December, 2017

• 15 December

  How I shot a rock concert on the iPhone X

  

  Normally my iPhone ($285 at Amazon) wouldn’t be my first camera choice for taking photos at a concert. Rock gigs are dark, fast-paced, and the iPhone’s small image sensor doesn’t let in much light — typically a perfect storm of shoddy images. But considering how impressed I’ve been with the iPhone X’s camera so far, …

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• 15 December

  Facebook widely releases snooze feature to mute certain friends

  

  Sometimes there are people on your Facebook feed you just don’t want to see for a while. The social network says it wants to help. Facebook on Friday globally released a feature called Snooze that lets users hide certain people, groups or brand pages for up to 30 days, without permanently unfriending or unfollowing them. When the snooze window is …

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• 15 December

  Wireless charging tech means 2018 will be the start of cord

  

  You may not remember, but there was a time when you had to plug a cable into the side of your computer if you wanted to check your email. Today, Wi-Fi’s wireless connections make physical network cables a rarity. But that’s just the beginning. Technological forces are converging to make a lot of other wires in our lives look like …

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• 15 December

  Report: Samsung and LG to unveil budget phones at CES

  

  Samsung and LG could both be on the hook for launching new low-cost phones at CES 2018 in January. Which phones, you ask? According to Korean news site ETnews, Samsung may unveil its new Galaxy A8 and A8+ devices, while LG is reported to announce its next K series phone. Exact dates weren’t shared, but CES will run from Jan. 9-12, which …

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• 15 December

  Samsung Bixby speaker could rival Amazon Echo in early 2018

  

  Samsung may finally make its move against the Amazon Echo and Google Home with a smart home speaker powered by its Bixby software. The speaker is slated to arrive in the first half of 2018, Bloomberg reports.  Early rumors of the smart speaker date back to July, but they gained credence when Samsung Mobile president DJ Koh confirmed that the …

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• 15 December

  Apple will give you iTunes gift cards to use Apple Pay

  

  Still have some holiday shopping to do? If you use Apple Pay, there may be a present in it for you, too. Apple is giving away $5 iTunes gift cards to shoppers who use Apple Pay at a handful of retailers. While five dollars may not seem like a lot, you can get one gift card per retailer. With 20 …

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• 15 December

  Facebook isn’t destroying society after all, says former exec

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A change of heart?  Michael Kovac Recently, former Facebook execs have been beating their breasts in sorrow and supplication at what their former employer has done to humanity. First, it was former president Sean Parker, who said he worried what Facebook was doing to kids’ …

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• 15 December

  Galaxy S9 phone could launch in late February

  

  Samsung could unveil the Galaxy S9 in a little over two months. The phone giant is rumored to announce the company’s follow-up to the Galaxy S8 in late February at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to Korean news outlet The Bell. The report posits two possible Galaxy S9 launch dates: Feb. 25, the day before the …

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• 15 December

  Get an unlocked Moto G4 Plus phone and 6 months of service for $149.99

  

  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 Motorola’s Moto G4 Plus, shown here in white (but available only in black for this deal), …

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• 15 December

  Amazon to sell Apple TV, Google Chromecast after two

  

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