Your beautiful iPhone 6S is beyond repair, and you’re stuck with two options: Purchase a brand-new, contract-free iPhone 6S for $650+, or try your luck buying used. There are three main ways to buy a used iPhone — assuming you don’t have a friend or family member who wants to sell you one on the …
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8 July
In matters of life and death, how should Facebook decide what you see?
This week brought horrifying realities to your newsfeed. For 10 minutes on Wednesday, Facebook Live brought millions of users next to Philando Castile after he was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop. His girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, livestreamed the aftermath of the shooting, allowing viewers to watch the bloodied Castile slump over in his seat. They …
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8 July
Get inside London’s Westminster Abbey on Google Street View
If you fancy a stroll through Westminster Abbey, but can’t afford a ticket to London, now you can open Google Street View instead. The centuries-old Gothic church, which has played host to royal wedding and funerals and the coronation of monarchs, was recently added to Google Street View, giving viewers a full tour of the rich interior and the history …
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8 July
How Ringing Bells plans to keep selling its $4 smartphone
Now playing: Watch this: Ringing Bells’ $4 smartphone is a pleasant surprise 0:37 Enlarge Image Ringing Bells’ Freedom 251 smartphone — named so because it costs 251 rupees in India. That equates to roughly $3.70, £2.70 and AU$5. Manish Singh/CNET Ringing Bells has made a name for itself thanks to its $4 Freedom 251, but it turns out that selling …
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8 July
Amazon’s latest Prime Day tease: Budget Fire tablets for under $35
Want an Amazon tablet for the price of four movie tickets? Just wait until next week. As part of the online retailer’s Prime Day sale this upcoming Tuesday, the company is cutting the price on its $50 Fire tablet to under $35, an Amazon representative told CNET on Friday. Amazon has been teasing out different Prime Day deals throughout the …
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8 July
LG reports highest quarterly profit in two years
Korea’s LG Electronics is reporting that it had a strong second quarter with operating profit likely reaching a two-year high. According to Reuters, LG stated in a regulatory filing that April-June profit was likely 585 billion won ($504 million), compared with the average of 599 billion won compiled from 23 analyst estimates in a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S survey. LG’s television …
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7 July
Turn your regular watch into a smart watch for contactless payments
If you fancy using a smart watch to buy your lunch in Pret, but don’t want to get rid of that classic traditional timepiece, Barclaycard might have the solution for you. It’s called bPay Loop, and it essentially lets you stick Barclaycard’s bPay contactless tech onto the strap of your existing watch. Once there, you can wave your watch over …
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7 July
Spotify is bringing music to your emails
Spotify now lets you customize your out of office message with songs related to where you are heading. The company’s new tool, Out of Office (OOO), is now available to anyone with a Spotify account. The process is rather simple. OOO will ask you where you are going, whether you are traveling for work or pleasure and the mood of …
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7 July
Say hello to Moto’s Australian online store from July 15
After breaking away from Google and partnering up with Lenovo, Motorola is hard at work on a new launch and a new look. In Australia, that means bringing a budget-conscious Android experience to consumers. Part of that is dealing with the repeated pain points of access to particular stock and variants. “That’s why we’re launching the Moto Online Store in …
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7 July
Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 1060, could give AMD a run for the money
You’ve gotta hand it to AMD. The company’s latest video card, the AMD Radeon RX 480, just brought the price of high-end PC gaming and virtual reality graphics down to $200. But long-time rival Nvidia already has an answer to AMD. Nvidia on Thursday launched the GeForce GTX 1060, a $250 desktop video card (roughly £195 or AU$335) which, it …
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