This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 9 brings real multitasking to the iPad 1:36 The details are in on Apple’s next version of its iOS mobile operating. Apple unveiled iOS 9 at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco …
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Wireless customers with “grandfathered” unlimited-data plans will do almost anything to hold on to them. It’s been five years for AT&T and four years for Verizon since either wireless carrier sold an unlimited data plan. But these operators have allowed customers who previously signed up for those plans to keep them. But neither carrier really wants customers to stick with …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Enlarge ImageBad thumbdrive removal. Sarah Tew/CNET Over the years, Apple has turned its Mac OS into a sleek, powerful, user-friendly operating system that mostly gets better with each new iteration. Is it perfect? Not quite, but there isn’t too much to complain about. …
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At first glance the Harbeth Super HL5Plus brought me way back to the time when I first fell in love with British monitor speakers in the 1970s. Some said they were too “polite” or reserved, but to my ears they were much more than that. They sounded honest and true, American speakers were more “exciting” and dynamic, and tended to …
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Netflix will add three more countries to its stable, as it looks to offer its service worldwide. Claire Reilly/CNET Netflix announced Saturday that its service will arrive in Portugal, Italy and Spain in October, allowing Internet users from those countries to subscribe and stream a broad selection of TV shows and movies. At launch, the company says, it will offer …
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Steve Guttenberg/CNET I was thinking about all of this when I read about Apple’s coming pay-only streaming service. What a crazy idea; I guess Tim Cook thinks Apple can seduce the faithful to pony up $10 a month for music. Apparently, Cook hasn’t heard about how things are going with Jay Z’s Tidal, a pay-only streaming service that’s going nowhere …
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Flash is getting some special — albeit negative — treatment in Chrome. Adobe Google’s Chrome browser is getting an update that promises better battery life — by limiting Adobe Flash. In the latest beta of Google’s Chrome browser, the tech titan has turned on a feature that automatically identifies Flash running on a Web page and pauses anything deemed unnecessary …
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Nicole Cozma/CNET If you’re watching a movie that’s playing through your speakers, and then decide to switch to your headset, the process of changing devices feels a bit clunky on Windows. As an alternative, the Audio Switch 2.0 app gives you a fast way to select an audio device. Here’s how to use it: Get a free copy of Audio …
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Samsung Samsung is slated to introduce a new, wallet-friendly Galaxy J7 smartphone in the near future, according to a listing on a Russian retailer’s website. Related Links Samsung gets back to dissing Apple in new ads First batch of Samsung Galaxy J1 details bubble up Samsung’s 5.5-inch Galaxy S6 Plus rumored to be coming soon First reported on by SamMobile, …
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Andrew Hoyle/CNET Heading off on holiday this summer and want to make a video record of your trip to make your friends at home jealous? With almost every smartphone being able to shoot and even edit video, creating movies from your trip has never been easier. Still, if you want to get the best from your footage, there are a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch (2015) 4:57 The Apple Watch may be beautiful on the outside, but how about on the inside? In this Cracking Open installment, we go inside the watch’s case for a look at the hardware that powers Apple’s new wearable. The Apple Watch comes in three different models, two different sizes and six different finishes. …
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Apple is no longer sellilng the subsidized version of the iPhone for AT&T customers. CNET AT&T subscribers who buy an iPhone through Apple will no longer be able to get a subsidized version. A peek at the Apple online store now shows that AT&T’s Next installment plan is the only way you can pick up the iPhone 6 or iPhone …
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Look — up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Superman with a goatee? Yup, that’s right. And in the just-released trailer for a new animated series called “Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles,” it’s not only the Man of Steel’s facial hair that’s changed. He’s also now the son of traditional House of El enemy General Zod …
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The new HTC One isn’t doing so great. CNET HTC is in a jam. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has long crafted critically acclaimed smartphones, only to have them ignored in favor of larger, flashier brands. The company’s troubles continued on Friday, when it cut its second-quarter revenue forecast and warned it would post a loss, breaking a streak of four …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET If you experience immediate regret after hitting Send on a text message on your iPhone, OS X Daily found a clever trick to stop the message from being delivered. Whether you suddenly discovered that you were texting the wrong person or just sending an embarrassing text to the right person, you can stop the message from …
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