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Apple now accepts trade

screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Anyone looking to unload an Android or BlackBerry smartphone can now turn to Apple. The company expanded its trade-in program on Monday to accept certain models of rival phones, including Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone handsets. Your old phone scores you store credit, which you can then use to purchase a …

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Site blocking laws could drag VPNs into the anti

Image by Nicolas Raymond, CC BY 2.0 After the Federal Government tabled new legislation to allow the blocking of sites facilitating piracy, legal and copyright experts have raised concerns that VPN providers could be swept up in the net. The Attorney-General introduced legislation to Parliament in March which, if passed, would allow rights holders in Australia to seek a Federal …

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LG G3 Vigor becomes Canada’s debut VoLTE smartphone

The LG G3 Vigor brings VoLTE calling to Canada. CNET The LG G3 Vigor isn’t just any midrange LG Android handset. It’s Canada’s first-ever to support VoLTE, or voice-over-LTE, a technology that uses the same network to make voice (and video) calls on the same network that also transfers data. Canadian wireless provider Rogers announced on Tuesday that it started …

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Microsoft’s Surface 3: Stuck in the middle between work and play?

Microsoft’s Surface 3 may be too pricey for binging on Netflix and not quite powerful enough to replace your laptop. Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft has yet to find the one true purpose for its Surface tablets. Are they Apple iPad killers, laptop replacements or hybrid two-in-one computers? That question still applies to the Surface 3, Microsoft’s new $499, 10.8-inch tablet announced …

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Amazon’s new Dash Buttons let you press push to buy

With Dash Buttons, Amazon hopes to make ordering products even easier. Amazon Nearly two decades ago, Amazon launched one-click ordering, making it easy for customers to buy anything on its site with a simple button-click. Now it’s bringing that technology to the real world. The Web shopping giant said Tuesday it’s launching Dash Buttons, a followup to the Dash remote …

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​How to change accent colors on the HTC One M9

Pick a color, any color! Jason Cipriani/CNET Customizing a smartphone is a easy way to personalize the device we constantly have nearby. And with the new new HTC One M9, and Sense 7, the Taiwanese company wants you to personalize the device until your heart’s content. A new Themes app lets you quickly and easily change everything from wallpapers, to …

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