Sarah Tew/CNET If you’re wearing Google Glass , you can name that tune in one — if you’re in the UK. Popular music recognition app Shazam was named today as one of a raft of new services for the high-tech specs, but only for British Glass-wearers. Shazam is a smartphone app that listens to the …
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23 June
Google Glass designs by Diane von Furstenberg now on sale
Part of the DVF|Made for Glass collection. Google Google’s new high-fashion line of Glass wearables went on sale for the first time Monday, giving anyone with about $1,500 lying around a chance to own the digital headsets. The line, created in collaboration with American fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, was first introduced earlier this month as a way to bring …
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23 June
Sprint gets active with Galaxy S5 Sport
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at an event in Chicago. CNET/Sarah Tew CHICAGO — Sprint wants to be the go-to carrier for fitness buffs. At an event here Monday the company announced starting July 25 that it will offer the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport , a version of the popular Samsung smartphone that is water resistant and dust proof. It’s …
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23 June
Apple’s new retail chief advises newbies to ‘stay in your lane’
Angela Ahrendts serves as head of Apple’s online and physical retail stores. Apple Angela Ahrendts may be the new kid in town at Apple, but she’s already sharing some tips she’s learned. The executive, who took over as head of Apple’s online and retail stores nearly two months ago, on Monday posted advice on LinkedIn for people starting new jobs. …
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23 June
Android users love old, mostly Samsung phones
This 2-year-old Samsung phone is still king of the Androids. Josh Miller/CNET Based on all the hype and sales numbers, you might presume that the world of Android users is dominated by folks with a flashy Samsung Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S4 in their hands. The truth seems to be that the public is much slower to upgrade to the …
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23 June
Sprint offers 30
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse takes the stage at a media event in Chicago June 2014. CNET/Sarah Tew CHICAGO — Sprint is so confident that the hard work it’s put in over the past couple of years to improve its network is bearing fruit that it’s offering customers a 30-day money-back guarantee for trying the service. Sprint made this announcement and …
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23 June
Listen to your favorite songs on the go with iOS app Whyd
Whyd is a Web app that lets you create playlists of tracks you discover on YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud and other online music repositories. The service also lets you follow other users with similar musical interests and builds you a feed of their tracks. It’s a handy way to keep tabs of the new music you come across during your Internet …
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23 June
iPhone manufacturers on hiring spree as orders ramp up
Jay Greene/CNET Production on Apple’s next iPhone is starting to ramp up, according to a new report. Manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron are on a hiring spree in China to get enough workers to build Apple’s next iPhone, Taiwan’s Economic Daily News is reporting. Hon Hai alone will be recruiting over 100,000 people in China to produce iPhones, according to Economic …
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23 June
Google Glass on sale outside US for the first time
CNET Google Glass has arrived outside the US for the first time. The high-tech spectacles are now on sale in the UK for £1,000 — equivalent to $1,700 in the US or AU$1,800 in Australia. Google Glass is a lightweight frame similar to a pair of glasses without the lenses. Attached to one side a tiny screen sits in front …
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23 June
Surface Pro 3 as hard to repair as predecessors, iFixit says
Teardown of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3. iFixit Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 tablet may be thinner and lighter than its predecessors, but it’s apparently just as hard to repair. Gadget-repair site iFixit completed a teardown of the new tablet, which went on sale Friday, and gave the device the lowest possible marks for ease of repair, which iFixit calls “repairability.” …
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