The hilarious deeply serious iOS 7 bug that emerged last Friday, where you could enter an iPhone’s images and share them on Facebook and Twitter without entering the phone’s password, has sadly thankfully been patched. iOS 7.0.2 is available to download now — just go to Settings > General > Software Update. It took me …
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27 September
Use handwriting to input text on Android with MyScript Stylus
Photo by Nicole Cozma/CNET Related stories Switch the font on your Samsung Galaxy Android device 3 apps for mobile language learning (roundup) Five power-user tools in Gmail for Android When MyScript Calculator by Vision Objects landed on the Google Play store, the handwriting recognition was said to be top-notch. Taking their technology a step further, the company released MyScript Notes …
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27 September
The Galaxy Note 3 is region locked in Europe, US
Samsung appears to have made the unusual step of region locking some models of the Note 3, if online reports turn out to be accurate. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) It appears that in some markets, such as Europe and North America, the Note 3 will only accept SIM cards from that region. This prohibits the user from being able to purchase …
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27 September
HTC One Max to launch October 15, report claims
HTC may unveil its supersized HTC One Max within just a few weeks. Reportedly outfitted with a 5.9-inch screen, the HTC One Max will be unveiled on October 15 — at least, that’s the information from Chinese social network Weibo, as spotted by blog site Phone Arena. Just this week, photos of the One Max popped up on the Web …
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27 September
Virgin Mobile to sell iPhone 5S, 5C starting October 1
Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s iPhone 5S: A close look 5:05 Related stories Apple Confirms iPhone 14 Pro Camera Shake Issue, Says Fix Coming Next Week How to Take iOS 16’s Most Annoying Features Off Your iPhone Apple SharePlay Makes Movie Night From Afar Easy Apple’s popular flagship handset, the iPhone 5S, and its less expensive counterpart, the 5C, will …
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27 September
BlackBerry confirms loss of $965 million as sales drop 45%
BlackBerry offered no real surprises as it posted a fiscal second-quarter loss of nearly $1 billion amid the continuing struggles of its smartphones in the marketplace. The Canadian company said Friday that it lost $965 million, or $1.84, compared with a year-earlier loss of $235 million, or 45 cents a share. Revenue fell 45 percent to $1.57 billion, from $2.86 …
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27 September
Microsoft will build ‘next big thing’, tearful Ballmer vows
Microsoft will create the ‘next big thing’, outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer has said, in a reportedly emotional farewell speech to employees. The eccentric boss, known for his eccentric style and fondness for jumpers, was speaking at his last ever company meeting as chief, the Verge reports, citing sources ‘familiar with the meeting’. The impassioned delivery apparently saw Ballmer say that …
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27 September
Xbox Fitness for the Xbox One helps you shed pounds
One and two and three and lift and one and — oh hello, didn’t see you come in there. Microsoft has announced Xbox Fitness to help gamers shed the pounds, without costing any. Xbox Fitness is a library of videos in which unnecessarily skinny people bark at you to leap around your living room in the quest for that bikini …
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26 September
We’re not leaving the UK high street, BlackBerry insists
BlackBerry says it isn’t withdrawing from the UK high street, despite the ailing corporation’s decision to shift focus to the world of business-related tech. Johnathan Young, BlackBerry’s UK senior retail director, told CNET that the firm’s consumer efforts (i.e, selling phones to ordinary shoppers, rather than big companies) would be “business as usual”. “The majority of our business, particularly in …
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26 September
Motorola, Samsung top smartphone repairability ranking
DIYers, listen up: if you want to fix your smartphone, consider picking up an Android-based handset. iFixit on Thursday released a list of the most repairable smartphones after tearing each of the devices down and putting them back together again. According to the company, the Motorola Droid Bionic is the most repair friendly, scoring a 9 out of a possible …
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