The Gear 2, which already can make calls via Bluetooth. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple and Google don’t even have one smartwatch yet, and Samsung’s already working on its fifth. A report from the Wall Street Journal says that yet another Samsung smartwatch, one which would be fully uncoupled and stand-alone and act as a watch-phone with …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Last week, Google rolled out the ability for Play store users to purchase apps and various digital content using a PayPal account. As Scott Webster mentioned in his post, you won’t have the option to purchase hardware with a PayPal account, but everything else is fair game. I prefer to use a PayPal account for stuff like this …
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Nicole Cozma/CNET If you live in a busy city, or you’re meeting a friend in one, using a specific location on Google Maps can help avoid confusion so you both end up at same place. For instance, there might be five Starbuck’s in a six-block radius, so it’s best to know exactly which one is the meeting spot. With the …
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Josh Miller/CNET An Apple patent application, published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) describes a new method for using metal in flexible displays to maximize conductivity without breaking components. As flexible displays become more popular, companies are discovering an issue: the metal behind the displays used as conductive material can easily break. Some companies have tried to …
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FreedomPop Free phone service FreedomPop is serving up a $20-a-month all-you-can-eat option. Unveiled on Thursday, the new “Unlimited Everything” plan offers unlimited talk, text, and data for the $20 monthly fee. The only apparent drawback is that once you consume more than 1GB, your data speed drops from 4G to 3G. Free tethering is also included with all new LTE …
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YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET More potential details about Samsung’s alleged Galaxy S5 Active phone continue to spill online. A new video posted on Wednesday by TK Tech News reveals a dedicated hardware button just above the volume keys dubbed an “Active Key.” The appeal behind the Active Key is that it’s customizable, meaning you’d be able to program it to …
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Vodafone Vodafone has a new treat designed to tempt customers onto its 4G network — six months of free Netflix. Anyone signing up to 4G-ready plans from July (and before the end of December) will have the option of choosing the streaming service as one of the red-hued operator’s “entertainment packs”. Other options include six free months of Spotify Premium …
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Details of Project Tango released by Google in February Google/Screenshot Google has a new tablet in the works that incorporates advanced vision capabilities that can capture more precise three-dimensional images of objects, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday. Sporting a 7-inch display, the tablet will come equipped with two rear-facing cameras, infrared depth sensors, and advanced imaging software, unidentified …
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Fifty Nokia Lumia 1020 camera-phones took to the streets of New York for “Matrix”-style living portraits Nokia What do you get when you hit the streets of New York City with fifty Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphones and a Microsoft Surface? The Arc of Wonder, that’s what. Nokia recruited filmmaker and music video director Paul Trillo to take fifty 1020s onto …
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The category of 8- to 9-inch tablets is seeing a robust revival. Xiomara Blanco/CNET The latest tablet trend favors the 8- to 9-inch form-factor, with manufacturers slowly but surely hopping onto the bandwagon. In the middle of 7-inchers and models 10-inches and up, tablets in the 8- to 9-inch range hit a size sweet spot between small and large — …
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Now playing: Watch this: Are heart rate monitors on fitness trackers accurate? 5:04 There may be a problem with your fitness tracker: it could be misreporting your pulse. Mine did, though it took a cardiologist to tell me so. As I stood on a treadmill in his office with an EKG machine connected to my chest, Dr. Jon Zaroff said …
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Apple’s iMessage problems might be one step closer to being addressed, if a recent statement from the company is any indication. Speaking to Recode in a story published Thursday, an Apple spokesperson said that the company “recently fixed a server-side iMessage bug which was causing an issue for some users.” The spokesperson went on to say that Apple has another …
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The LG G3 QuickCircle case. LG What’s through the round window? It’s the LG G3! LG’s new flagship phone the G3 will be revealed on Tuesday, and LG is releasing glimpses of the new phone in the lead-up. Today, the South Korean unveiled the QuickCircle case, a wireless charging case that lets you use the phone without opening the flap. …
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Motorola’s Moto 360 smartwatch. Motorola Motorola has tagged its upcoming Moto 360 smartwatch with a value of $249. A new contest from Motorola Mobility, dubbed the Moto 360 Design Face-Off, is dangling the Android Wear watch , which is slated to launch this summer. The contest, which started May 21 and ends June 24, promises to award the grand prize …
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It’s all kicking off in the world of wearable technology — and the sporting outfits of the future could have built-in technology to make games even more exciting. It’s just a few days to go before the world’s best soccer players gather in France for Euro 2016, so to get in the mood click through the gallery below to see …
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