iPhones and iPads learn new tricks with iOS 9, but the Apple Watch has to wait a little longer for its upgrade. In this CNET Update, get quick overview of the big changes iOS 9 brings , and learn what Apple Watch owners can look forward to when watchOS 2 lands. Also, for AT&T customers …
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Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET After preparing, then updating your iPad to iOS 9, you’ll quickly discover a lot of new features. New multitasking features enable a new slide-over mode, where you can peek at, and use, an app on the edge of your screen. Then there’s split-view, which allows you to run two apps at the same time. You can …
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You can save money on a Surface Pro 3 and other products, but the sale is good only for one day. Microsoft Microsoft is hauling out PCs, tablets and other items for a sale that started Wednesday and will last just a day. On a Microsoft page touting “One Day Only Sale,” you will find discounted devices, including Windows 10 …
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Enlarge ImageApple’s iPhones and iPads can now move to iOS 9 software. Sarah Tew/CNET It’s a mixed bag for Apple fans: They won’t get an expected update today for the software that runs the Apple Watch, but iOS 9 for iPhones and iPads is now available. Apple on Wednesday delayed the Watch OS 2 software update for its wearable device, …
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Enlarge ImageI “sizzled” this profile to the max. Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET What if there was an app like Tinder, but the main thing you had to worry about in your quest for love (or hookups) was a mutual interest in bacon? That’s the idea behind Sizzl, a promotional-stunt app by bacon maker Oscar Mayer. Sorry, bacon-loving Android users, you …
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Enlarge Image Keshav Sishta/GrabTaxi Tapping into the Formula 1 fever infecting Singapore this weekend, taxi booking company GrabTaxi is giving lucky users in the city hub a chance to be chauffeured around in a supercar. Unlike a program offered by rival Uber from March through May, GrabTaxi’s promotion lets customers ride free, though availability is limited to certain areas within …
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Enlarge ImageBen’s first interview with a toy. Richard Peterson/CNET There I was, about to take part in the interview of a lifetime. My subject wasn’t a head of state, James Van Der Beek or the pope. It was Barbie. The folks at Mattel earlier this month invited CNET to test a prototype of Hello Barbie, a new Wi-Fi-connected talking version …
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You could have a lamp on your desk. Or you could have a lamp that would be at home in a sideshow, fooling viewers into thinking it’s something it’s not. The Bulbing 2D/3D lamps from Studio Cheha on Kickstarter are a fun visual mind trick. When you look at the lamps from the front, they appear to have 3D shades, …
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Say what you will about the utility of the Apple Watch , there is no denying it’s a beautiful watch with attractive watch faces. And thanks to a clever Danish developer, you can borrow a watch face from the Apple Watch to use as a screensaver on your Mac. Head to Rasmus Nielsen’s website where you’ll find a free download …
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Enlarge ImagePermobil CIO Olof Hedin demonstrates the connected wheelchair. Jessica Dolcout/CNET LAS VEGAS — It may be the world’s most souped-up wheelchair. One of the niftier “smart” product demonstrations at this year’s CTIA wireless industry conference here was a motorized wheelchair built by Sweden’s Permobil. The wheelchair, a modified version of the company’s roughly $35,000 flagship F5 model, hooks up …
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