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April, 2018
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16 April
Amazon Choice: Some products now tell you why they’re chosen
Amazon has lifted the veil on its Amazon’s Choice program and now appears to be showing the criteria behind some products’ selection for its recommendation badge. Criteria such as “low return rate” and “highly rated” are now appearing below the Choice badge on some Amazon pages. It seems that Amazon is still tweaking how the information is revealed. Earlier today …
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16 April
Another reason to quit Facebook: It’s still a battery hog
I honestly like Facebook, warts and all. But lately those warts have become too much for some, which is why there’s increasing interest in finding alternatives, ditching the Facebook app, or leaving the service entirely. Recently I was reminded of another reason to consider uninstalling Facebook from your phone: It’s a battery hog. I first wrote about this two years ago, and …
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16 April
The Yuneec Q500 drone plummets to $350
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! See that belly-cam? It can detach and shoot video on land using an included handheld gimbal! Sarah Tew/CNET …
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16 April
Cheap live TV streamer Philo heads to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV
Philo, a fledgling skinny-bundle TV streaming service, is taking two steps closer to its big-league competitors. The live-TV streaming company will work on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV devices this summer, CEO Andrew McCollum said last week. An Android mobile app is next on the roadmap. When Philo launched in November, the TV streaming service worked on Roku, on …
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16 April
Heathrow drone near
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Are they a danger? If so, how much of a danger? Roberto Machado Noa/Getty It’s a fear many pilots carry with them every day. At some point, their plane may collide with a drone that’s being flown by someone who thinks they’re just having fun. …
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16 April
Honor 7C, 7A say they’re faster than iPhone X’s face unlock
It’s a brave move to challenge Apple’s iPhone X, particularly when the phones you’re putting up against it cost less than a fifth of the price. But that’s the challenge Huawei’s Honor 7A and 7C throw at the iPhone X’s feet. These two budget handsets are equipped with face unlock technology the company claims will recognise your face faster than …
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16 April
Samsung patent application shows a phone with iPhone X notch
Even Samsung may not be safe from the controversial notch. Samsung filed a patent application (PDF) with Chinese patent organization SIPO that shows off a few different phone designs each with a notch above the phone’s screen. The patent application was filed on March 30 and spotted on Monday by Dutch phone blog Mobielkopen. The phone in the patent application looks …
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16 April
Zinc battery breakthrough could be safer alternative for phones
In a more perfect world, your phone battery would easily last all day, wouldn’t degrade over time and, most crucially, wouldn’t explode. This might sound like a pipe dream, but researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new water- and zinc-based battery that could go some way to meeting all three of those criteria and could end up …
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16 April
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium wants to wow you with its camera
First there was the Samsung Galaxy S9 and then there was the Huawei P20 Pro. Now it’s Sony’s turn to boldly claim that its phone camera is the most advanced there is. The Xperia XZ2 Premium has the highest-reaching hardware specs of all three phones in its line. It follows the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact announced this past February. …
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