While Samsung fans await the company’s next premium phone, the Galaxy Note 8, it seems like a different phone may steal some of the Note’s thunder. The next Galaxy C series phone, assumed to be called the Galaxy C10, is rumored to get dual cameras. If this speculation pans out, this would make it Samsung’s …
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18 May
Asus ZenFone AR with Google Tango sells at Verizon this summer
Now playing: Watch this: ZenFone AR scores a first 1:35 This summer, Verizon will be the only carrier to sell the Asus ZenFone AR, the first phone with both of Google’s reality-altering features. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and VR: Everything important from Google I/O Google Photo’s AI is better at sharing your photos than you …
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18 May
You can soon watch YouTube videos together in VR
YouTube is trying to make its virtual reality app more social. Google’s video site announced Thursday at its I/O developer conference that people will be able to watch VR videos together while in its VR app. While you’re in there, you and a small group of friends can sync up videos to watch together simultaneously and talk to each other …
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18 May
Google AR comes to classrooms with a selfie stick
There’s something amazing about holding a selfie stick and trying augmented reality. I didn’t know this until I tried Google Expeditions and its new AR-based tech at Google I/O. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I’ll ever have an everyday phone that can use it. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and VR: Everything important from Google I/O …
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18 May
Google wants you to use VR more than 40 minutes a week
Google’s Daydream View VR headset has been around for six months, long enough for Google to collect user habits and data about what its VR users are like. At a developer session at Google’s I/O developer conference called “What’s New With Daydream,” some of the stats were revealed. The main takeaways: Google VR users spend more, are looking for more …
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18 May
Samsung may resell Note 7 under new ‘Fandom Edition’ name
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung has plans to bring back the Note 7 1:49 In a move to make lemonade out of lemons, Samsung may sell refurbished editions of its infamous Galaxy Note 7 under a new name: the “Galaxy Note FE,” or “Fandom Edition.” Can a new name revive the Note 7? Josh Miller/CNET As you recall, Samsung ceased …
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18 May
Vevo revamps its TV look and feel, starting with Apple
Vevo revamped its app for Apple TV with a design it plans to trickle out to other streaming boxes later this year, aimed at displacing music-only apps for TV like Pandora. “We wanted a flagship example of what we could do,” Vevo CEO Erik Huggers said at an unveiling. The app plays to a small but growing segment of how …
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18 May
Comcast Xfinity Mobile now available for signups
If you’re a Comcast customer, you can finally sign up for its wireless service. The company’s website now allows people who subscribe to its broadband service to sign up for its mobile service, called Xfinity Mobile. It launched the signups and the service in all of its markets in the US on Tuesday. A spokeswoman said it will roll out …
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18 May
Google I/O AR/VR session live: Live stream, what to expect
Welcome to day 2 of Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and VR: Everything important from Google I/O Google Photo’s AI is better at sharing your photos than you are 5 ways Google Home just got better See all Google I/O 2017 news Yesterday’s kickoff keynote was jammed full of …
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18 May
Net neutrality rules doomed as FCC starts teardown process
Now playing: Watch this: FCC votes to start net neutrality rollback 1:39 The laws governing an open internet may not be laws much longer. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on a proposal to strip out the existing regulations that govern net neutrality, or the concept that all internet traffic must be treated equally. This is an initial …
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