADER. He’ll get the message. Alas, iOS offers no Vader or other “Star Wars” emoji with which to express your geeky displeasure (or, in happier moments, geeky pleasure). But here’s good news: …
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Optus Bad reception is no longer a problem for Optus customers, with the telco announcing the introduction of WiFi Talk, a service that lets customers make and receive calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi connection. Available as a free app download from both the App Store and Google Play, WiFi Talk can be used by Optus prepaid and postpaid …
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Xiaomi is looking to win over consumers in India with the new Redmi 2 Prime. Xiaomi Chinese mobile phone vendor Xioami has a new flagship phone created in and specifically targeted for India. The new Redmi 2 Prime, touted on Xiaomi’s Facebook page, is the company’s first mobile phone made in India. Teaming up with China’s Foxconn, best known for …
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Australian subscription video-on-demand service Stan has announced a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution that adds “hundreds of hours” of new content to its catalogue. The multi-year deal includes access to five first run shows as well as movies and other back catalogue collections. Arguably the centrepiece of the deal is the exclusive SVOD rights to all ten seasons …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10 has a new feature called Wi-Fi Sense that makes sharing your Wi-Fi password slightly more convenient — at the expense of network security, naturally. Wi-Fi Sense automatically shares password information with your contacts, in theory so your friends and family will be able to connect to your network without having to manually enter in a …
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The Spice Android One Dream UNO is one of the first Android One devices available in India. Spice Google’s low-cost Android One platform is not as successful as the company would like, and now it’s planning to work with handset makers in India to boost adoption. Android One has “not delivered to expectations,” Google managing director in India and Southeast …
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A week after Carlos Flores started wearing his new Pebble smartwatch, his friends called him out for being rude. Flores’ offense? Continually lifting his arm, craning his neck and reading a stream of messages after his watch buzzed and lit up. “If you need to be somewhere else, why don’t you leave?” he remembers a friend asking pointedly. It wasn’t …
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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 Tethercell Now here’s an ingenious idea: a Bluetooth-capable AA battery you can control with your smartphone. That’s the Tethercell in a nutshell. The gadget debuted way back in 2013 at CES, …
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Microsoft has rolled out a major new update for Windows 10 that’s causing headaches for some users. Pushed out last Wednesday, a major update for Windows 10 dubbed KB3081424 is designed as a cumulative update, which means it incorporates all of the bug fixes previously released for the new OS. But KB3081424 is proving itself to be buggy. After the …
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Ever notice the battery meter placed next to the Bluetooth icon when you connect compatible accessories to your iOS device? That meter is a handy indicator of just how much juice the accessory has left, but it’s not all that precise. So with iOS 9, Apple is taking it one step further and adding an exact percentage. Jason Cipriani/CNET Apple …
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Alcatel hits redial on the OneTouch Idol 3. Josh Miller/CNET Chinese phone-maker Alcatel on doubled down on its OneTouch Idol 3 smartphone , announcing on Monday a 4.7-inch variant will sell directly to US and Canadian customers beginning August 14. In a move that reinforces a trend of Chinese companies selling directly to North American customers, Alcatel’s website becomes the …
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Ever tried sharing a Bluetooth speaker with someone? Your iPhone connects to it just fine, and you’re able to throw a killer dance party. But then comes time to disconnect your iPhone from it, so your friend can take over DJ duties. And that’s when the problems start. In order to disconnect your iPhone from the speaker (or any other …
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Remember when the only thing you had to know when signing up for a wireless plan was how many voice minutes you wanted? Long gone are the days when consumers could easily pick and choose the services they wanted as part of their phone plans. Now wireless operators have made their plans so complicated and difficult to understand it practically …
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