TimeLine Layout

April, 2017

  • 21 April

    ​Domain names 101

    With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. A domain name is a company’s virtual real estate on the internet, and it’s naturally best if it’s memorable. This ranks as one of the biggest decisions a small …

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  • 21 April

    Apple’s AR smart glasses could be in the works

    Apple may be working on some top secret hardware, including a pair of AR smartglasses. Rumors surfaced after an incident report was allegedly leaked to Gizmodo suggesting that the company was tinkering with some sort of ocular prototype. The Apple document Gizmodo said it procured includes an incident in which an employee reported eye pain after using a new prototype. …

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  • 21 April

    14 Samsung Galaxy S8 settings to change right away

    Now playing: Watch this: 5 Galaxy S8 features you should change immediately 2:14 Out of the box, the Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) is set up in typical Samsung fashion. For example, the screen resolution is scaled down, and the navigation buttons are reversed (compared to other Android devices). Luckily, you can fine-tune your new smartphone to work how you …

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  • 21 April

    Samsung to patch Galaxy S8’s red display issue, report says

    Many South Koreans received their Samsung’s Galaxy S8 phones earlier this week, and soon after some people began reporting that their phones had odd, red-tinted displays. But fret not, Samsung fans, the company will release a software update to fix the issue, reported ZDNet. Samsung said earlier in the week that the red tint was a software matter, not a …

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  • 21 April

    India threatens WhatsApp group admins over fake news

    Disseminating fake news on WhatsApp or Facebook in India could land you behind bars — especially if you’re running the offending group. An Indian magistrate ruled yesterday that any information that is factually incorrect or misleading that is posted on a social media group could result in a report by the police against the group administrator, the Economic Times reports. …

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  • 20 April

    The LG V30 could get curves like the Galaxy S8

    The edge-to-edge OLED screen of the Galaxy S8 may seem one-of-a-kind now, but other phones might be soon to follow. Samsung’s Korean rival LG is allegedly ramping up its production of curved OLED displays and may be planning to put one on its LG V20 successor, which speculators refer to as the LG V30 for now, according to a report …

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  • 20 April

    Verizon lost 289,000 phone customers as earnings disappoint

    Sometimes admitting you’re wrong can be cathartic. In Verizon’s case, it meant averting a total disaster of a quarter. For years, Verizon has been in denial that unlimited data plans are, in fact, a thing people want. On numerous occasions, the company shut the door on the idea of bringing back an unlimited data plan. In an ad blitz in …

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  • 20 April

    The Nike

    I know, “stop the presses.” The Nike-inspired Apple Watch comes in a new shade of gray now. Sorry, “neutral-toned” and “light bone.” Whoo wee. Still, it’s a good moment to remember this signals Apple’s continuing push on its wrist-worn device, which was updated in September last year with features like GPS and better water proofing. Apple hasn’t said how many …

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  • 20 April

    Google wants better international rules for data requests

    We know governments send requests to Google for our data. We know they sometimes get a court order, and they’ve even done so secretly. And though Google puts out a semiannual transparency report giving us a broad sense of how often governments are asking to access private data of its users, Google says a new problem has cropped up: The …

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  • 20 April

    AT&T Fiber adds eight more metro areas

    AT&T’s superfast internet service is expanding to new metro areas in California, Ohio, Georgia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri and Michigan. The internet, wireless and TV provider said in a statement Thursday that it’s planning to expand to eight new metro areas: Dayton, Ohio Macon, Georgia Madison, Wisconsin Monterey-Salinas, California Savannah, Georgia South Bend, Indiana Springfield, Missouri Western Michigan The company also …

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