April, 2019

• 13 April

  The iPhone SE is once again available from Apple

  

  If you’re jonesing for a new iPhone that won’t break the bank, Apple is again offering an unlocked iPhone SE for $249. That’s for the 32GB version of the now-discontinued phone, while the 128GB version will cost you $299 — which are $100 and $150 off the original price, respectively. Even better: These phones, being …

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• 13 April

  YouTube TV’s price hike, Disney Plus details

  

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• 12 April

  Facebook to diversify board of directors as Netflix CEO Reed Hastings departs

  

  Facebook is shaking up its board of directors with more diversity.  The social media company said Friday that it had nominated Peggy Alford, PayPal’s senior vice president of core markets, to its board of directors. If approved at the company’s annual stockholders meeting in May, Alford would be the first African-American woman to serve on Facebook’s board of directors. Peggy …

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• 12 April

  Sprint extends its return program, gives you 30 days to make up your mind

  

  Sprint has launched what it calls a 100% Total Satisfaction Guarantee program, which lets new customers try Sprint’s LTE for 30 days. If they don’t like it, the carrier will refund everything — phone costs, service charges and fees. Additionally, if you’re switching to Sprint from another carrier, you’ll get up to $650 to cover the switching fees. When you …

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• 12 April

  Build a home theater on the cheap with this Epson 1080p projector for $400

  

  Big TVs have gotten awfully cheap of late — you can still get a 65-inch TCL 4-Series Roku for $500, for example — but if you want a seriously big picture, you’ll need a projector. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the refurbished Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1060 projector for $399.99 shipped …

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• 12 April

  Skype screen sharing coming to Android and iOS

  

  Microsoft’s messaging app Skype looks like it’s getting another friendly face in an upcoming version — yours! A split-screen feature for displaying what’s happening on your side of the call appeared in a beta build of the app (the Skype Insider program), so you’ll likely see it in an upcoming release. Screen sharing can be used for showing documents without …

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• 12 April

  AT&T deal offers double the data on prepaid plan

  

  AT&T’s latest deal aims to entice new customers with double the data.  Starting Friday, the mobile carrier will increase customers’ high-speed data from 8GB to 16GB when they activate a new line on AT&T’s monthly $50 prepaid plan and sign up for auto-pay, which drops the price to $40 a month.  The plan also includes unlimited talk, text and data …

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• 12 April

  Facebook might reintegrate Messenger back into its main app

  

  Facebook might be considering reintegrating some of its Messenger service back into its primary app. Researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who is well known for reverse-engineering popular social media apps, posted screenshots to Twitter on Friday of Facebook’s app with a Messenger icon in the top right-hand corner, which taps through into the Messenger inbox. “For now, this new ‘Chats’ section …

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• 12 April

  Nintendo Labo VR kit review: The Switch makes virtual magic

  

  Nintendo’s late entry to the world of VR is finally here. Yes, it’s made of cardboard. Yes, it’s weird. But the ideas inside are probably unlike anything else you’ve tried before. It’s impossible not to think of Google Cardboard when putting together Nintendo’s Labo VR Kit construction set, which I did over the last week with my 10- and 6-year-old …

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• 12 April

  Facebook mistakenly prints Oculus Touch controllers with cryptic messages

  

  Facebook might’ve gone a bit too 1984 this time. The company accidentally printed several weird phrases onto its Touch controllers that’ll come with its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S VR headsets. The messages read “This Space For Rent” and “The Masons Were Here.” A few developer kits shipped with the phrases “Big Brother is Watching” and “Hi iFixit! We …

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