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How to master the Note 5’s S Pen stylus

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 bursts forth with a stylish new glass-and-metal design and a matching new design to its stylus, the S Pen. Learning to use this tool in all its glory is one step that’ll help make you a power user of Samsung’s most powerful device. This short video here contains my top …

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Apple patent application ups the ante on noise

Enlarge ImageA look at Apple’s wireless headset with untethered earbuds. Apple via USPTO Apple has applied for a patent on bone conduction technology for voice communications, the US Patent and Trademark Office revealed Thursday. Apple’s patent application, filed in February 2014 but not published till Thursday, describes a method of improving voice quality in a wireless headset with untethered earbuds …

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Former Apple CEO announces new flagship smartphone for the developing world

Obi Worldphone’s new SF1 flagship device. Obi Worldphone Obi Worldphone, founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley, announced on Wednesday two brand new handsets — the SF1 and the SJ1.5. The sub-$250 Android devices look to carry out Obi Worldphone’s mission statement of bringing premium-quality phones to the world’s developing markets (namely Asia, Africa and the Middle East). Sculley described …

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Amazon reportedly laying off engineers after Fire phone flameout

The Amazon Fire phone did not fair so well. James Martin/CNET Following Amazon’s failed efforts to break into the smartphone space with its Fire handset last year, the company is said to be laying off engineers in the hardware unit responsible for the handset. “Dozens” of engineers have been laid off in recent weeks from within Amazon’s Lab126, the secretive …

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Poll: Is 3D TV dead? Do you care?

Courtesy of name.vukki.com When 3D TVs hit the market a few years ago, TV companies predictably said, “3D IS AMAZING, YOU WANT THIS.” We, as TV reviewers, said something between: “Gimmick!” and “It works pretty well, but look at that crosstalk.” Consumers, almost universally, said, “Wait, I still need glasses? Pass.” Most people we know with 3D TVs used the …

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Facebook adds Siri rival to Messenger

Enlarge ImageFacebook hopes its M artificial intelligence technology will attract people to use Messenger even more. Facebook The next time you’re looking for a good burger, why not just ask Facebook? That’s the message behind a new feature for the world’s largest social network that’s being built into its text-like messaging service, Facebook Messenger. The new service, called M, began …

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