Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 2:03 Can’t wait to get your hands on the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus ? As of today you can get your name down for Apple’s newest phone — if the shops can get their act together to take your money. Pre-orders opened today …
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The Apple Watch can track your heart rate, calories, activity level and certain fitness activities. Scott Stein/CNET The new Apple Watch isn’t just a smartwatch, it’s also a health and fitness tracker. But the health care community will need to be convinced of its medical prowess before giving it a clean bill of health, at least according to Reuters. In …
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Consumers will have to decide whether the iPhone 6 Plus, right, is worth the wait. CNET Interested in the iPhone 6 Plus? You might not get it until Thanksgiving. After Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones went on sale for preorder Friday, the arrival times for the iPhone 6 Plus were quickly pushed back several weeks later than those …
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Geoffrey Morrison/CNET When Sony says the VPL-GTZ1 ($50,000) is an “ultra-short-throw” projector, it’s not kidding. It can project a massive image from 0 inches away. Zero. The case can be against the wall you’re projecting on. At the CEDIA Expo, we were able to put our eyeballs on it. Also in their booth, they had a 220-inch screen reflecting the …
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Sprint’s new CEO, Marcelo Claure, wants his company to “get back in the game.” Sprint NEW YORK — Marcelo Claure, Sprint’s new CEO, said Thursday his company has a long list of “nice to have” items — and every one of them is getting cut during the wireless carrier’s turnaround effort. “We’ve got to be fast, we’ve got to be …
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The Apple Watch — in its current form. Apple Apple has covered its design bases with the upcoming Apple Watch. It will come in two sizes, with six bands, and in three “collections,” including a more durable sports model and a high-end version finished in 18-karat gold. Offering so many options at launch may even be unprecedented for Apple as …
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Telstra has announced a number of changes to its 4G service across Australia, including to the fledgling 700MHz band. The lower frequency of the 700MHz offering gives the signal better penetration into buildings, carparks, elevators, and the like. The carrier says that by the end of January 2015 its 4G coverage will be accessible by 90 percent of the Australian …
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One of Viber’s features: lots of cute cartoon figures. Viber Viber, the fast-growing communications app with more than 400 million users worldwide, has launched an update to its iOS and Android apps that brings video calling to mobile. The Viber 5.0 update allows iOS and Android users to place free video calls with other Viber users anywhere in the world. …
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Thinking about preordering the iPhone 6? Try looking into these handsets first. Josh Miller/CNET As the dust begins to settle from Apple’s event earlier this week, and preorders for the iPhone 6 (as well as its larger counterpart the iPhone 6 Plus ) kick off this Friday, it may appear as if the tech giant’s new marquee handsets are the …
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Google loosens its grip on Play Store refunds. Google Play Store Google Play customers now have more time to decide whether or not to return those impulse downloads according to an update quietly posted to Google’s paid apps support page today. Formerly limited to a window of only 15 minutes, Google now allows for up to 2 hours to return …
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iPhone 6 goes on sale at midnight Pacfic time. CNET Per Apple’s standard operating procedure before a major product offering, the home page for the company’s online store was offline on Thursday evening, displaying the familiar “We’ll be back” message. The move is apparently in preparation for the anticipated onslaught of preorders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus …
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Apple’s new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Josh Miller/CNET T-Mobile announced a pricing program for Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on Thursday that lets users pay off their phones with a monthly payment program. When users choose one of T-Mobile’s Simple Choice plans, they can get the 16GB iPhone 6 for $0 down and 24 equal monthly …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the company’s first wearable, Apple Watch, on Tuesday. James Martin/CNET When Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced his company’s first wearable device during a flashy event on Tuesday, one of the biggest surprises was its name. Most people expected Apple to show off an “iWatch” and an “iPay” or “iWallet” mobile payments system to go along …
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A UX/UI designer has given Apple’s smartwatch the round treatment, envisioning how a circular wearable from the iPhone maker might look down the line. Alcion For Apple, time is not a flat circle, but a pudgy square. When Apple unveiled its long-rumored wearable device on Tuesday, a square-faced smartwatch simply called Apple Watch , crowds were divided. According to social …
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E-commerce site eBay plans to place targeted apps within its mobile app. Steve Jennings, WireImage/Getty Images eBay plans to place targeted ads, using data its tracked from shoppers, in its mobile apps, the e-commerce site announced Thursday. This means the company will sell ad spaces based on a consumers’ shopping activity. Which ads users see are determined by what they’ve …
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