John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, speaks at an Un-carrier event in SF on September 10, 2014. He could be new BFFs with Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen. Josh Miller/CNET T-Mobile and Dish Network, two mavericks in their respective industries, could make for a potent duo. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier and second-largest satellite-TV provider are in …
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Daryl Hannah in a scene from Sense8. Murray Close/Netflix Winter isn’t just coming — it’s well and truly here. But on the plus side, while previous winters were pretty stark when it came to content streaming options, there are so many options this year since the local industry upped its game. So as you dust off the slow cooker, pull …
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The Formartti iPhone case costs more than the phone it’s meant to protect. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI — Formartti’s gold-plated jewel-encrusted iPhone cases don’t come cheap. With a minimum price of 70,000 New Taiwan dollars — that’s around $2,270, £1,275 or AU$2,930 — for the basic model, everyone will know just how loaded you are (though they may have some doubts …
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Shia LaBeouf told the Internet to “JUST DO IT!” and they did, only he probably didn’t mean for them to do it to HIM. Video screenshot by Danny Gallagher/CNET What happened to Shia LaBeouf? He went from being the precocious little kid on the Disney Channel’s “Even Stevens” to a pseudo movie star who seems more content with trying to …
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Apple Watch may soon be on many more wrists. Sarah Tew/CNET Customers around the world will have more ways to get their hands — or wrists — on Apple Watch in the coming weeks. Apple Watch will be available in Apple’s brick-and-mortar retail stores within two weeks, the company announced on Thursday, ending months of speculation on when it’ll finally …
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Microsoft is doling out Windows 10 as a free upgrade to users running Windows 7 or 8.1. But the edition of Windows 10 that you receive will depend on which edition of Windows you’re running now. Microsoft is counting heavily on Windows 10 to erase the bad memory of Windows 8. As such, the company has made the unprecedented move …
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Get ready for yet another Samsung Galaxy S5 model. Josh Miller/CNET Just when you thought Samsung had completely moved on from the Galaxy S5 family, a new rumor pops up to suggest otherwise. Related Links Samsung Galaxy S5 review Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge or S5 — which do I choose? Alleged Samsung Galaxy S6 Active specs and images surface …
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Nudgemail is going to be free — forever. Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET Nudgemail, the inbox-based reminder service, is coming out of beta Thursday with a surprise. Nudgemail will be free for all users, despite earlier statements that a premium version would be offered to help pay for the service, CNET has learned. Founder Jeremy Toeman offered a personal promise on …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Sure, Android can perform this action all by its lonesome, and there are rumors that iOS 9 may include such functionality, but until then, iOS users can use Opener. This $1.99 app (£1.49 in the UK, AU$2.49 in Australia) lets you open links in their corresponding app, skipping the annoying Web view along the way. Opener makes it …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Workers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco prepare the venue for Apple’s developers conference, kicking off June 8. James Martin/CNET There won’t be a new iPhone or iPad, and there definitely won’t be an Apple Car. But what Apple’s developers conference on …
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Mozilla’s upstart Firefox OS mobile operating system badly needs app support. And it may have found its answer in a 20-year-old programming language. Mozilla CTO Andreas Gal Mozilla The lack of apps are a common problem for operating systems challenging the two dominant mobile platforms, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Without crucial software like WhatsApp for text messaging, customers steer …
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Admit it: You’ve always wanted temperature-controlled shoes. Now you can have them. Vay Technologies Your smartphone can already control your lights, door locks, home heating-and-cooling system, speakers and more. Now it can arrange for comfy feet, too. The uGale is an app-controlled insole designed to keep your feet cool, ventilated and odor-free, or to heat them when it’s cold out. …
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Facebook Lite is part of the company’s latest effort to attract audiences in the developing world. Facebook Over the last decade, Facebook’s list of features and capabilities has piled pretty high. Now the company is stripping that way in a new app designed for customers with low-end phones and poor cellular connections. The new app, called Facebook Lite, weighs in …
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Yep, that’s Windows 10 running in a Windows 8, er, window. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Windows 10 has arrived! Well, almost: as we now know, the final version will drop July 29. In the meantime, you can test-drive the OS in the form of the Windows 10 Insider Preview. If you have an old PC lying around, you could install …
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The wearables market continues to grow. Sarah Tew/CNET Wearable devices scored their eighth straight quarter of solid growth, according to a new report released by market researcher IDC. During the first quarter of the year, a total of 11.4 million wearable devices shipped around the world, triple the 3.8 million shipped during the same quarter in 2014, IDC said Wednesday. …
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