Apple’s MacBook isn’t the only shiny new laptop in town using a USB Type-C port. CNET Update looks at the new Chromebook Pixel , which you can find sold on Google’s new online store. (And sold at Google’s first retail shop-in-a-shop in London.) Now playing: Watch this: Google’s Chromebook Pixel joins the USB-C club 2:58 …
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Motorola Two years ago, Motorola launched the Moto Maker online studio, inviting users to create a personalized Moto X phone using custom hues, patterns and engravings crafted to order at the company’s Texas factory. When it launched, the tool was only available for AT&T customers in select areas, but today Motorola expands the service to include the Moto 360 smart …
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Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth Bank has officially introduced an update to its CommBank mobile app allowing customers to make Tap & Pay payments on any Android phone with NFC. After a soft launch that came off the back of an app update on March 4, the feature is now available on any Android smartphone using Android 4.4 (KitKat) or later. The …
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The CIA has long sought entry into iPhones and iPads, according to leaked documents. Sarah Tew/CNET The Central Intelligence Agency has spent years trying to find a back door into Apple’s mobile devices, according to documents provided to The Intercept by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The CIA has focused its efforts on cracking the security keys used …
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How is each Apple Watch designed? YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple is offering not just one but three different flavors of its new smartwatch. And just how did the company create all three versions? The Apple Watch lineup includes the entry-level Sport edition, the mid-range Apple Watch model and the high-end Apple Watch Edition. All three are designed using different …
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iPhone owners that don’t own an Apple Watch now have an app to remind them that they don’t own an Apple Watch. It’s not often we get two mobile operating system updates in one day. This CNET Update roundup covers the new features in Android 5.1 and iOS 8.2 (which cures a security bug). Also, learn about the USB Type-C …
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A transmitter beams infrared light to awaiting receivers on devices around a coffee shop or your home. James Martin/CNET In a few years, charging your device wirelessly will be as simple as doing nothing at all. That’s if wireless charging startup Wi-Charge gets its way. Related links Magnetic fields make wireless charging a whole lot cooler Say hello to Rezence, …
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Is your piggybank looking a little nervous? James Martin/CNET Tim Cook and pals have stepped forth from their aluminium tower, revealing — at last — the nitty gritty on when the Apple Watch will debut around the globe, as well as a brand new MacBook with only a single port. Here’s what UK tech fans need to know. Apple Watch …
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iOS 8.2 fixes a ten-year-old security hole. CNET Apple has patched a recently discovered security hole that has been around for more than 10 years. Released on Monday following the company’s Apple Watch event, iOS 8.2 includes a fix that resolves the security bug known as “FREAK.” The bug could have left users of Apple’s mobile Safari and Google’s Android …
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MIT Media Lab A prototype device developed by researchers at MIT’s Media Lab would allow the blind to read with their finger without having to learn Braille. The FingerReader, mounted on the user’s finger, is equipped with a number of sensors that allows it to read text on a page on behalf of the reader. While using a computer, a …
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Motorola’s Moto 360 is among the devices running Google’s Android Wear. The operating system is reportedly getting Wi-Fi support. Motorola Google’s Android Wear software for wearables will soon get some updates that will make it act more like the software on the upcoming Apple Watch, according to a new report. Google is planning to bring Wi-Fi support to Android Wear …
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The design of the Apple Watch is more significant than its technology, says one analyst. James Martin/CNET The Apple Watch’s killer feature is actually its overall design and not any specific functionality, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. In an investors note released Monday following the Apple Watch event, Munster said that investors may have missed the device’s killer …
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Twitter, which has its headquarters in San Francisco (shown here), has a new office in Hong Kong. James Martin/CNET Twitter may be banned in China, but that won’t stop the company from trying to do business there. The social-networking service has opened an office in Hong Kong with an aim to expand its advertising revenue through partnerships with Chinese companies, …
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Apple’s “Spring Forward” event on March 9 was supposed to fill in the missing details on the company’s new Apple Watch , which it initially unveiled back in September. However, Apple being Apple, decided to leave us with a number of unanswered questions and keep the mystery going. However, unnamed Apple spokespeople have been giving bloggers and journalists tidbits of …
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Now playing: Watch this: iTunes Match vs. Amazon Music vs. Google Play Music 1:32 Apple, Amazon and Google all have services that let you access your music in the cloud. Files can be scanned from your personal library and will then be matched with the same song in the cloud. If a song isn’t available in the catalog, however, you …
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