January, 2017

• 5 January

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  T-Mobile, the nation’s third-largest wireless provider, is setting the stage for its 2017 with yet another “Uncarrier” event — this time at CES in Las Vegas. Watch the event live in the player above, or at this link, and stay tuned for additional analysis and coverage. Stay with CNET for complete CES 2017 coverage. All …

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• 5 January

  OnePlus 3T available in gold

  

  Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 3T ups the ante on an already great phone 2:11 One of our favorite Android phones, the OnePlus 3T, is getting a fresh coat of gold paint. It will be available in limited supply on January 6 and only in the 64GB version (the 128GB model is still available in the original gray color). This …

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  T-Mobile‘s bombastic CEO, John Legere, brought out his crystal ball to offer some bold predictions for the wireless industry in 2017. Speaking at the company’s CES press conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Legere rattled off eight possibilities for 2017. These predictions include everything from big cable companies entering and quickly exiting the wireless market to the unseating of three …

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• 5 January

  Obama really doesn’t want you to forget all his awesome tweets

  

  Here’s some advice. Consider everything you post on social media to be public, especially if you’re the president of the United States. You can now search through eight years of tweets, GIFs, Facebook posts, Instagram shots and other social media offerings from President Barack Obama and his administration in the Obama White House Social Media Archive. The archive, hosted by …

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• 5 January

  Chicago torture video brings hate crime charges

  

  The video showed a man in Chicago being tortured, and it was right there on social media for everyone to see. As with other recent cases of live-streamed violence in the US, the reaction was swift, loud and highly politicized. Chicago Police called the incident, first seen in a 30-minute Facebook Live stream, “sickening.” On Thursday, authorities filed hate crime …

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• 5 January

  Intel’s Compute Card could keep your gadgets from going obsolete

  

  How often do you buy a new TV or smart fridge? (Probably not often.) But how quickly do your appliance’s smarts go obsolete? The Intel Compute Card — a credit-card shaped PC just announced at CES 2017 — is a stab at making upgrades for big, bulky devices far more easy. While it’s not quite small enough to fit in …

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  Four years into its turnaround, T-Mobile is celebrating another big year in customer gains. CEO John Legere on Thursday bragged about the wireless carrier’s success at adding new customers and offered a glimpse at subscriber growth results for the fourth quarter and all of 2016. The company held a press conference at CES 2017 in Las Vegas to announce its …

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• 5 January

  Tanvas touch lets you feel your touchscreen at CES

  

  Imagine shopping for clothes on your iPad and actually being able to feel the fabric before you make a purchase. That’s the idea at the core of Tanvas Touch — a surface haptics technology on display at CES 2017. You might be familiar with ordinary haptic feedback. Smartphones use it to help make typing on a touchscreen feel more tangible. …

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• 5 January

  Zagg wants you to ditch AppleCare on your iPhone for its InvisibleShield Screen Guarantee Plan

  

  A lot of people purchase AppleCare because they’re concerned they might accidentally do something bad to their iPhone, like drop it and crack the screen. Zagg, which has sold lots of screen protectors for iPhones and other smartphones, announced at CES 2017 an alternate screen insurance policy with a new online beta program for iPhone 6, 6S and 7 and …

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• 5 January

  Winter weather whips up a whirlwind of warnings

  

  Baby, it’s cold outside, and that’s got things heating up on social media. What’s got everyone’s attention is a heavy-duty winter storm and cold front that will be sweeping its way across the US. Social Cues is our look at what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what people are talking about on social media this Thursday: Winter Storm Watch: …

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