Now playing: Watch this: Waterproof gadgets for a summer roadtrip 2:41 Having the right gadgets suited to holiday fun is important if you want them to last the distance. From waterproof cameras to solar charging stations designed to soak up the sun, there are plenty of ways you can feed your tech addiction with summer-ready …
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Apple requested an injunction against Samsung that would prohibit it from selling its Galaxy S3, along with other mobile devices. Sarah Tew/CNET As the Apple vs. Samsung patent war appears to be coming to a close, a US judge denied one of Apple’s last-ditch attempts for a permanent injunction against Samsung. US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled Wednesday not to …
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Square Square, the mobile payment-processing company started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is trying to raise a new round of financing, according to a report. Square is attempting to raise $200 million on a $6 billion valuation in its latest round of financing, CNBC reported Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the company’s plans. The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, …
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Alpha and Apple’s iPhone may look like they were separated at birth, but Samsung would like to assure you that — no — they are not related. Samsung claims the design for the Galaxy Alpha harkens to a Samsung design from 2006. Samsung In a blog post Wednesday, Samsung walked through its design choices for the Alpha, …
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says the company has “a chance to set the direction and make the product category finally viable.” Getty Images Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak has confidence the company can do with wearable devices what the iPhone did to smartphones back in 2007: make them compelling to a mass market. But when it comes to wearables — …
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Apple Apple’s iPhone is suddenly a bit cheaper at T-Mobile. T-Mobile on Wednesday reduced its iPhone 5S pricing on all versions by $48. The company’s full-price, off-contract 16GB iPhone 5S is now $600. The 32GB model is selling for $700, and the 64GB version is going for $800. T-Mobile offered similar treatment to the 16GB iPhone 5C, which is now …
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Jabra Jabra has announced its latest pair of wireless earbuds, the Sport Pulse, which feature a built-in biometric in-ear heart rate monitor. The concept is similar to the headphones announced by LG at CES this year, although the company later made a decision to not bring that device into Australia. The Pulse has standard Bluetooth connectivity for music and call …
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KISA isn’t the first to offer a simplified, basic phone for the elderly and vision impaired. In recent months we’ve been introduced to the OwnFone here in Australia, while overseas we’ve been hearing about services like Odin Mobile since 2013. But KISA seems to have gone to the greatest lengths yet to build a custom piece of hardware that gets …
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More rumors point to a September arrival of an Apple wearable device. But don’t call it the “iWatch” just yet. James Martin/CNET Apple’s long-rumored entry into the wearable device market may happen at the company’s September iPhone event, according to a new report. Recode is reporting that the event, typically reserved for the company’s annual refresh of its best-selling smartphone, …
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Aloysius Low/CNET If there was one thing lacking in the Asus ZenFone 5 , it was LTE. Now the Taiwanese company has remedied that with a new version of the phone. The latest model of the 5-inch Android device drops the Intel chipset for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 and gains 4G connectivity as a result. LTE comes at the cost of …
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Just $25? Yes, please. Sarah Tew Every TV should be “smart,” able to stream stuff from the likes of Netflix and Pandora and YouTube. Thankfully, it’s a simple matter to add this kind of intelligence to just about any TV, without venturing into murky “Flowers for Algernon” territory. And today, while supplies last, the science is cheap: Groupon has the …
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The unusually shaped BlackBerry Passport is one of four smartphones the company is reportedly planning to launch this year. Roger Cheng/CNET BlackBerry is poised to have a busy second half of the year with a bevy of smartphone launches. N4BB, a news site focused on BlackBerry, posted what it claims is BlackBerry’s 2014 product roadmap. The document describes four “specific …
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There’s gold in them thar phones! CNET It’s widely believed that Apple will introduce the iPhone 6 at a September 9 media event in San Francisco, making it prime-time for trading in current and older Apple smartphones. Plenty of big and small online names are already jostling to offer the best deal to take your old iPhone off your hands, …
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In its current version, the Huawei Ascend P7 uses Gorilla Glass 3 for its screen. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Huawei is planning to try its hand at working with sapphire, a new report claims. The China-based mobile and telecommunications equipment maker is aiming to launch a sapphire-enclosed version of its flagship Ascend P7 smartphone, the company told Engadget in an interview published …
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Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to experience clearer and crisper phone calls and a Skype-like video chat service, the company said Tuesday. Verizon Wireless is launching a new video chat service enabled by its new Voice over LTE service. Verizon Wireless Verizon is preparing the nationwide launch of its voice over LTE service in the coming weeks, which …
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