The Nokia name is set to make its comeback at Spain’s annual Mobile World Congress show with as many as four new phones, according to frequent Twitter tipster Evan Blass, who writes for Venture Beat. These are reportedly the Nokia 6 (which already sells in China), Nokia 5, Nokia 3, and a bonus handset that’s …
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14 February
Facebook kills silent video: Here’s how to mute ’em again
Why are autoplaying Facebook videos suddenly screaming at you? Weren’t they supposed to be silent — and thus easy to consume in public places without subjecting you to embarassment? No more: Facebook has just decided to start autoplaying audio whenever you scroll past an autoplaying video in your News Feed, with an update rolling out today. If that’s not your …
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14 February
Apple’s iPhone 8 may be the only new iPhone to get the steel body treatment
Apple is rumored to be releasing three new iPhones this year, the premium 10-year anniversary iPhone 8, and the more modestly upgraded iPhone 7S and 7S Plus. One big difference between the 8 and 7S models may be the phone’s body. Industry sources say that the iPhone 8 may get the new glass and steel chassis that have been rumored, …
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14 February
Is this what the Galaxy Tab S3 will look like?
Samsung hasn’t had much luck keeping details on its rumored Galaxy Tab S3 tablet a secret. And now those details include an image. Discovered by German site WinFuture, the picture shows what appears to be the rumored update to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 along with a new active stylus. The pair is expected to be one of the Korean electronics …
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14 February
Huawei Watch 2 is definitely coming next week
The second-generation Huawei Watch will be announced next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei CEO Richard Yu confirmed on Chinese social network Weibo. The executive didn’t disclose any details on the upcoming smartwatch, although he did share a promotional photo of a guy in workout gear and said the watch was “made for free spirits.” The original Huawei …
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14 February
New smartwatch tracks the time you spend with your family
Are you spending enough time with your family? A new smartwatch from Japan will let you know if you’re not. Tokyo-based Veldt has developed a smartwatch that can monitor the amount of time you spend with your family members. The Tottori West Family Time Watch tracks the time a you spend with your child. You give the child a beacon …
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14 February
PayPal looks to help you pay off your bills
PayPal agreed Tuesday to buy a company that lets people go to a convenience store to pay off their bills using cash. No, that experience doesn’t sound all that high tech. So why would the world’s leading digital payments company purchase a firm so focused on walk-in customers and dollar bills? According to PayPal Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready, the …
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14 February
Samsung may have leaked the Galaxy S8 Plus
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung may expect a big demand for S8 right from the… 1:16 Uh oh — did Samsung blow the lid on its own Galaxy S8 Plus phone? Earlier Tuesday, the company published what is believed to be the S8 Plus support page live on its Samsung India website, according to Forbes. Click that link though, and …
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14 February
Comeback kids: Nokia goes low while BlackBerry aims high
When Steve Jobs launched the original iPhone in 2007, its revolutionary all-touchscreen design blew away the then-dominant keyboard phones of the day: the Moto Q, Palm Treo, Nokia E62 and BlackBerry Pearl. Enlarge Image BlackBerry’s new phone channels its QWERTY soul. James Martin/CNET Back then, Nokia and BlackBerry were the smartphone standard-bearers and Apple was the daring upstart. Now, as …
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14 February
How to get your MacBook Pro battery to last a whole day
After buying a 15-inch 2016 MacBook Pro in December with initially disappointing battery life, I became one of the skeptics. But I’ve been running tests and talking to Apple techs — read the details here — and I’ve extended my useful battery life dramatically. In one day’s test, mostly using a browser with a dim screen, I made it beyond …
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