October, 2017

• 24 October

  As AT&T focuses on show business, its wireless business struggles

  

  AT&T can’t stop reminding people that it’s in the entertainment business now.  But the reality is the company’s still in the phone business. The country’s second-largest wireless provider by subscribers added 3 million net customers in the third quarter, the company said in its earnings report on Tuesday. Roughly 2.3 million of those customers were …

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• 24 October

  OnePlus 5T teaser appears online: Is this the new phone?

  

  Ready for a OnePlus 5 upgrade? OnePlus might be. Only four months since releasing the phone — to a rave CNET review, no less — an image purporting to show the OnePlus 5T was leaked to Android Authority. It’s unconfirmed, but if it’s true, it could give us a clue about how the upcoming phone might look. Enlarge Image The dimly lit photo …

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• 24 October

  Google launches Gmail add

  

  In the era of WhatsApp, Snapchat and Slack, email seems like last century’s technology revolution. But Google wants to inject new life — and new usefulness — into its Gmail service. On Tuesday, the company announced the arrival of an add-ons system that lets a Gmail message serve as the jumping-off point for many online tasks like tracking job candidates, …

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• 24 October

  How to figure out which Intel chip you need

  

  It’s arguably the most important component in your laptop, tablet or desktop computer. Whether called the processor, CPU, or central processing unit, it deserves top-line billing on your spec list, as it’s the brain of your device. But CPUs cause confusion and stress for shoppers. The chipmakers have not done themselves any favors with their nerdy and arcane naming conventions. …

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• 24 October

  Amazon’s Kindle app gets a major update

  

  Amazon regularly updates its Kindle e-reading app for iOS and Android devices, but now it’s rolled out a major redesign that gives the social-reading platform Goodreads, acquired by Amazon in 2013, a much bigger role. Initially anyway, only iOS users will get the new Goodreads features, but Amazon says they’ll be coming to the Android app in the future.  Enlarge …

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• 24 October

  Apple warns you to line up early for the iPhone X

  

  Apple’s physical stores will have the iPhone X in stock next Friday, Nov. 3, the company announced in a press release Tuesday — but it encourages customers to arrive early. iPhone X preorders open this Friday, Oct. 27. Apple Stores will open at 8 a.m. local time around the world. Is the advice a consequence of a possible shortage of iPhone X …

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• 24 October

  iPhone X hijacks Apple.com three days before pre

  

  The iPhone X won’t be available for presale for a couple more days, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from overhauling its home pages to promote its new flagship phone. Veteran observers of presales will recall that Apple’s home page traditionally goes “down for maintenance” a few hours before presales begin so that Apple can prominently promote the new device or …

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• 24 October

  Google Lens is sneaking onto the Pixel and Pixel XL

  

  Google Lens isn’t just for the Pixel 2 and 2 XL anymore: Reddit users report that the object-identifying software is now showing up on original Pixel phones. In a post to the r/Android subreddit, user LaceratedCantaloupe posted “Google Lens showed up in Photos today on my 2016 Pixel XL.” The post included a shot of the Google Lens screen and …

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• 24 October

  TiVo Bolt Vox is a voice

  

  With the Bolt Vox, TiVo finally adds voice controls to its entertainment experience, joining Roku, Apple, Amazon, Google and Comcast Xfinity.  The company’s latest series of 4K-resolution DVR and streaming media boxes combine all the features of the current Bolt models with a new voice remote control and next-gen user experience. In fact, TiVo says the Bolt Vox has the …

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• 24 October

  US Cellular pairs iPhone X with cheap unlimited monthly data

  

  The iPhone X is up for preorder this Friday, Oct. 27, and demand is expected to be high. One option to get Apple‘s newest iPhone is going through US Cellular. While you won’t get a head start like you do through Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program, it is offering other perks. Buy the iPhone X from the carrier and you can …

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