The Xiaomi Mi Note is already a hit in China, the company says. Aloysius Low/CNET Xiaomi apparently has another hit on its hands. The Mi Note and Mi Note Pro sold out in under three minutes of availability on Tuesday, the China-based company announced on its Weibo social-networking page. Xiaomi, which is known for its …
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Pixtronix At CES 2015, we got a glimpse of all the upcoming TV technologies that go beyond 4K. Along with that came the inevitable marketing buzzwords we’ll be hearing for the next year. Some of these buzzwords are more than that, though. Some represent advancements that can potentially do a lot for picture quality. Each of the four advancements below …
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Sarah Tew/CNET It happened. Something I didn’t want, or expect. I’m a big-phone guy. Phablets are a big trend. Have been for years. I’ve seen them, I’ve appreciated them, and I avoided them. Why? Because I liked a pocketable phone, that’s why. I liked having something that fit in one hand, was magically small, and yet versatile. The iPhone fit …
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Apple has been benefiting from iPhone 6 sales. James Martin/CNET The iPhone 6 didn’t just supersize the phone’s screen size. It also supersized Apple’s financial results. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant on Tuesday reported the best sales quarter in its 38-year history, as demand for its newest smartphones, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus, soared beyond …
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Favi Entertainment What’s this? A five-deal Friday on a Tuesday? Hey, if I find five deals I absolutely must share, alliteration be damned! And, yeah, some pretty nifty stuff today. Personally, I’m putting my wallet down and slowly backing away, because otherwise I think I’d be all over all of these! 1. Project for less No, not “project.” That’s “project,” …
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Vivaldi Technologies Startup Vivaldi Technologies debuted a new browser Tuesday, a technical preview version designed more to attract users of fifth-place Opera than to dethrone leading browsers like Google’s Chrome. Perhaps the world doesn’t need another browser. But Jon S. von Tetzchner, Vivaldi’s chief executive and co-founder, believes there’s room in the market. And maybe he should know: he formerly …
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Why subscribe to just one magazine when you can subscribe to all of them? Or at least lots of them. That’s the idea behind “Netflix for magazines” services Next Issue and Magzter. The latter has now followed the former in offering unlimited issues for a flat monthly rate. So, let’s say you’re an iPad or Kindle Fire or Google Nexus …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Here’s the scene: You’re browsing through your photos in File Explorer, when you see an adorable picture of your dog that you absolutely must upload to Facebook right now. If you’re using Windows 8, you can swipe open the Charms bar and click the Share charm. But if you’re using Windows 10, you can share directly from …
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Snap a chicken selfie and print it off right away. Prynt Smartphone photographers have expended a considerable amount of effort in the quest to transform crisp digital images into gauzy, washed-out, retro-looking photos. It seems a lot of us would love to crawl back in time to an era when instant Polaroid photos were the height of cool. If Instagram …
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Apple’s iPad has lost ground in North America to Samsung tablets. CNET Apple has lost some of its tablet traffic in North America to chief rival Samsung. Earlier this month, iPad users accounted for 70.8 percent of all tablet web traffic in North America, online ad network Chitika said in a study released Tuesday. Though that number kept Apple in …
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Facebook is hoping its data will convince advertisers to shift more spending in its direction. Facebook is expanding its latest effort to attract advertisers: A better way to track how an ad on the site influences a customer’s purchase in the real world. A year ago, the company unveiled a tool that helped advertisers determine whether someone who bought a …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Apple’s latest iPhones have proved popular in China. CNET Apple’s top iPhone market may no longer be the United States. Set to announce its earnings for the December quarter on Tuesday, Apple could reveal that it sold more iPhones in China than in the US for the first time ever, the Financial Times reported Sunday. Analysts at UBS predict that …
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The new NFL channel on YouTube with include previews, highlights and post-game recaps. YouTube/NFL The National Football League has officially come to YouTube. The league announced Monday that it’s finally created its own channel on the world’s biggest online video network, as part of a broader partnership with YouTube’s parent Google, which includes NFL videos, news and other information available …
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Alexa and I have a love-hate relationship. She always hears me, but sometimes, she just doesn’t get me. Like Siri in the early days, Amazon Echo is still learning natural language. As the user base grows and Amazon continues to collect and analyze voice data, Alexa will get smarter. But until then, there are a few things you can do …
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