Comcast is ushering YouTube onto the boob tube. The two companies said Monday that later this year Comcast will incorporate Google’s massive video service onto X1, the cable company’s high-tech pay-TV service, used by about half of its customers. The new partnership means YouTube’s clips and streams will be available and searchable on Comcast X1 …
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Business in the US has been tough for GoPro, so now the company looks to be targeting China. On Sunday at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, GoPro announced it will integrate an upgraded version of Quik, its photo editing app, into Huawei’s new babies, the P10 and the P10 Plus phones, reports Bloomberg. Although Huawei has a limited presence …
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It must be a point of pride in Redmond that even after all these years, you still have to click “Start” to shut down your computer. Granted, the Start button is no longer labeled that way, having evolved into a Windows-logo button back in Vista. But that’s still what it’s called, and still how Microsoft refers to it. So even …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 AT&T just fired the latest salvo in the unlimited data wars. The Dallas telecommunications giant unveiled two new unlimited data plans. The first is Unlimited Choice, a stripped-down plan that comes with unlimited data at a maximum speed of 3 megabits per second, standard definition, and …
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Your phone could soon stand in for a compact camera if Oppo‘s new camera tech lives up to its hype. The Chinese manufacturer showed off a new dual-camera module at Mobile World Congress that features 5x lossless zoom. It and lets you zoom in further without having to worry about the smudging that usually occurs with digital zooms. As competing …
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Day one of Mobile World Congress 2017 is in the books. While it didn’t have the same bells and whistles we saw during yesterday’s preshow press conferences, the first official day of the world’s biggest showcase for mobile devices and technology still offered a few noteworthy products. Here are some of the most interesting things we saw: Sony wows with …
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The third line’s the charm. T-Mobile customers with at least two lines of service can get an additional line for free, the company said Monday. Starting Wednesday, new customers or current subscribers with a T-Mobile One or Simple Choice plan are eligible for the extra line if they sign up for automatic payments. T-Mobile is currently offering a deal with …
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Now playing: Watch this: Start chatting with Google Assistant 3:33 Baked into Google’s flagship Pixel phone (and its larger counterpart, the Pixel XL) is a central AI feature called Google Assistant. Polite and oftentimes charming, Assistant uses Google’s vast database to help users with tasks such as penciling in a lunch date into your calendar, reminding you about your laundry …
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Many top smartphones get unveiled at each year’s Mobile World Congress. But, for 2017, perhaps the buzziest phone at the show is a retro “dumb” feature phone that offers a healthy dose of nostalgia. With LG, Sony and Lenovo’s Motorola showing off the latest in phone tech, Nokia decided to reintroduce its 3310 and offer only a few upgrades to …
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