Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Pay: Easy as a swipe and tap 1:12 Related stories Samsung Pay takes on Apple Pay as mobile payments war heats up Why Samsung Pay has little advantage over Apple Pay in Europe Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge bring on metal and glass (hands-on) BARCELONA — Samsung Pay, the …
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Samsung Pay, seen here running on the Galaxy S6 Edge, will be on roughly equal footing with Apple Pay in Europe. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Samsung wants its new phones to become your wallet, yesterday unveiling its Samsung Pay mobile payments system, which is going to arrive on its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones . Samsung has said its …
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BiteMyApple.co There’s nothing sexy about travel adapters, which let you recharge your gadgets while visiting countries with weird-looking outlets (I’m looking at you, Macedonia). It’s rare to find one with more than a single USB port, a problem for anyone packing more than one mobile device, and does any hotel room in any country ever have enough wall sockets? BiteMyApple.co …
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Matt Elliott/CNET One of the best parts of being a parent is reliving little snippets of your childhood through your kids. I was a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan growing up and have recently rediscovered the comic strip thanks to my daughter, who thinks it is as hilarious and touching and amazing as I did when I was young. If …
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Screenshot by Dan Ackerman/CNET The wait is over. PlayStation 4 owners can now stream HBO movies and shows right on their consoles. Sony on Tuesday announced the long-awaited launch of HBO Go on the PlayStation 4. The service had been available on both Sony and Microsoft’s last-generation consoles and arrived on the Xbox One this past November. PlayStation 4 owners, …
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Apple’s big-screened iPhone 6 lineup helped it top Samsung last quarter. CNET Apple scored the highest percentage of smartphone sales in the fourth quarter, courtesy of its new iPhones, according to a Gartner report released Tuesday. For the final quarter of 2014, Apple took home a 20.4 percent share of worldwide smartphone sales, up from 17.8 percent during the same …
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The connected watch will allow you to make cashless payments through the Cash by Optus service. Aloysius Low/CNET BARCELONA — Optus today announced that it will be releasing fitness bands and connected watches to grant customers without NFC-enabled phones access to its Cash by Optus cashless payment service. However, these wearables will only be released at the end of the …
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Microsoft’s next Lumia flagship is going to be all about productivity. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Microsoft’s Stephen Elop was mum about the how the company’s first flagship Lumia phone would stand out from the competition, but offered a little bit of direction. And it pointed straight to the Surface Pro 3 . Related stories Microsoft’s 5.7-inch Lumia 640 XL is …
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Juan Garzón/CNET BARCELONA — Samsung’s launch of its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge has stolen the spotlight at the annual Mobile World Congress trade show — and Samsung has much riding on that. After a tough 2014 for the South Korean electronics giant, this year’s flagship smartphone launch is more important than ever. Apple was resurgent at the end …
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Ubuntu has arrived on phones. Rich Trenholm/CNET The smartphone market has been a two-horse race almost from day one. But Apple and Google may have had their own way for too long, and many of the industry’s biggest players are looking for an alternative to Google’s Android mobile operating system. One possible alternative is Ubuntu, which is making the leap …
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