March, 2017

• 21 March

  How Apple’s new iPad lines up against the tablet competition

  

  Apple has replaced the iPad Air 2 with a very similar model, now simply called the iPad. Rather than adding new features, this new iPad instead gets a price cut, to $329 in the US, £339 in the UK and AU$469 in Australia. (There’s a small processor jump as well, to Apple’s proprietary A9 chip.) …

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• 21 March

  Apple’s quiet release of its cheaper, faster iPad proves no one cares about tablets anymore

  

  Psst! Did you hear that Apple released a new iPad? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. After all, Apple didn’t bother to hold an event to introduce its newest 9.7-inch tablet, which drops the Air name and gets a $70 price cut along with a faster processor and brighter display. Instead, Apple made the announcement in a press release issued …

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• 21 March

  Use this iPhone feature to easily reach the top of the screen

  

  Now playing: Watch this: 3 quick tips for navigating your iPhone 1:31 When Apple introduced the larger-screened iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, it conceded users would need help with using the bigger devices with one hand. Apple’s solution is called Reachability. The feature makes it quicker and easier to reach to content at the top of the screen. Reachability …

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• 21 March

  Longer battery life and better notifications in Android O, Google’s upcoming operating system

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Android O will make your battery last longer 1:28 Google is hoping its newest version of Android is sweeter than the last. The search giant on Tuesday announced the next generation of its mobile software, which powers almost nine out of every 10 smartphones on the planet. For now, the software is just called Android O, …

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• 21 March

  Apple’s iPad upgrades makes it cheaper and faster than the iPad Air 2

  

  Now playing: Watch this: All of Apple’s new hardware announcements 1:22 Say goodbye to the iPad Air. It’s just the iPad now. Apple announced Tuesday morning that it’s replacing the aging iPad Air 2 with a new 9.7-inch model that’s simply called “iPad.” The new iPad, which features a faster processor than the Air 2, starts at $329, £339 or …

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• 21 March

  Find out if solar panels will help you with Google’s heat map

  

  Google can tell you if your house gets enough sunlight for you to go solar. Google launched Project Sunroof two years ago but it covered only San Francisco, Fresno and Boston. Now, it covers all 50 states, though not every inch of every state. According to Google, it has analyzed 60 million buildings and determined that 79 percent of rooftops …

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• 20 March

  Your NCAA bracket busted? Now you’ve got a second chance

  

  Hey, basketball fans are you still stinging after picking Villanova or Duke as the big winner in your bracket? Well, sports giant ESPN is literally offering another way win a bracket with its Tournament Challenge Second Chance. Now, you can pick who will emerge as a new national champion among the Sweet 16 teams left in NCAA basketball tournament starting …

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• 20 March

  Are your teens strung out on tech?

  

  Amy Fleetwood was tired of all the fighting. Her daughters seemed caught up in nearly nonstop texting, watching videos and sending Snaps. She hoped the big screen would show them what their phones’ small screens were doing to them. So just before Thanksgiving, she took Martha, 13, and Sarita, 16, to see “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age,” a …

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• 20 March

  Will 2017 be the year smartwatches finally take off?

  

  Wearable tech may finally be coming into vogue as smartwatches and other wearable devices are expected to see big sales starting this year. Sales in the market are expected to grow by 18.6 percent for the next five years, according to market research firm IDC. As tech companies partner with more fashion brands, smartwatches in particular will get a boost, …

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• 20 March

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