Apple wants to get you reading on your iPhone again — but with its own app. The company is working on a redesigned version of its iBooks app — potentially called just Books — that’s supposed to be simpler to use and feature an updated digital bookstore, according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources. Apple …
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Have you ever visited an online store only to have ads for that very store follow you around? Google will help you shut those ads down now. The online search giant said on Thursday in a blog post that it will let users “mute” reminder ads that show up in apps and sites that partner to show its ads. It’s …
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The reality of a 5G phone is closer than you think. Mobile chip giant Qualcomm on Thursday announced a partnership with several of the largest Chinese phone manufacturers, including Lenovo (Motorola’s parent), Xiaomi, ZTE, Oppo (OnePlus’ owner) and Vivo, to build 5G phones as early as 2019. Under the “5G Pioneer” initiative, Qualcomm will help create a platform for the …
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Every year when I attend the annual CES technology trade show, held each January in Las Vegas, I expect to see plenty of the “unexpected.” TVs that curl like snakes, potentially life-saving health tech, talking toilets, maybe a cool dog-robot. But what I didn’t anticipate was leaving Las Vegas most impressed by a slick, high-tech space-vape that looked like something …
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Even if you’ve never dropped a phone in your life, putting a case on it is almost non-negotiable. Especially if it has glass on either side, like the iPhone X, the Galaxy Note 8 or just about every other major flagship phone from LG to Samsung. Need convincing? Just take a look at some of our drop tests. The iPhone X cracked on the first drop, …
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The Galaxy S9 is coming on Feb. 25 and we’ve heard plenty of rumors about what to expect next month. So now comes another question: what will our color choices be? Samsung typically sticks to safe, neutral tones like arctic silver, orchid gray and midnight black. Poetic Cases, which makes cases for Samsung phones, has made its cases for the Galaxy …
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Apple’s Siri-connected speaker, the HomePod, is arriving Feb. 9, and details on how it works have emerged this week. Whether or not you find the idea of Apple’s take on the smart speaker appealing, its control scheme shows a lot of promise… for AirPods. Here are the basic controls. It’s not a big shock: There’s a short language of taps and …
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Clues about the next iPad may be hiding in Apple’s latest mobile software. Filipe Esposito, editor in chief of iHelpBR, tweeted that he found a reference to an “iPad_Modern” in the code for the developer preview of iOS 11.3. Apple used “Modern iPhone” as a placeholder to describe the iPhone X before its release, suggesting that this iPad could get …
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On Thursday’s podcast, we talk about: What to expect with the Samsung Galaxy S9 on Feb. 25. If Facebook’s issues are enough to drive people off the social network. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Now …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives Tiffany Haddish. Helping Groupon defend your neighborhood. Ray Tamarra Look around you. Things aren’t the same, are they? The online world has changed the atmosphere in the neighborhood. People are ordering in. They’re Netflixing. They’re chilling. And they’re unwilling to mix. They’re even shopping …
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