August, 2015

• 26 August

  LG’s Rolly Keyboard folds up from flat to compact

  

  Enlarge ImageThe LG Rolly Keyboard rolls up into a compact stick. LG LG is targeting tech users that are tight on space, announcing a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard for tablets and mobile devices that rolls up into a compact stick when it’s not in use. The Korean tech giant unveiled the Rolly Keyboard ahead of its appearance …

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• 26 August

  Get an intelligent USB car charger with Lightning cable for $16.99

  

  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. Inatech As I mentioned earlier this week, it’s time to rethink the way we charge our mobile devices. Modern phones and tablets just can’t get enough power from the average USB port — …

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• 26 August

  Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet heads to AT&T, T

  

  The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 features a fingerprint reader on the home button. Aloysius Low/CNET The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet will soon find a home at both AT&T and T-Mobile. Both US wireless service providers said on Wednesday that they would carry the company’s flagship metal-framed tablet, and announced pricing and availability details. T-Mobile will be first out of …

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• 25 August

  Add Chrome bookmarks to the Android home screen

  

  Nicole Cozma/CNET When you open your Chrome browser on Android, you’ll probably be greeted with the last website you visited. This is useful if you want to look at it again, but if you want to visit a specific site, you’ll need to open your bookmarks and then tap the link. You can bypass that extra step by adding Chrome …

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• 25 August

  Best Buy to expand sales of Apple Watch to all its stores next month

  

  Enlarge ImageThe Apple Watch is headed to more Best Buy stores. CNET The Apple Watch appears to be a hit at Best Buy. To capitalize on that demand, the electronics retailer plans to carry the smartwatch in all its stores by the end of next month. Best Buy will sell the Apple Watch in 900 stores starting September 4, CEO …

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• 25 August

  Verizon’s Droid Maxx 2 pictures, specs reportedly surface

  

  The Moto X Play will not be sold in the US…or will it? CNET Verizon may soon debut a successor to its Motorola Droid Maxx smartphone, according to new details reportedly obtained by Android Police. The handset, which appears nearly identical to the recently announced Moto X Play , is said to feature the familiar Verizon and Droid branding on …

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• 25 August

  Zero flix to give: EzyFlix closure shows perils of digital ‘ownership’

  

  Twins/Corbis The sudden closure of video streaming service EzyFlix has left its customers holding the bag, and very little else, as users realise that ‘downloading to own’ doesn’t equate to much when a platform goes under. In a message posted on its website, EzyFlix informed customers that owner Access Digital Entertainment had opted to “end the service offered” on the …

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• 25 August

  Lenzcase adds reading glasses to your iPhone

  

  As you learned a few months back in there are iPhone cases that can pay for things, iPhone cases with built-in headphones, even iPhone cases that pack an extra SIM card for when you travel overseas. Oh, and who can forget the iPhone stun-gun case? Even with options as diverse as those, I’ll bet you never saw this coming: Lenzcase …

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• 25 August

  New wave of Android Wear watches aims to make up for lost time

  

  Can’t get enough of smartwatches? Well, a whole new batch is on its way. Asus, Huawei, LG and Motorola will introduce their newest smartwatches next week at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, according to people familiar with the companies’ launch plans. The devices will all run Google’s Android Wear software, which was created to power wearable products like …

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• 25 August

  Russian Internet watchdog orders ISPs to block Wikipedia

  

  Wikipedia The Russian government has aimed its cyber crosshairs at Wikipedia, ordering the country’s Internet service providers to block the widely read online encyclopaedia. Roskomnadzor, the country’s Internet watchdog, made the call after Wikipedia refused to alter a page that was perceived to give instructions on using a form of cannabis. “Censorship of Wikipedia content runs contrary to the Wikimedia …

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