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Android Nexus phones can now screen spam calls

Google has announced a new update to Nexus and Android One devices running its Android operating system. As an extension to Android’s caller identification, these devices will now be able to tell you when you’re receiving a call from or making a call to a suspected spam caller. “Spam callers be gone! Today, we’re beginning to update your Google Phone …

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Verizon to buy Yahoo for $4.83 billion, merge it with AOL

Now playing: Watch this: Yahoo sets sale to Verizon 1:48 It’s official. Yahoo will soon have a new owner: Verizon. The two companies made the announcement Monday after a months-long courtship between the troubled internet giant and the largest wireless company in the US. Verizon will pay $4.83 billion in cash for Yahoo’s core internet business, which includes iconic web …

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Slow internet? Watchdog says ISPs must advertise how fast they really are

Internet service providers, you’re on notice: Stop putting pictures of fast athletes on your broadband advertising and tell us how good your service actually is. That’s the call from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has today announced a review into the advertising and promotion of broadband services and the speeds and performance that ISPs offer their customers. It’s …

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Samsung envisions new wireless chargers that stand tall

For the Samsung fan who has a Gear to go with his Galaxy, a new wireless charger for both might be around the corner. A Samsung patent application published last week shows three new wireless charger designs that are distinct from its current, flat wireless chargers for phones. The new taller chargers are designed to charge both a phone, like …

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iPhone 7 tipped to launch September 16

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 launch could be coming early this year 1:13 Apple will launch the iPhone 7 on September 16, according to known and generally reliable leaker Evan Blass, aka @evleaks. Blass offered his prognostication via a tweet on Saturday, saying the new iPhone will launch the week of September 12 and then specifying September 16 as …

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How to watch the Democratic National Convention 2016 from anywhere

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will officially accept the party’s nomination for president this week in Philadelphia. The Democratic National Convention will include appearances from President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former Clinton rival Bernie Sanders and a handful of others. The event will begin on Monday, July 25, and run through Thursday, July 28. Clinton is expected to …

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Flashback to 1995: Yahoo, the startup (video)

Now that Verizon is officially buying past-its-prime Yahoo for $4.83 billion, we figured it was time to dig up some vintage footage of a time when Yahoo was the coolest kid on the web. In fall 1995, Yahoo was just a tiny, unprofitable startup run by former Stanford University Ph.D. students Jerry Yang and David Filo. CNET Central reporter Desmond …

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