A Senate hearing on Wednesday was supposed to put Facebook and Twitter under the microscope, but Chinese device makers Huawei and ZTE ended up catching some of the flak, too. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg came to Capitol Hill to offer insight about how foreign governments are using their sites to …
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On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the world is expecting Apple to announce a new set of iPhones, and a new Apple Watch too boot. But you don’t necessarily need to wait. Last Thursday, 9to5Mac brought us what could be our first look at that Apple Watch Series 4, complete with a notably larger display. How much larger? On Wednesday, 9to5Mac’s Guillerme …
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Goodbye iPhone Plus. Hello iPhone “Max”? The “iPhone XS Max” will reportedly be the name of Apple’s rumored new 6.5-inch OLED iPhone, according to both 9to5Mac and BGR, citing anonymous sources. The iPhone is rumored to launch at Apple’s upcoming event on Sept. 12. This would buck Apple’s usual trend of giving its larger iPhones the “Plus” moniker. But ever since Apple …
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Facebook hit BlackBerry with a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the company stole its voice-messaging technology and other patented processes. The social media giant accused BlackBerry of infringing on six patents in a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, Bloomberg reports. Beyond the voice-messaging patent, Facebook says the Canadian business software provider and one-time phone giant infringed on tech used to …
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Vevo’s long-standing financial chief, Alan Price, was named the new CEO of the slimmed-down music-video streaming service on Wednesday. Alan Price has been an executive at Vevo since its founding. Vevo Vevo is a popular purveyor of online music videos, but most people know it best as the little watermark in the corner of more than 300,000 official music videos on YouTube. …
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Propel’s Star Wars drones are flippin’ awesome. I own one, and I’ve had the chance to dogfight with a friend who owns one. Pure geeky fun, let me tell you. They started out at $180 and have seen some pretty good sales in past months — but rarely this good: For a limited time, Amazon has the Propel Star Wars …
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Canon has a new shooter to take on Sony’s lead in the full-frame mirrorless segment. The EOS R made its official debut today and joins the Nikon Z6 and Z7 cameras as the new kids on the block. While pricing for the EOS R has not yet been revealed — Canon will only reveal it on Sept. 12 — the …
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eBay is starting to authenticate luxury watches to make sure you don’t get scammed. The e-commerce giant on Wednesday said its expanding the eBay Authenticate program to include luxury watches, which will mark the listings with an “Authenticity Verified” label. The service also expanded this month to several European markets, including the UK and Germany. The authentication program launched last …
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Apple Watch, Apple Watch Series 2, Apple Watch Series 3. The naming convention suits Apple’s approach to its watch updates. They’ve felt like gradual iterations, not huge leaps. The basic design of the Apple Watch, and even most of its key functions, have remained largely the same, with speed and extra features added on over time: GPS, water resistance, cellular …
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Regular readers know I’m not particularly fond of Microsoft’s Surface tablets — you just can’t do much without the snap-on keyboards, which aren’t included in the box by default. But the Surface Book? That’s a pretty tasty piece of laptop. Pricey, too — or it was when it made its debut back in 2015. The SKU I’ve got for you …
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