ContentGuard Popular photo sharing app Snapchat may notify you when the recipient of your image takes a screenshot — but it doesn’t actually make it harder to grab that screenshot in the first place. New iOS app Yovo is looking to make a change in that direction. Created by privacy software company ContentGuard, it uses …
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Apple has the chance on Thursday to provide a few compelling reasons for consumers to upgrade or buy a new iPad. The company’s second event in just two months won’t have the flash from the previous affair, which saw the debut of two larger iPhones and a glimpse at the Apple Watch. Instead, the company is expected to show off …
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Sarah Tew/CNET In the past month or so, local telcos have been hyping up the various spectrum upgrades they’ve added to their 4G networks. For Optus, the current push is 2,300MHz, for Vodafone it’s 850MHz and for Telstra it’s the 700MHz band, which it recently switched on in the Sydney CBD. Most of these network upgrades are based around offering …
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Hackers continue to nab credit card numbers by placing malware on stores’ payment systems. Getty Images Kmart and Dairy Queen customers should check their credit- and debit-card statements for shady activity. That’s because the retailer and the fast-food chain have become the latest businesses to reveal that their payment systems were hacked. “Beginning in early September, the payment data systems …
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Sony’s latest reboot of the Walkman — the NWZ-A17 high-resolution music player — brings back memories of the original Walkman analog cassette players that were all the rage in the 1980s. Sony went on to sell boatloads of CD, video, radio, network, and even MP3 Walkmans, but the NWZ-A17 is the first one I really wanted to try since the …
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The Sharp Aquos Crystal has almost no bezel around the display. Sarah Tew/CNET After nearly two months of waiting, Sprint is finally making the Sharp Aquos Crystal available for purchase. The affordable and practically frameless 5-inch smartphone will go on sale beginning Friday, October 17. Related Links Sprint eyes budget-minded customers with the Sharp Aquos Crystal Sharp’s new smartphone has …
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Apple’s next event is coming soon, and it should be all about Macs and iPads. And yet, this year, all of a sudden, the iPad just doesn’t seem all that exciting. Why? Because the iPad really hasn’t been changing all that much. It’s firmly entered “evolutionary, not revolutionary” territory. And maybe that’s why iPad sales have slowed. Apple’s October 16 …
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Asus Cheapskate regulars know my feelings about Windows: bloated, buggy, overpriced, outdated piece of… Whoops, sorry, I forgot: family blog. Anyway, for all my complaining about Windows, the reality is that it gets the job done for most folks — and you can forgive a lot when staring at a deal like this. Today only, and while supplies last, DailySteals …
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The Apple Watch is the star of November’s Vogue China. Vogue China Apple wants its newest product to be seen as more than just a gadget, putting the Apple Watch on the cover of fashion magazine Vogue China. The Apple Watch isn’t expected to hit shop shelves for months yet, but can be seen on the wrist of 26-year-old model …
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It’s oddly fitting that Verizon Wireless was there to help Sony unveil the Xperia Z3v. You can strap an Xperia Z3 or Z3v to a PlayStation 4 controller and start playing games. Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive It was more than three years ago that Verizon took a chance on the Xperia Play, the first device to tout a connection …
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Bose filed suit against Apple’s Beats over headphone patents in July. CNET Bose and Apple’s Beats have agreed to settle a patent lawsuit related to noise-canceling headphones that was filed by Bose in July. In a court filing in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, attorneys for the companies said “they have settled their respective claims” and …
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Set your preferred color of One Handed Keyboard. Jason Cipriani/CNET The bigger the phone, the harder it is to type with one hand. While Apple’s Reachability feature certainly alleviates some of the pain in transitioning to a larger phone, it doesn’t help when it comes to entering text on the larger keyboards. That’s where the aptly titled app, One Handed …
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Google’s next Nexus tablet could be on the way soon. CNET Google may soon be expanding its Nexus family of mobile devices. Preorders for the rumored HTC-built Nexus 9 tablet may start Wednesday, with broader sales beginning November 3, according to tech news blog Bright Side of News. The report, which cited anonymous sources, also said the Nexus 9 will …
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Prominent developer Tim Bray, speaking at the Goto conference in Aarhus, Denmark. warns that mobile programming has better tools than Web programming. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Beware, browser fans: mobile apps could out-evolve the Web’s open computing foundation, letting companies like Apple and Google dominate our digital future. That’s the warning offered by Tim Bray, a programmer and technology expert …
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Apple Apple has confirmed it will stream its 16 October event, giving eager spectators the chance to watch the tech giant unveil its latest gadgets as it happens. Visitors to Apple’s live site will see a holding page for the stream, with the text: “Join us here at apple.com/live on October 16 at 10am PT to watch our special event …
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