LG’s just-announced marquee G6 phone adds a new chapter to the legendary rivalry between South Korean neighbors LG and Samsung. And for once, LG’s G6 could gain the upper hand against Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S8. One reason is an about-face in strategy. Where the G5’s tone-deaf modular design failed by being too different, the G6’s …
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The good news: The throwback Nokia 3310 candy bar phone is one of the most buzzed-about items at the Mobile World Congress trade show. The bad news: The throwback Nokia 3310 — and not the new Nokia phones — is one of the most buzzed-about items at the show. The Nokia 3310, which originally launched at the turn of the …
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If you’ve always wanted an Astro Boy of your own, you’re in luck. You can now build your own Astro Boy robot, and all it’ll take is 70 weeks and around $1,600. To assemble young Astro, you’ll have to be in Japan and buy the weekly craft magazine Shukan Tetsuwan Atom o Tsukuro (which translates to “Let’s Create Astro Boy …
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The LG G6 wants to bring the big screen experience to your phone. Dolby, the audio and imaging quality developer, announced Sunday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the LG G6 will be the first phone to support its Dolby Vision high dynamic range video technology. “The LG G6 is one of the most prominent smartphones with a very …
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There’s no shortage of reasons to be paranoid in 2019, and Lenovo‘s refreshed lineup of ThinkPad business laptops, announced Sunday at MWC 2019, reflects our anxiety. Andrew Hoyle/CNET After updating its premium ThinkPad X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga business laptops at CES in January, the company has now installed some premium security features across the remainder of its ThinkPad portfolio. In addition to standard enterprise fundamentals like …
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WhatsApp last week introduced its revamped Snapchat-esque Stories feature, but that’s not all the Facebook-owned messenger has up its sleeve. The company late last week announced it’s working on a new commercial messaging platform specifically for businesses, according to the Hindustan Times. Related stories WhatsApp adds a touch of Snapchat with ‘Status’ feature How to protect your WhatsApp account with …
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The Galaxy Note 7 troubles continue to haunt Samsung. Samsung has spent the last few months recovering from the recall and scrapping of the Galaxy Note 7, whose batteries had an uncomfortably high tendency to overheat and catch fire. Greenpeace protestors drudged the issue back up on Sunday at a Samsung event in Barcelona with a demand to know what …
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PayPal took the chance Monday to pat itself on the back. The king of digital payments said it reached a big milestone, hitting 200 million active customer accounts. Granted, that isn’t really a surprise, since it reported 197 million accounts a month ago. Perhaps more importantly, 50 million of those customers have now opted in to use PayPal’s One Touch, …
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Yamaha has announced that its multi-room system MusicCast will soon take orders from the Alexa voice assistant. “MusicCast is the most versatile and powerful wireless multiroom audio system on the market, and the integration with Amazon Alexa makes it even easier to control,” said Bob Goedken, general manager of Yamaha’s AV division in a press release. Up to 40 MusicCast …
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OLED TVs create some of the best-looking images of any TV on the market. They’re also really expensive. The LG B6, which CNET called the best TV it ever tested, costs $2300 for the 55-inch and $3500 for the 65-inch at Amazon right now. And its the cheapest 2016 OLED you can buy. At least if you stick to authorized …
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