Peel The Peel remote app is a big hit on Android, where it comes pre-installed on HTC, Samsung, and ZTE tablets and phones, using those models’ built-in infrared blasters to act as makeshift touchscreen clickers. But the app has been MIA on the iPhone since the outboard Peel Fruit blaster faded away a few years …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET The longer I use the G3 the more I find and appreciate some of the software tweaks LG has made to Android. I recently covered one such feature called Guest Mode. Another feature I recently discovered pertains to the volume buttons on the back of the device. Not only can they adjust the volume of both media and …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, holding a Mac Pro computer alongside employees in Austin, Texas, says he’s “not satisfied” with employment diversity at the company. Apple Apple’s just about as white and as male as the other major tech companies in Silicon Valley, the company disclosed Tuesday in a diversity report. Of Apple’s 98,000 employees around the globe, including those in …
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The Samsung Galaxy Alpha rumors could soon be put to bed. @culeaks (Twitter) The phone known as the Samsung Galaxy Alpha has been the center of a storm of rumors. Known at one time as the Galaxy S5 Prime, this is the premium metal Samsung device that has been talk of the town for much of the year, one that …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Sitting down on a Friday night with a date or the kids and watching a movie no longer requires a trip to the local video rental store, let alone a Redbox to pickup a DVD. Instead a couple button taps on a remote is all that’s needed to begin watching the latest Hollywood hit. Between Roku, Apple TV, …
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The HTC Desire 610. CNET HTC is bringing the One M8’s more affordable sibling, the Desire family of smartphones, to the US. The HTC Desire 816 will debut on Virgin Mobile on Tuesday for $299 without a contract. HTC will sell the Desire 610 and Desire 816 on its own website. The company also teased more Desire smartphones to come …
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The new no-frills Nokia 130. Microsoft/Nokia Nineteen euros won’t buy you much in this day and age, but it will buy you a no-frills Nokia phone. The Nokia 130 is an old-school mobile phone at an old-school price for developing markets, with basic smartphone features like music and video in a phone that will last over a month before it …
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The WearBucks app on both an Android and Android Wear device. Jason Cipriani/CNET Mobile payments have yet to gain mass adoption across major retailers, but that doesn’t stop Starbucks from trying to lead the way with its mobile app. As such, I fully expected to see an Android Wear compatible update made to its app shortly after Google I/O when …
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Sprint and Samsung join up on the carrier’s first Spark tablet. Samsung Sprint has released several phones on its tri-band Spark LTE network, but Monday marks the first time that the carrier Sparks up a tablet. On Monday, it announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, which goes on sale August 15. Related Links Sprint’s Hesse leaves carrier the way …
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LG G3’s Guest Mode menu Jason Cipriani/CNET There’s a brief moment of hesitation when someone asks to see or use your phone. It’s not necessarily that we have something to hide, but a phone is a very personal device, making the hesitation a natural feeling. LG’s G3 has a feature to help eliminate your internal fears called Guest Mode, and …
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft has seemingly decided that the best way to take on Apple is to go straight at the iPad maker. In a new set of ads released this weekend, Microsoft compared its Surface Pro 3 and to Apple’s MacBook Air , claiming its tablet goes above and beyond what customers can expect from Apple’s …
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GSM Arena has a four photos that show off the phone and packaging. Screenshot by Roger Cheng/CNET Samsung’s next jumbo smartphone made an unscheduled appearance on Monday courtesy of leaked photos obtained by GSM Arena. The images show a new leather-like texture on the back, sans the fake stitching of its predecessor, as well as a frame that at least …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere has high hopes for the Uncarrier. INSIDER IMAGES/Gary He for T-Mobile T-Mobile, riding high on its prepaid momentum, is set to make it even more difficult for its competitors to catch up. Related Links T-Mobile claims top spot in prepaid wireless market Good news for consumers: T-Mobile’s Uncarrier is moving the needle T-Mobile Q2 profit jumps …
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The Galaxy S5 may still be the top end of Samsung’s mobile line, even after the Alpha’s launch. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung’s long-rumored Galaxy Alpha may finally make the leap from rumor to reality. The Galaxy Alpha smartphone will launch Wednesday, according to Korean media reports that cite information from Samsung. Rumors have been swirling for months over what the Galaxy …
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The Xiaomi Mi 4 Aloysius Low/CNET Xiaomi, a popular Chinese smartphone maker, apologized to customers and made key changes to its cloud-based messaging service, the company’s vice president announced Sunday. In a lengthy post to Google+, Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra responded to a report published last week from security firm F-Secure that claimed Xiaomi’s Cloud Messaging platform was collecting …
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