TCL has a prominent position at the global premiere of “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” Roger Cheng/CNET TCL is the biggest name in television you’ve probably never heard of. The Chinese company is the third-largest LCD television manufacturer in the world, behind Samsung and LG. It offers a diverse portfolio of products, which ranges from …
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12 May
AT&T may buy DirecTV for $50 billion
CNET AT&T could close a deal to buy DirecTV for roughly $50 billion in as little as two weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The purchase would allow AT&T to expand its television footprint in the US, an attractive move for the telecommunications company. Like its competitors, AT&T continues to compete with cable companies for customers who want bundled …
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12 May
Sky F1 and more Sky Sports accelerate onto Virgin Media
Virgin Media Virgin Media has nabbed the rights to five of Sky’s HD channels, including Sky F1 HD and Sky Sports News HD. Virgin Media and Sky face new sports competition in the UK from BT, which launched its own Sports service last year. The new tie-up between rival providers takes the form of a five-year deal, and makes Sky …
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11 May
ZTE launches its first branded smartphone in Australia
The ZTE V969 ZTE Chinese company ZTE may not be a well recognised brand in Australia, but its products have been available locally for some time. It’s just that until now they’ve sported someone else’s logo — usually Telstra. ZTE has supplied a number of handsets and WiFi dongles all sporting the Telstra ‘T’ (along with two branded for Boost …
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11 May
Samsung: No KitKat update for international Galaxy S3 and S3 Mini
No KitKat update for the S3. Sarah Tew/CNET If you own the global 3G version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 , the bad news is that KitKat, the latest Android 4.4 update will not be coming your way. According to a statement posted on the SamMobile blogsite, the company says the S3 and S3 Mini only have 1GB of RAM, …
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11 May
Stephen Colbert insults T
A brand being rear-ended? The Colbert Report/Hulu Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Product placement. Native advertising. Sponsorship. It’s all the same thing. It’s shoving a product into the sort of limelight where it wouldn’t normally be terribly welcome. How refreshing, then, that Stephen Colbert decided that, despite being paid by T-Mobile US, he would recommend that its phones be returned to …
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11 May
Samsung reported plans to launch Tizen smartphone in Russia, India
Tizen Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung is preparing to launch a new smartphone in Russia and India based on its own Tizen operating system, according to the Wall Street Journal. The South Korean electronics giant is planning to unveil a handset running the homegrown mobile operating system in the coming weeks at an event in Moscow, sources told the Journal. The launch …
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10 May
Why does Apple want Beats? No one really seems to know
Beats could soon be a part of Apple. CNET Editors’ note: Apple on May 28 confirmed that it’s buying Beats for $3 billion. For once, the intrigue surrounding Apple doesn’t involve the next iPhone or iPad. Instead, it’s centered on why the Silicon Valley consumer-electronics titan wants high-end-headphones maker Beats Electronics. Apple is reportedly in talks to buy Los Angeles-based …
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10 May
Rumored 5.5
The 5.5-inch Apple phone could be a feature-packed device at the apex of Apple’s mobile lineup. Apple screenshot by Brooke Crothers/CNET Rumors of the 5.5-inch-class “iPhone 6” — or whatever Apple would choose to call it — are getting more intriguing by the week. A widely cited report from Taiwan’s United Daily News/Economic Daily on Friday said that out of …
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9 May
Facebook kills Snapchat clone Poke and Facebook Camera
Facebook poke Facebook Facebook has removed Poke and Facebook camera, two apps that were essentially clones of other successful apps, from the iOS App Store, the company confirmed Friday. The removals, first noticed by The Verge, occurred nearly two years after Facebook introduced the apps. Poke was a rival to popular messaging app Snapchat. Facebook Camera was a clone of …
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