September, 2016

• 20 September

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  T-Mobile was in a gracious mood on Tuesday. It praised the “generosity” of its rivals for contributing to its impressive customer growth. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier released preliminary third-quarter subscriber figures, noting that it had added 735,000 branded postpaid phone customers — or folks who pay their bills at the end of the month …

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• 20 September

  Sprint will keep its half

  

  Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure knows his wireless plans can be a bit confusing. Through a promotion promising to halve your wireless bill if you switch, Sprint offers a dizzying array of rate plans, all pegged to what its three major rivals offer. So if you’re a Verizon customer looking to switch, you may be eligible to get a different plan …

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• 20 September

  HTC Ocean concept video has its moment

  

  Well, this video made a bit of a splash. Designer Danelle Vermeulen created a video featuring a phone it labeled the HTC Ocean. Apparently, this was an example of how someone might create a “sizzle reel” as a way to “pitch a conceptual idea for CEO buy-in.” That in turn got picked up by veteran mobile leakster Evan Blass, who …

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• 20 September

  North Korea accidentally allows world to access its entire internet

  

  Now playing: Watch this: North Korea’s internet has only 28 websites 1:25 Enlarge Image North Korean leader Kim Jong-un keeps his country’s internet to a bare minimum. KCNA/AFP/Getty Images Too much choice may be a bad thing at times, but evidently that’s not a problem for North Korea’s internet users. Thanks to (presumably) a higher-up in the country making a …

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• 20 September

  Zombies, Run The Board Game is on Kickstarter

  

  Why would you want a board game inspired by a fitness app? There are some advantages to pretend-running: You can play in a group, you’re not dependent on weather or time of day, and you can still feel like you’re preserving human civilization against zombies even after you blow out your knee and can’t run for six months. [cries] The …

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• 20 September

  Use iOS Mail to quickly unsubscribe from mailing lists

  

  I can’t say I’m a fan of everything about iOS 10. Apple seems to be following Microsoft down the path of change-for-the-sake-of-change, and not always for the better. For example, the new threaded view for email conversations? Hate it. iOS Mail now joins Gmail (when viewed in a browser) in making it virtually impossible to discern the newest section of …

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• 20 September

  11 wireless earbud headphones that aren’t the Apple AirPods

  

  Early impressions of the Apple wireless AirPods had us worried the little white earbuds wouldn’t work with non-Apple sources, but the new W1 chip is actually device agnostic. In the company’s own words, “AirPods do work with non-Apple devices via Bluetooth. You lose the magic as a result.” That means you can technically pair them to any Bluetooth source, but …

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• 20 September

  Activity trackers may not give you a weight

  

  Using wearable activity monitors to count your steps may not help you lose weight as promised. In fact, more weight loss might be achieved without them. That’s the conclusion of a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found people who used activity trackers lost five pounds less than those who didn’t. The results surprised …

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• 20 September

  Google may unveil its new phone at Oct. 4 event

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Comcast going cellular, Google teases possible Pixel… 1:48 Google said late Monday it will hold a media event in San Francisco next month, at which it is expected to unveil its new flagship phone. The October 4 event was announced in a YouTube video that shows the web giant’s familiar horizontal search bar slowly morphing into …

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• 20 September

  ​SanDisk shows off 1

  

  If you’re the type who does a full day’s shooting in 4K video with an action cam, drone or SLR, you’ll appreciate SanDisk’s announcement Tuesday that it’s working on an SD memory card with a whopping 1 terabyte of storage capacity. That’s more storage space than flash memory-based laptops come with and four times that of a top-end iPhone 7, …

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