Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals the 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition will range from $10,000 to $17,000. Tim Stevens/CNET Apple expects some iPhone owners to shell out more than $10,000 for a smartwatch. And it hopes they don’t care if it becomes outdated in a year. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant on Monday revealed pricing …
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The purported image of HTC E9 as reported on Engadget. Engadget Taiwanese smartphone-maker HTC may have only just revealed the M9, its latest flagship, but a number of leaks from China suggest the upcoming HTC E9 might be a strong competitor for your attention. China’s telecommunications regulator TENAA has posted an image of the E9, revealing a phone that’s flatter …
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HBO When season five of HBO’s award winning hit “Game of Thrones” premieres on April 12, it won’t just be on US screens. HBO has announced that it will be providing a simultaneous global broadcast of not only the first episode, “The Wars to Come,” but all ten episodes of the upcoming season. The simulcast will occur in over 170 …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I spend an increasing amount of time browsing the Web from my iPhone or iPad and less time doing so on my MacBook. I occasionally come across a ZIP, PDF or another file that I’d like to download but can’t on my current device. In such instances, I either make a mental note to double back to the …
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The Optus Zoo may have closed for business, but the provider is making sure its customers still have plenty to entertain them. Popular video-on-demand service Netflix starts streaming in Australia on March 24 and Optus will be offering a free six-month subscription for the service to new and re-contracting customers on both home broadband and mobile. While iiNet’s data-free offering …
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Apple Watch printouts atop a Pebble Steel. Jason Cipriani/CNET After the Apple Watch event Monday, the No. 1 question I keep getting asked is: What size should I get? To which my reply has been, “I have no idea.” The truth is, until you physically try the 38mm and 42mm watch housings on your wrist, you’re not going to know. …
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The Moto E arrives with the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android 5.0 Lollipop on board. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Cricket Wireless is the latest carrier to announce support for the second-generation Moto E smartphone. Arriving last Friday, the budget-friendly Android 5.0 handset sells for $130 without contract. Introduced in late February, the handset a 4.5-inch display, 5-megapixel rear camera …
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Now playing: Watch this: Everything you need to know from the March 9 Apple event 4:41 Alongside shiny new Mac Books, Apple dished details on its highly anticipated smartwatch at an event in San Francisco. Check out the most important moments in the videos below. The Apple Watch flaunted fancy new customizable faces. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch arrives …
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Microsoft Microsoft’s original Surface tablets? Meh. I thought they were chunky and overpriced. Same with the Surface 2 series. But with the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft crafted a pretty sweet portable PC. Too bad you still had to pay extra (a lot extra) for a keyboard, which is why I got angry every time an ad proclaimed it, “The tablet …
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Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET All eyes are on San Francisco, where Apple is expected to fill in all the remaining blanks on its long-anticipated wearable, the Apple Watch, at an event starting at 10 a.m. PT. But wait, aren’t there already other smartwatches out there? Google’s got one, right? Like the lone Yankees fan sitting in a crowd of …
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Sarah Tew/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — Select Mac computers will now feature the latest generation of Intel processors, according to announcements made by Apple at the company’s March 9 press event in San Francisco. In addition to the all-new 12-inch Macbook coming April 10th, Apple also upgraded the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air with new processors and Thunderbolt 2 ports, and …
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Buggy on/off button on your iPhone 5? Apple will fix it for up to another year. CNET iPhone 5 users who notice that the on/off button — dubbed the wake/sleep button by Apple — isn’t working right can get it fixed for free until March 2016. Apple initially announced the replacement program in April 2014. The company had discovered that …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook announced more details about the Apple Watch. Apple If you want to sport the high end versions of the Apple Watch, it will cost you. The 18-karat gold version of the watch starts at $10,000. The most expensive version of the watch on Apple’s website is $17,000. The midtier version, made of stainless steel, will be …
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The weight of Apple’s future — and perhaps that of the smartwatch business as well — rests on the shoulders of Apple CEO Tim Cook. Stephen Lam/Getty Images The consumer technology industry has spent the last 18 months hailing wearable devices as the next big thing. But who will want a smartwatch? And, more important, why do you need one? …
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View your Twitter and Instragram stats with the Crowdfire iPhone app. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Looking for detailed stats on your Twitter or Instagram followers? At least one app — newly rejiggered for the iPhone — can help. Formerly known as JustUnfollow, the app now known as Crowdfire comes in an updated iPhone version that aims to provide and compare …
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