This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Tim Stevens/CNET Apple’s WWDC event has come and gone, but all we got was software. Lots of software, but what about new products? We’re still waiting on more news about the next iPhones and iPads. Well, iOS 8 …
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5 June
Apple draws ire from Aussie startup for HealthKit name grab
Apple announced a new HealthKit feature for iOS 8 at WWDC. Tim Stevens/CNET An Australian startup called HealthKit is fighting Apple for taking its name (including the same spelling and stylised capitals) to brand a new feature on iOS 8. Apple’s HealthKit was announced at WWDC 2014 this week, and will allow iOS 8 users to view all their health …
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5 June
Amazon needs more than 3D to sell a smartphone
Now playing: Watch this: Amazon needs more than 3D to sell a smartphone 2:51 Amazon, you don’t have to play coy with us. We know your teaser video is about a smartphone with some sort of 3D effect. Today’s CNET Update goes over the rumors about Amazon’s phone and what else the retailer may need to do to win over …
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5 June
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 goes horizontal in first ad
Surface Pro 3: from bed, to car, to real work at the office. That seems to be the message. Microsoft The first Surface Pro 3 ad has debuted, presumably bound for a TV audience. One of the new messages: you can use the tablet in bed. The ad begins, appropriately, with the actor flat on his back in bed. Then …
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5 June
BBC to trial 4K at World Cup, but you can’t watch it
David Katzmaier/CNET The BBC will broadcast three World Cup matches in Ultra HD, but sadly the public won’t be able to get in on the action. More World Cup tech How to prepare your TV for watching the World Cup Google Maps kicks off the World Cup with Street View flair The trial is designed to help the Beeb figure …
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5 June
Sonos rival Pure lets you stream any music app to its wireless speakers (hands
Joshua Goldman/CNET One of the few weaknesses of Sonos’ wireless speakers is the lack of Bluetooth, keeping you from streaming music with every app on your phone or tablet. A weakness Pure exploits with its Jongo line of wireless speakers. The speakers use both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which — with a quick software update — allows you to stream whatever …
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5 June
Samsung’s Shape wireless audio platform gets Spotify Connect
Samsung is making a big push into the wireless home audio market, but it’s hard to compete the extensive app library that Sonos has built up over years. That gap is narrowing a little bit more today, as Samsung announced that its Shape wireless audio platform now supports Spotify Connect. Not only does that add another support service to the …
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5 June
Freeview confirms YouView rival that cuts out BT and TalkTalk
BBC Look out YouView: Freeview is launching an Internet-connected TV service to add catch-up and online shows to your telly without being tied to your broadband provider. The connected service will be built into TVs and set-top boxes. Freeview hasn’t yet announced a name or launch date for the service, but previous rumours hint it will be called Freeview Connect. …
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4 June
Samsung Gear 2 gestures a wrist
Now playing: Watch this: Future watch: Gestures on the Samsung Gear 2 2:01 Why walk over to turn up the music volume or turn off lights when you can take care of all that with a flick of the wrist? At the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco, a Samsung development team out of Madrid demonstrated how software can turn …
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4 June
Motorola sale cuts price on 32GB Moto X by $100
Motorola is trying to lure phone shoppers to its Moto X smartphone by offering $100 off the price of the contract- free 32GB edition. In an online sale that started at midnight ET Wednesday and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, Motorola has brought down the price of the no-contract 32GB Moto X by $100. Snagging the deal requires that …
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