Samsung will be allowing buyers of the company’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in the US the ability to exchange their device following Friday’s recall over a battery flaw. Customers that have purchased the Galaxy Note 7 can exchange their device for a replacement following Friday’s recall. CNET Customers will be able to either exchange their …
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September, 2016
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1 September
10 Mac shortcuts you need to know
I’ve covered shortcuts for Finder, iTunes, Safari and Spotlight. Here are ten shortcuts for general Mac use that didn’t fit in any of the above apps. 1. Command-Q to quit If you are coming to Mac after a long tenure with Windows, then you might get tripped up when you click the red X in the upper-left corner of a …
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1 September
Tamron overhauls its popular 150
Continuing its trend of delivering a more upscale line of lenses than it had when Tamron introduced its original dSLR full-frame mount SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD three years ago, the company plans to ship its vastly updated G2 versions shortly. It’s got the modern metal build of Tamron’s latest lenses, plus newer coatings (including a protective fluorine coating …
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1 September
Google said to unveil new phones, 4K Chromecast next month
Google is expected to host a media event next month that will focus on several hardware announcements, including new Pixel-branded phones and a 4K Chromecast, Android Police reported late Thursday. The phones will be called the Pixel and Pixel XL, unidentified sources told Android Police, although no other details, such as specs and expected released date, were available. The tech …
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1 September
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 pulled from shelves in Australia
Samsung is halting retail sales of the new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in Australia amid reports that batteries in some devices have exploded. The smartphone manufacturer today advised that it was working with retailers to “inspect” devices, and that sales of the Note 7 would be “paused.” It’s an embarrassing turn of events for Samsung, which launched the Galaxy Note …
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1 September
ZTE shrinks the Axon 7 into the Axon 7 Mini
ZTE’s Axon 7 phone now has a little brother. The Chinese phone maker on Thursday unveiled the Axon 7 Mini, which rocks a 5.2-inch 1080 display. That compares to the 5.5-inch Axon 7. The phone, which costs 299 euros (likely about $300), was announced ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin. It will be available on September 7. The …
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1 September
The iPhone 7’s setting headphone trends, and it isn’t even here yet
Even before we got on the plane to fly to Berlin, we knew something was up. This week we’re at the technology trade show IFA in Germany, where manufacturers and other industry types gather each September to show off their coolest new kit. With so many tech companies in one place, you get a sense of shifts and trends in …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 T-Mobile is “doubling down” on its single, unlimited data plan — T-Mobile One — by making it super confusing. Let me explain: On August 18, T-Mobile announced that it was killing all of its current data plans in favor of a “single, unlimited data plan” called …
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1 September
Lawsuit calls foul on Golden State Warriors’ app
A lawsuit is accusing the Golden State Warriors of a real-life technical foul, claiming the NBA team’s free app secretly uses smartphones’ microphones to listen in and record user conversations. The app, which delivers up-to-date scores, schedules and news, asks for permission to access the microphone on users’ phones. But, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in San Francisco federal …
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1 September
Google Doodle pays homage to Bastian, Falkor and ‘The Neverending Story’
Google gave the world a taste of Fantastica on Thursday. The Google Doodle appearing on the company’s search page pays homage to “The Neverending Story,” a fantasy book by Michael Ende published 37 years ago on September 1, 1979. In the book, a character named Bastian gets slurped into a book containing a mystical realm called Fantastica, where he meets …
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