The iPhone X, may have the most famous “notch”, but the best notch-screen design doesn’t come from Apple at all. Today, that honor goes to Huawei, whose P20 and P20 Pro let you quickly and oh-so-easily hop into the Display settings to toggle the notch off. It’s that simple. What’s the big uproar over the notch anyway? Found …
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27 March
New iPad with optional Pencil: Everything Apple just announced
Apple’s “field trip” event at a Chicago’s Lane Tech High School just wrapped up, and we’ve all learned an important lesson: the new iPad costs the same as the old one. The company’s least expensive tablet is now official, and the price is still $329 (£319 in the UK, and AU$469 in Australia). See also Apple unveils new iPad to …
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27 March
Apple’s $329 iPad with Pencil support to take on Chromebooks in schools
It’s back to school for Apple with a brand-new iPad. Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its iOS-powered tablet at its education event in Chicago, which it hosted at the Lane Tech College Prep High School. The school is the largest public high school in Chicago. “Macs and iPads are used throughout schools by students for everything from …
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27 March
Apple Store down ahead of Chicago education event
The Apple Store website went down on Tuesday ahead of the company’s press conference in Chicago. It’s common for the company to pull its web store offline ahead of events, only to put it back online during or shortly after it announces new products. So, what can we expect to see when the store goes back online? It could be …
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27 March
Amazon’s Fire 10 is still half the price of the new iPad
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! Enlarge Image Meet the new iPad price; same as the old iPad price. (Unless you’re a school, in …
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27 March
How to order the new iPad
Seeking to reverse the trend of schools moving away from iPads and toward cheaper Chromebooks, Apple on Tuesday introduced a revamped 9.7-inch iPad at its education event in Chicago. The updated iPad includes Apple Pencil support and a discounted price for schools. Now playing: Watch this: New budget iPad: First hands-on 1:58 How much does it cost? The new iPad …
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27 March
OnePlus 6 benchmark scores may speed ahead of Galaxy S9
OnePlus’ next phone, the OnePlus 6, could be actually be faster than Samsung’s just-released Galaxy S9. A speed test allegedly for the OnePlus 6 was spotted on benchmarking site Geekbench showing some pretty impressive single-core and multi-core scores. Enlarge Image The NS P7819 model number can be seen in this possible OnePlus 6 leak. GizmoChina Geekbench is one of many …
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27 March
Google’s Android copyright battle with Oracle could cost $8.8 billion
Google just suffered what could be a nearly $9 billion blow in its long-running legal battle against Oracle. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court revived a multi-billion dollar copyright case that dates back to 2010. The court said Google’s use of Oracle’s Java software went beyond the bounds of fair use when the Android mobile operating system was created, according …
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27 March
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg turns down invitation to testify in UK Parliament
Mark Zuckerberg turned down an opportunity to come to London to give evidence in Parliament about Facebook’s part in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg said last week he would be happy to testify in front of Congress in the US. But the Facebook CEO will not be doing the same in the UK, according to a letter the company sent …
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27 March
Apple’s Chicago iPad event: What we didn’t get
Apple’s education event in Chicago delivered the expected new (though not exactly cheaper) iPad with support for the Pencil stylus, as well as a slew of education-related apps and services for students and teachers. But that was basically it. Given the education tilt of the event, most of us didn’t expect to see much more. Still, there are plenty of …
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