Touting it as a “free and convenient data-saving feature,” AT&T will roll out a new option that will stream video from your phone or tablet in standard-definition quality (about 480 pixels), rather than high-definition video (720 pixels and higher). The feature is called Stream Saver and will begin early 2017. AT&T will send messages to …
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11 November
Zuckerberg: Fake news on Facebook affected election? That’s ‘crazy’
Now playing: Watch this: Facebook says don’t blame it for Trump 1:09 After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday, some commentators argued that fake news circulating on Facebook helped the real estate mogul turned reality TV personality win. There was, for example, this story from the nonexistent Denver Guardian about an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton‘s …
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11 November
Why the Screenshots album is the best iPhone photos album
As a tech blogger who takes lots of screenshots, this tip is admittedly more exciting to me than the typical iPhone owner. But I bet you have more than a few screenshots cluttering the photos on your iPhone — as well as the Photos app on your Mac if you have enabled iCloud Photo Library. If you open the Photos …
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10 November
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge finally get a taste of Nougat
Want the latest Android software on your Samsung Galaxy device? Good news: Samsung is rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Samsung announced today that it is letting phone owners test out Google’s latest software through the Galaxy Beta Program. Android Nougat was unveiled back in August, but it’s taken months to get to non-Nexus …
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10 November
WikiLeaks grilled on Trump, Assange in rowdy Reddit AMA
WikiLeaks is known for pushing the boundaries, and it didn’t pull punches Thursday during a freewheeling Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. Staffers from the whistle-blowing site were bombarded with questions that focused heavily on the part WikiLeaks played during this year’s US presidential election. They repeatedly denied conspiring with President-elect Donald Trump in his heated race with Hillary Clinton, …
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10 November
Fitbit CEO says there’s no mysterious takeover offer
Will Fitbit stay or will it go? No need for your heart rate to rise. Fitbit isn’t going away. CBS Interactive That was the question earlier Thursday after hedge fund firm ABM Capital said it had approached Fitbit’s board about buying the company for $12.50 a share. ABM revealed that information in an SEC filing that listed an address in …
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10 November
Google uses Chrome’s reach to give your phone a better web
The web has taken a beating in the smartphone era. But it’s about to start beating back. Explosive growth of the web, starting in the 1990s, connected the world’s population. In the last decade, though, we all started tapping app icons instead of web hyperlinks to chat with friends, share photos and buy products online. Now Google’s Chrome team and …
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10 November
Google Daydream vs. Samsung Gear VR: Which VR ticket out of reality should you choose?
Wanna get away? If you’re looking for a ticket out of this universe, at least temporarily, VR can deliver that on your phone. Or, even give you ways to reach out and communicate with the world. Samsung (with Facebook) and Google offer you two options: the Samsung Gear VR, and the new Google Daydream View. They work with recent Samsung …
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10 November
Samsung’s foldable phones could be pricy and few
Now playing: Watch this: This Samsung foldable phone may become reality in February 0:49 On Wednesday, a Samsung patent showing a design concept for a foldable smartphone made its rounds on the internet. The renderings in the patent, as well as a report claiming that Samsung will unveil two bendable phones in 2017, brought the idea of bendable phones one …
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10 November
AT&T’s zero rating practice raises ‘serious concerns,’ says FCC
The Federal Communications Commission has zeroed in on AT&T’s practice of zero rating. In a letter Wednesday, the FCC outlined “serious concerns” it has about AT&T’s practice of exempting its own streaming-video services from wireless customers’ mobile data allotments, while counting content from other providers against the allotments. AT&T’s current practice, through its “Sponsored Data” program, “may obstruct competition and …
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