July, 2016

• 28 July

  Apple’s latest numbers show a huge slowdown in China

  

  Apple’s latest numbers are in — and while the company was quick to celebrate selling a billion iPhones, a closer look reveals a troubling trend for one of the company’s most important markets: China. Sales in the Greater China region (the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong) plummeted 33 percent year over year to $8.8 billion …

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• 28 July

  NBN adds new technologies to the mix, switching on former Telstra HFC network

  

  NBN is today slotting in another piece of the nation’s broadband puzzle with the launch of the first commercial services using the former Telstra HFC network. While NBN officially switched on HFC services at the end of last month in Queensland, using the former Optus network, it says the repurposed Telstra network will make up the “vast majority” of HFC …

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• 28 July

  Galaxy Note 7 might let you do your Spanish homework underwater

  

  By the time Samsung officially unwraps the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Tuesday, August 2, there may be no more secrets to tell. The company has already begun a teaser campaign for the Note 7 on Korean TV that strongly hinted that the new phone is water-resistant, like the other members of 2016’s Galaxy S7 family. Then, TalkAndroid.com spilled on …

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• 28 July

  Cat in the Hat for president! He already knows how to mess things up

  

  Hey, if anyone knows how to mess things up big time, it’s Dr. Seuss’ legendary Cat in the Hat. The fearless feline announced his candidacy for president this week outside the author’s childhood home in Springfield, Massachusetts, with impish assistants Thing 1 and Thing 2 at his side. Watch out if he wins, America. The cat’s namesake book shows him …

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• 28 July

  Get a HooToo TripMate portable media hub for $31.99

  

  CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. It was a little over a year ago that I first shared this deal. I liked the looks of the product, the capabilities …

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• 28 July

  Oracle shells out $9.3 billion for cloud app pioneer NetSuite

  

  Oracle, already one of the most acquisitive companies in the tech industry, said Thursday it’s buying cloud-app pioneer NetSuite for about $9.3 billion in cash. That will give Oracle an inroad to smaller customers wanting a single system to handle finance, HR, e-commerce and other business management tasks. Oracle has been an aggressive buyer since 2005, when it bought PeopleSoft …

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• 28 July

  Should you upgrade to Windows 10 for free? Here’s what you should know

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Major Windows 10 update coming August 2 1:38 After Friday, Windows 10 is going to cost over a hundred dollars*. So you only have one more day** to decide whether you’re getting it for free. Should you upgrade? Personally, I’m a huge fan of Windows 10. I’ve been using it non-stop on all my computers for …

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• 28 July

  Virgin America’s new app plays a curated Spotify soundtrack while you travel

  

  It’s been a long time coming, but Virgin America is finally coming out with a smartphone app. The app, set to launch later this summer, enables you to book flights, check alerts and access mobile boarding passes. It can also soundtrack your trip with curated Spotify playlists designed to boost your mood while you travel. The app was designed by …

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• 28 July

  5 tips for Scrivener for iOS

  

  You wouldn’t think something as mundane as a word processor could inspire a cult following, but that’s pretty much the story of Literature & Latte’s Scrivener — a tool built with long documents (novels, screenplays, research papers, etc.) in mind. For a long time, it was strictly a desktop program, with versions available for Windows and Mac. But now Scrivener …

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• 28 July

  Motorola releases developers kit for Moto Z’s modular accessories

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Motorola’s ambitious Moto Z and Z Force put you in control 1:44 Now that Motorola’s newest flagship phones, the Moto Z and Moto Z Force, are available today at Verizon, Motorola is releasing a developers kit so that developers can design and create more modular accessories for the handsets. Known as Moto Mods, these accessories stick …

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