February, 2018

• 8 February

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  Given T-Mobile’s track record, there’s no surprise that it’s led the industry in growth. The question is how it will keep the engine going at the same pace. The fourth-quarter report for the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier included a forecast for branded postpaid net customer additions of 2 million to 3 million, down from 2017’s …

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• 8 February

  Fitbit Ionic: 9 tips and tricks to get the most out of the smartwatch

  

  The Fitbit Ionic is the company’s smartest fitness-first watch yet. It has its own app store and a place to find and customize new watch faces. But where do you even begin with something that does a lot more than previous Fitbits?  Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit Ionic is the most advanced Fitbit watch… but… 3:12 Well, if you follow …

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• 8 February

  5G phones and other devices will come to 18 carriers in 2019

  

  The promise that we’ll see the first 5G phones by 2019 has now become even more of a sure thing. Eighteen global carriers will start 5G speed trials in 2018, using a new Qualcomm modem that’s built to handle huge amounts of data at almost instantaneous speeds — at least theoretically. The list includes Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the …

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• 8 February

  Expand your desktop with this $89.99 Asus 23

  

  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! Yeah, it’s… a monitor. I’m so ashamed. Asus Today is a dry, dry, dry day for deals, my …

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• 8 February

  Cryptocurrency now lets you buy and sell celebrity trading cards

  

  Blockchain promises to revolutionize all sorts of businesses, and cryptocurrencies could help rewrite the rules of finance. But today, let’s focus on how they let you discover that Elon Musk is worth more than Emma Watson for collectors of a sort of digital baseball card. A group of San Francisco-area programmers launched a site, unveiled Thursday, called Crypto Celebrities that …

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• 8 February

  Apple’s AirPod began smoking in ear, blew apart, says man

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Can they explode? Sarah Tew/CNET We’re quite used to tales of phones exploding.  Lithium ion batteries can be volatile. After all, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was withdrawn — twice — because too many of them kept blowing up. A man from Tampa, …

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• 8 February

  Uber outage causes slew of complaints on Twitter

  

  Uber drivers and riders throughout the country tweeted out complaints Thursday that the ride-hailing service was down.  Drivers trying to pick up or drop off fares were unable to log into the app, according to tweets from several accounts. Uber users in Las Vegas, Atlanta, New York City, Washington, DC and other major cities were unable to access the service, tweets said. …

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• 8 February

  Sony’s promising 2018 X900F TV ships soon, starts at $1,500

  

  If you’re waiting for the one of the most highly anticipated TVs that debuted at CES to become available for sale, I’ve got some good news. Sony’s XBR-X900F series, successor to the X900E I liked so much last year, should arrive later this month. It’s the first major 2018 TV to get pricing and availability details, and I expect it …

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• 8 February

  VR pioneer Chris Milk: Friendship’s the new magic ingredient

  

  When we think about innovations in virtual reality, we often think about technological advances: sleeker headsets, more realistic images, gloves that touch what isn’t there. But for VR luminary Chris Milk, the next step forward is something simpler: hanging out with your friends. Milk is the co-founder, with Aaron Koblin, of VR and multimedia company Within (previously known as Vrse). Between …

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• 8 February

  Team USA’s 2018 Winter Olympics jacket is some toasty tech

  

  The coolest thing about Ralph Lauren’s heated jacket technology is, well… it doesn’t feel like tech. It doesn’t beep or light up. There’s no buzzing or distracting alerts. It doesn’t even feel like you’re wearing a gadget. It’s just smarts woven into your clothes. The heated panel is made up of conductive inks, bonded to the inside lining on the …

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