This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Now playing: Watch this: These tiny, wireless earbuds come at a big price 1:27 At CES 2016 I got the pleasure of checking out two pairs of truly …
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8 January
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8 January
Nextbit’s Robin looks to break the smartphone mold
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. A new take on the smartphone is hatching next month. Nextbit, a San Francisco-based startup run by Google and HTC veterans, plans to start shipping its first smartphone, called the Robin, on Feb. …
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8 January
Hey, Apple, leave that jack alone
You might not think an itty-bitty hole in a phone would cause much angst. When that hole is the universal 3.5mm headphone jack, though, rumors of its demise are a major big deal. After all, nearly every wired headphone on the market plugs into this little sucker. The iPhone faithful went through this sort of thing once before, in 2012, …
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8 January
Your iPhone says you should breathe now
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Neema Moraveji wants to measure your life. Moraveji has spent the last two years creating and building the Spire Stone. About the size of an egg and shaped a bit like a stone, …
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8 January
Change chat nicknames and more in Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger recently reached 800 million users — that’s a lot of chatting! If you’re part of that number and find yourself juggling several conversations, Tech Recipes reminds us that Messenger offers a few ways to customize each conversation. This can help prevent you from messaging the wrong recipient, or just tune the theme to you and your recipient’s liking. …
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8 January
Forget TV screens
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. With the big tech brands vying to take the No. 1 spot in the TV race, CES 2016 has shown off a huge range of curved screens, massive panels and ultraclear high-definition displays. …
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8 January
Crave giveaway: Three gadgets for on
Congratulations to Eleanor G. of Bloomfield, New Jersey, for winning a bag of virtual-reality swag in our last giveaway of 2015. Why not start the new year off with brand new gadgets? This week, we have three for the mobile lifestyle: a shiny metal case for the iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus, a portable waterproof Bluetooth speaker and a portable power …
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8 January
Killer screens and hungry for virtual reality: Computers at CES 2016
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Now playing: Watch this: Coolest computers of CES 2016 13:33 Smartwatches, smart homes, smart cars, smart headsets that promise virtual worlds — this was the CES where every type of device decided to …
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8 January
Add a free second number to your phone with Sideline
A mobile phone can have only one phone number, right? Wrong. Apps such as Burner and Google Voice can give you a second number, after a fashion. The newest option: Pinger’s Sideline, a business-oriented app that supplies a free second number for your Android phone or iPhone. The idea here is that your smartphone is your personal phone, and you …
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