Sarah Tew/CNET NPR is ready to make its first official entrance on Roku. NPR Music is planning to roll out a dedicated Roku channel for its Tiny Desk Concerts series later this month, which features short musical performances from the cubicle of “All Songs Considered” host Bob Boilen. This is NPR’s first dedicated app for …
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AT&T and BabyFirst have created a “second screen” app for babies and toddlers. AT&T As if one screen for a baby wasn’t enough, AT&T is launching a so-called educational app for its U-verse TV service that promotes a “second screen” experience for toddlers. The new app developed in partnership with BabyFirst allows babies to create images on an iPhone or …
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Editors’ note: This post has been updated with information about iOS features up to the current release. Apple’s WWDC starts in about a month, and if Apple sticks to its usual schedule, we expect to hear an announcement for iOS 8 during the keynote. June will also mark the seventh anniversary of the iPhone, and it’s easy to see much …
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Moves app. Moves Facebook’s decision to update the privacy policy and terms and conditions on its recently acquired Moves app is not egregious, despite concerns to the contrary, according to the company. In a Guardian story published Wednesday, a Facebook spokesman said the social network modified Moves’ terms and conditions so its team could work on, and improve, the program. …
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Apple and Samsung have battled repeatedly over patents. James Martin/CNET The latest round in the Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement battle is finally over — well at least until it’s appealed. A jury on Friday handed back a mixed verdict in the Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement case, determining that both companies were guilty in some aspects but not guilty in others. …
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Samsung’s Swarovski crystal covered Galaxy S5. Samsung Technology and fashion are “deeply intertwined,” according to Samsung. So, it makes sense the smartphone-maker would bathe some of it products in Swarovski crystals, right? The South Korean company released its “Swarovski for Samsung” accessory collection on its online story on Wednesday. The collection is specifically geared toward Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone and …
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Sony It took six or seven years to finally arrive in Australia after its launch in the US, and now the Sony Reader Store will be closing its doors for business after just 12 months. Following the February announcement that it would be selling Vaio and shutting its e-reader business in the US, Sony will close its Reader Store in …
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Huawei’s Richard Yu introduces the Ascend P7 in Paris on May 7, 2014. Stephen Shankland/CNET PARIS — Huawei on Wednesday launched its Ascend P7 , a new flagship Android model with which the Chinese company will try to improve on its third-place ranking in the smartphone market. The company signaled the arrival of the new phone at a press event …
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The plus-sized Galaxy Mega 6.3 is expected to receive a KitKat update. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung could be prepping an Android 4.4 KitKat update for a new batch of smartphones within the coming weeks, according to a new report. Related Links New Galaxy S5 mini pops up on Samsung website Apple v. Samsung patent trial recap: How it all turned out …
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From left, the Find My Phone feature on Windows Phone, the Find My iPhone app on iOS, and Android’s pattern unlock feature. James Martin/CNET Call it a sign of the times, but most people responding to a new survey say they would be willing to put themselves in “some amount” of danger in order to retrieve a stolen smartphone. The …
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Sprint might have a customer loyalty problem. Lynn La/CNET Customer loyalty — or the lack thereof — might prove to be an issue for US carriers in the next year, according to new data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel. Over the next 12 months, 44 percent of feature phone owners planning to get a smartphone are at the very least …
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Android or iOS? An increasingly unimportant decision. Luke Westaway/CNET I know my way around the iPhone as well as I know my own living room. In fact, I know it a little better than my living room, since for the last few years whenever I’ve been in my living room I’ve usually been gawping at an iPhone, ignoring everything around …
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A scene from the “most effective” Samsung ad. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET How do you know when an ad has succeeded? Do you watch to see how many people talk about it? Do you observe as sales of one or other product zoom or crater? Or do you ask a research firm? Research firms are always right. Except for …
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Richard Ren, president of Huawei’s EU consumer business group Stephen Shankland/CNET PARIS — With the launch of Huawei’s Ascend P7 flagship smartphone on Wednesday, the Chinese company also launched a new phase of its ambition for global power. The Ascend P7 — which will go on sale in June across 33 countries in Europe and Asia for 449 euros (about …
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Something that looks like what the iPhone 6 might potentially look like is potentially on sale! Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Did you hear that the iPhone 6 will come with a Kevlar, bulletproof cover? Or that Apple plans to create a special “Hello, Kitty” iPhone 6 to appeal to a very young demographic? I just made those rumors up right …
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