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August, 2017

  • 11 August

    Honda’s Civic Si returns with turbo power

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  • 11 August

    Google memo highlights need for more diversity talk

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  • 10 August

    5 reasons Microsoft Surface shoppers shouldn’t panic

    Consumer Reports, the venerable product testing publication, has withdrawn its “recommended” designation from Microsoft‘s Surface line of PCs, citing the potential for long-term reliability issues. In an article published August 10, Consumer Reports says: New studies conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center estimate that 25 percent of Microsoft laptops and tablets will present their owners with problems by …

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  • 10 August

    Snapchat’s Spectacles fade faster than a Snap

    Snap’s Spectacles are careening into irrelevancy.  Second-quarter sales of the glasses, which are embedded with a camera to make it easier for you to take photos or videos for a Snap, declined to $5.4 million from more than $8 million in the first quarter. At $130 a pop, that’s 41,000 people who bought Spectacles.  To put that further into perspective, …

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  • 10 August

    Apple Watch shipments in third place behind Xiaomi, Fitbit

    Apple has slipped into third place in the global wearable market in terms of units shipped, behind Fitbit and new world leader Xiaomi, according to a market research company. Overall the demand for wearable devices grew globally by 8 percent year-on-year in Q2 2017, with Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi leading the way, according to Canalys. Xiaomi had the highest number of …

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  • 10 August

    Police tweet photo of driver holding two phones going 60 mph

    Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Try telling people not to do it. No matter how many times well-intentioned authorities and even phone providers like AT&T plead with people not to use their phones while driving, people still do it.  You see it every day. What you see slightly less often …

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  • 10 August

    Apple’s leaked iPhone 8 design is turned into a 3D model

    Video by MacRumors At the end of July, in a firmware update for the upcoming HomePod smart speaker, two iOS developers stumbled upon what might be some of the next iPhone’s new features. On Monday, videos of a 3D dummy model based on that leaked design started to appear on YouTube. The 3D model iPhone 8 shows a design without …

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  • 10 August

    Vertu luxury phone collection up for auction for £20,000

    In July, luxury phone maker Vertu closed its doors, entering liquidation and letting go of nearly 200 employees. On Friday the company’s museum collection of phones hits the auction block for sale by liquidators. Vertu was a UK-based company known for its ridiculously luxurious handmade phones, some encrusted in jewels and 18-karat gold and selling for as much as $46,600, …

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  • 10 August

    LG V30’s dual cameras take a tip from DSLR cameras

    LG has already confirmed that the top-end LG V30 is launching August 31, and the teases don’t stop there. The phonemaker is crowing about the dual camera, which it says will take much better low-light photos and video than the competition. The V30’s camera will let in 25 percent more light, according to LG, thanks to a new glass lens and …

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  • 10 August

    Phone accessories that make travel easier

    Your phone is already the hub of every trip you take: the carrier of boarding passes and hotel reservations; the holder of books and movies to help pass the time; the conduit through which travel photos are shared on social media. All by itself, it makes travel easier. But with a few key accessories, you can travel more easily with …

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