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24 March
Why the cheapest iPhone ever is still a bad deal
It seems like I write this story every time a new iPhone comes out, but I’m going to write it until Apple stops equipping the entry-level version of its phones with a paltry 16GB of storage. Once again, that’s the case with the new iPhone SE, which starts at $399 for the 16GB model and then jumps to $499 for …
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24 March
Apple offers Office 365 as option with new iPad Pro
Buyers of Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad Pro can opt to add a subscription to Microsoft’s Office 365 suite. Unveiled Monday at Apple’s iPhone event, the new tablet is essentially a smaller version of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro introduced last October, minus a few features. One option buyers will see, though, during the ordering process is the ability to purchase a …
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24 March
TCL prices 4K Roku TVs from $500
Pack a Roku 4 streaming box into a television and you get the TCL P130 series, the latest Roku TV with 4K resolution. True to form, Chinese TV maker TCL has announced some of the least-expensive 4K TVs you can buy. It’s actually offering two different series, the US5800 and the P130. The main difference, aside from styling, is that …
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24 March
CNET UK podcast 474: Apple’s iPhone SE polarises fans and porn comes to life
What’s new and exciting and old and boring at the same time? Why, Apple’s new iPhone SE of course! Andrew Hoyle is joined this week by Katie Collins to talk about the new phone and why releasing an update to an older handset could actually be a great idea. We also talk about the arrival of VR porn and whether …
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24 March
Netflix: We’re the ones throttling video speeds on AT&T and Verizon
If you watch Netflix on Verizon or AT&T, the streaming video service is keeping you from getting the full picture — and it claims it’s for your own good. A week after the wireless carriers were accused of throttling video speeds on their networks, Netflix has stepped forward to take the blame for the degraded video quality. The popular streaming-video …
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24 March
Entering usernames and passwords just got much easier on the Apple TV
When the new Apple TV launched last fall, the biggest complaint users had was the inability to easily enter text. Most notably, entering user names and passwords using the onscreen keyboard and the Siri Remote’s trackpad was a tedious, cumbersome process. With the release of tvOS 9.2, Apple has greatly improved upon this experience by enabling Siri dictation. Meaning, you …
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24 March
It’s time to toss your paper owner’s manuals
Tucked away in the back of a file cabinet, I have an overstuffed folder of owner’s manuals, many of which are for products I no longer own. I’m getting a jump on my spring cleaning this year and throwing out the entire folder. I no longer need any of these printed manuals in my house — even for the products …
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24 March
London man reportedly arrested over racist Brussels terrorism tweet
Here’s a master class in how not to respond to a terrorist incident. A man from London who tweeted about accosting a Muslim woman in the street regarding this week’s terror attacks in Belgium has been arrested, the BBC reported Thursday. The tweet, which went viral, read: “I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain …
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24 March
YouTube may run with its own live
Watch out, Twitter and Facebook. Google may be aiming to snag its own cut of the live video streaming market. The search giant has been cooking up its own live-streaming app dubbed YouTube Connect, tech news site VentureBeat reported Wednesday, citing a “source close to the matter.” The app would mimic Twitter’s Periscope app and Facebook Live Video by giving …
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