The Galaxy Note 8 is a great phone, but there are some reasons for you to give it a second thought. It’s the Android phone out there, but it’s unclear if it will remain the champ, according to CNET reviewer Jessica Dolcourt in her full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. It’s got a …
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Texans and Louisiana hit by Hurricane Harvey can now help each other get around for free with the Waze Carpool app. Waze announced its carpool app, which usually connects commuters heading to work with a ride, will be available in parts of Texas and Louisana that were affected by Hurricane Harvey. If people have a car with an open seat …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Humorous? Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk One or two people must have imagined Banksy was behind it. Or, perhaps, Amazon Prime. In LA and New York, billboards began to appear in recent days, with this stark black-and-white message: “Netflix is a joke.” There have been times …
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When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it’s widely expected to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch ID fingerprint …
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“Blush gold” could be the next rose gold. The iPhone 8 is rumored to come in an all new blush gold color, and after pictures of an alleged iPhone SIM tray surfaced on the internet, we got a preview of what this color may look like. #iPhone8 SIM Card Tray “Blush” GoldSilver Black pic.twitter.com/TuCXeh4sby — Benjamin Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) September 5, 2017 …
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Microsoft’s Surface chief Panos Panay will give a keynote speech at the company’s annual Future Decoded event in London on October 31, The Verge reports. Sources tell The Verge to expect at least one new device — potentially including the upcoming LTE version of the Surface Pro. ARM-powered Windows laptops are reportedly on the way, as well. The Surface has …
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Pharma Bro is holding the world’s most expensive Wu-Tang Clan album for ransom. Martin Shkreli, an infamous pharmaceuticals entrepreneur and convicted criminal dubbed Pharma Bro, purportedly put the one and only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” for auction on eBay on Tuesday. He listed the rap album, which he purchased for $2 million in 2015, …
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Amazon is now so big it wants a second headquarters. The world’s largest online retailer said Thursday it plans to build a corporate base in a major North American city that will be an equal to its existing Seattle headquarters. It expects to spend over $5 billion on the project, called Amazon HQ2, and hire as many as 50,000 people …
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Mobile phone carriers typically compete in three key areas: price, coverage and network speed. T-Mobile does as well, but adds a fourth area to the list: freebies. The self-proclaimed “Uncarrier” offers a wealth of extra goodies to subscribers — so many, in fact, that I thought it might be worthwhile to gather them in a list. Full disclosure: I’m not …
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This is part of our Road Trip 2017 summer series “The Smartest Stuff,” about how innovators are thinking up new ways to make you — and the world around you — smarter. Well before sunrise, I pull my SLR, a super-sturdy carbon-fiber tripod and a gargantuan $11,500 camera lens out of my car’s trunk. I’d driven two hours through the …
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