This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. James Martin/CNET Apple on Monday unveiled the next iteration of its mobile operating system, iOS 8, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The software is available in beta for developers starting today, and for the …
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June, 2014
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2 June
Get YouView in the other room with BT Extra Box
Shutterstock/Pressmaster YouView times two: BT customers can now watch YouView in different rooms with the option of a bonus box for an extra £5 per month — that should solve a few arguments when the World Cup kicks off any day. BT’s Extra Box plugs into a telly in a different room to your main TV, so you can watch, …
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2 June
LG WebOS
LG’s WebOS TV. LG Electronics LG’s WebOS has found a new life for itself driving sales of smart TV sets. More than 1 million of LG’s WebOS-enabled smart TVs have been sold since the lineup debuted in March, the company announced Monday. LG said it expects sales to hit 10 million units by the first half of 2015. That’s not …
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1 June
Three Acer Liquid phones flow into Canada
The Acer Liquid S1 is one of three Android phones headed to Canada. Acer Three unlocked, Android-powered Acer Liquid smartphones landed in Canada on Monday, aimed at more price-conscious users seeking style but not necessarily all the speeds and feeds. Running Android 2.2 Jelly Bean on an HSPA+ network, this threesome ranges in price and power, but all come in …
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1 June
Samsung’s first Tizen phone, the Samsung Z, to hit Russia in Q3
The Samsung Z smartphone runs the Tizen operating system. Samsung Samsung’s first Tizen smartphone is finally here — well kinda. The Korean electronics giant said late Sunday that it will launch its first smartphone powered by the open-source software in the third quarter in Russia. The phone, called the Samsung Z, will ship in other markets at a later date, …
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1 June
Asus shows off two new Transformer Pads running Intel Atom at Computex
Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — Leaked earlier last month in Ukraine, the two new Transformer Pads are powered by a quad-core 1.86GHz Intel Atom Bay Trail processor Z3745 and run Android 4.4. While not yet officially announced, both tablets showed up during the demo section of the company’s press event. The higher-specced version of the dockable tablet, the TF303CL, comes …
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1 June
Optus shares the love (and the data) with new plans
Optus Optus is appealing to data-hungry mobile users with new plans that allow customers to share data between devices. The new plans update the Optus My Plan pricing structure, launched in 2013, and add new features such as more voice and data included per month and the ability to share data across up to five devices, without having to pay …
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May, 2014
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31 May
With no ‘amazing’ devices due at WWDC, Apple’s Tim Cook feels the heat
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. What does Tim Cook have up his sleeve? Josh Lowensohn/CNET Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn’t been shy about teasing that “amazing” new products will come to market in 2014. But with the year nearly half gone — and speculation that new gadgets won’t …
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31 May
Building better bridges between the MacBook and iPad
Better keyboard UI navigation would help ease switching between the MacBook and iPad. My previous column discussed the contrast between the integrated hardware and fractured software experience of Microsoft’s Surface. Surface aficionados contend that the tradeoff is worth it for the benefit of not having to purchase an extra tablet and having everything mobile they need — above and beyond …
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31 May
iWatch satire skewers Apple before WWDC
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The face says it all. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Next week, starting at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), we could begin to see what the company says will be its best bunch of new products in 25 years. Presumably, one of the …
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