OtterBox continues its quest to cash in on Disney’s hottest film franchises. Last week the company introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. This week it’s releasing new Avengers: Infinity War cases ahead of that movie’s opening on Friday. The four new Marvel cases …
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24 April
LG G7: Rumored specs, price, release date
Update: The LG G7 ThinQ has been officially announced. Read CNET’s full review of the LG G7 ThinQ. The Samsung Galaxy S9 may have kicked off 2018’s phone season with a bang, but for Android fans, it’s just the beginning. In March, Huawei launched its marquee P20 and P20 Pro phones and the Nokia 8 Sirocco wowed us with its …
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24 April
Smartphones make taking vacation photos so easy
Some of our best experiences happen when we travel, and our best souvenirs are the visual memories we record. For many of us, that means carrying around expensive and heavy cameras that often force us to swap lenses and change settings before we can even begin to capture the images we want. And while your DSLR or high-end mirrorless camera …
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24 April
How to check if your MacBook Pro is eligible for a free battery replacement
Last week, Apple announced a battery replacement program for the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the cheaper model without the Touch Bar. Some laptops built between October 2016 and October 2017 include a component that could cause its battery to swell, Apple said. Now playing: Watch this: How to tell if your MacBook Pro needs a replacement battery 1:31 The swelling is …
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24 April
Apple ads mock Android smartphones
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image According to Apple, a rival app store store can blow up in your face. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s often the case that other phone makers chuckle at Apple. Who can forget Samsung’s excoriation of the iPhone’s history last year? Cupertino, though, isn’t …
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24 April
Why I bought a second iPhone 6S as a backup
It’s looking more and more like the 6S will soon be the last iPhone with a 3.5mm headphone jack. Apple jettisoned the jack first on the iPhone 7 and hasn’t included it on a new phone ever since. Now rumors are flying about Apple’s elimination of the 3.5mm headphone jack on the upcoming iPhone SE 2. If that’s true, the 6S (and …
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24 April
Verizon sees slowdown as it wrestles with Justice Dept. probe
For Verizon, no news is bad news when it comes to customer growth. After a flurry of promotional activity in 2017, which saw the return of unlimited data plans in a big way, as well as media bundles like free Netflix for T-Mobile subscribers and HBO Go thrown into AT&T wireless plans, US wireless carriers backed down with fewer discounts …
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24 April
Facebook data was ‘ineffectual,’ says Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica says the data it licensed from Global Science Research (GSR), which collected information on millions of Facebook users through a personality quiz app, was “ineffectual,” an evaluation that prompted its decision to not use the data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Voter profiling firm Cambridge Analytica says the Facebook data it obtained was “ineffectual.” Getty Images In …
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24 April
The Apple Watch Series 1 is finally a good deal: Just $149
Hey, cheeps, a quick update about yesterday’s super-popular (but ultimately disappointing) earphone deal: According to the vendor, only Cheapskate readers had access to that code — and there were some 500 units available when the post went live. That inventory got scooped up in a flash. #cheapskateeffect If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, though, you know that I …
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24 April
WhatsApp age limit rising to 16 in Europe
Teenagers may need to wait a while if they want to WhatsApp their friends in Europe. That’s because the messaging service is raising its age limit to 16 from 13 in the region due to new EU data privacy rules. Users will have to confirm their age when WhatsApps rolls out its new terms of service, the company said in a blog …
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