September, 2016

• 27 September

  Next gen Galaxy Note phones could use the S Pen as a speaker

  

  One of the Samsung Galaxy Note’s most recognisable features, besides exploding, is its S Pen accessory. The S Pen may look like an ordinary stylus, but the software on the Galaxy Note has made it into a versatile tool that boasts, on the Note 7, 4,096 different pressure sensitivities. It looks like Samsung is adding …

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• 26 September

  BlackBerry’s unannounced DTEK60 shows up on FCC’s website

  

  BlackBerry’s next Android phone might be just around the corner. Details of the unannounced handset, which the company briefly revealed by accident last week, have shown up in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. The agency is responsible for ensuring that devices sold in the US that use radio frequencies — like phones — operate without causing harmful interference. …

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• 26 September

  Snapchat Spectacles are so LA

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Watch out, GoPro: Snapchat Spectacles could succeed where… 1:25 Let’s get this out of the way: Over the weekend, Snapchat unveiled a pair of video camera-equipped sunglasses called Spectacles, and the whole effort could crash and burn miserably. But if Snapchat has earned anything, it’s the benefit of the doubt. The $129 shades, which are coming …

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• 26 September

  Strava to give away free New Balance sneakers, but there’s a 26.2

  

  Planning to run a marathon between October 9 and December 6? You have a chance to win a free pair of New Balance sneakers. Strava, a popular tracking app and social network used by runners and cyclists, is partnering with New Balance to offer free sneakers to anyone who finishes a marathon, but there’s a catch. Not only do you …

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• 26 September

  Google doesn’t even know its own birthday (but it’s celebrating today)

  

  Welcome to adulthood, Google! The tech giant is celebrating its 18th birthday with a festive, balloon-filled Doodle by artist Gerben Steenks, because when you’re one of the world’s biggest internet companies, it’s your party and you can GIF if you want to. Google is celebrating its birthday on September 27, and has done since 2006, but no one quite knows …

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• 26 September

  DTS:X: The immersive audio alternative to Dolby Atmos, explained

  

  Whether you call it “immersive audio” or the more nebulous “object-based audio,” there is a new type of surround sound coming to a home theater near you. It’s designed to let you feel closer to the action than before with the help of height channels, which just like the name indicates, are speakers shooting sound upwards. However, like most everything …

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• 26 September

  Apple HealthKit reportedly to shift from tracking to diagnosis

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Feeling ill? Apple Watch may diagnose you 1:16 An Apple HealthKit checkup a day could keep the doctor away. Apple Apple plans to turn HealthKit app bundle into a full-fledged diagnostic tool that interprets fitness and health data in order to offer medical advice, Bloomberg reported Monday. The tech giant has recruited a team of health …

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• 26 September

  Snapchat from your face, get health advice from Apple (CNET Update)

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Watch out, GoPro: Snapchat Spectacles could succeed where… 1:25 Did Snapchat just make camera glasses cool? The popular messaging app will be selling glasses that record point-of-view video clips to share on Snapchat. It’s a simple way to take hands-free video (uh oh, GoPro) without any of the annoying screen-above-your-eye complications of Google Glass. Meanwhile, Apple …

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• 26 September

  Roku unveils five new streaming boxes with prices as low as $30

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Roku releases five new TV streamers, and the cheapest… 2:16 Update: We’ve now published reviews of the $30 Roku Express and the $40 Express+. We’ll review the 4K Roku boxes soon. Roku just made choosing a new streaming player five times more difficult, and at least five bucks cheaper than the competition. The giant-killing company’s products …

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• 26 September

  Feed the hungry by deleting a photo from your Instagram? No, really

  

  Feeling a little guilty about those sumptuous gourmet meals (or even juicy burgers) you’ve been posting to Instagram? You can do a good deed by deleting one or more of them, thanks to a new charity campaign from US-based food company Land o’ Lakes. Enlarge Image Goodbye, In-N-Out Burger photo. You were deleted for a good cause. Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNET …

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