June, 2017

• 6 June

  Apple MacOS High Sierra 7 best features

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On Monday, Apple previewed the next version of its software that powers your Mac as part of WWDC, its annual developer conference. Many features include behind-the-scene updates to make your Mac and its apps faster, more secure and …

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• 6 June

  Wall

  

  I love projectors. Let me say that up front. I’ve used a projector as my only “TV” for over 15 years. In terms of picture size for the dollar, they can’t be beat. But even the best of these light cannons lags behind the latest display technologies commonplace in TVs. We’re only just starting to see reasonably affordable 4K projectors, …

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• 6 June

  Samsung makes the cheap Galaxy J5 and J7 official

  

  It may not be the Galaxy Note 8, but Samsung is continuing its annual release of phones with the 2017 Galaxy J series. After releasing the Galaxy J3 last month in the US, Samsung has officially unveiled the new Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7. Samsung’s J series is the company’s line of affordable Android phones that still boast the Galaxy …

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• 6 June

  Trump shouldn’t block Twitter users, say First Amendment lawyers

  

  President Donald Trump has illegally blocked a handful of Twitter users for criticizing or mocking him on the social network, and they want their access restored, lawyers for the users say. The lawyers, in a letter sent to Trump on Tuesday, argue that the US president’s account is a “public forum” from which the government is constitutionally barred from excluding …

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• 6 June

  Apple’s iPad Pro evolves in many ways, but not in its keyboard

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I held the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro in my hands, and thought, this is better. Not massively different, but better. Apple’s yearly developer conference was surprisingly full of new hardware, and the iPad Pro was one of the biggest recipients of an overdue …

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• 6 June

  Is your iPhone or iPad ready for AR?

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple is getting into the AR game 0:59 Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks augmented reality could be as big as the smartphone.  Who wouldn’t want to be part of that? But apps built with Apple’s impressive new ARKit augmented …

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• 6 June

  Apple misled callers on ‘error 53,’ court documents allege

  

  Apple has a court date with Australia’s consumer competition watchdog in December, but new “error 53” developments are coming well before then. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that in 13 undercover calls made to Australian Apple retailers last June, Apple representatives wrongly told customers it did not have the responsibility to fix device faults of iPhones if they …

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• 6 June

  Get a Canon multifunction laser printer for $84.99

  

  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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Canon Yesterday’s smartwatch deal sold out quickly — which didn’t surprise me in the least. The reseller, Meh, asked me not to disclose …

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• 6 June

  AppleCare+ now protects against Mac accidents

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple announced new MacBooks and its new MacOS High Sierra software at WWDC 2017 on Monday, but neglected to mention it has added AppleCare+ protection for Macs. (There was a lot to get through, to be fair.) Previously, it offered AppleCare (no plus) for Macs …

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• 6 June

  Pandora hogs 40% of listening on Amazon Echo

  

  Amazon’s Echo may dominate smart speakers, but Pandora appears to rule the Echo.  Pandora’s streaming music service represents more than 40 percent of listening on Amazon’s Echo devices, Pandora CEO Tim Westergren said Tuesday at a keynote discussion during A2IM Indie Week, an independent music label conference in New York.  That jibes with third-party data released earlier this year suggesting …

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