Jason Cipriani/CNET When it comes to iOS devices, the iPad has long had gestures for navigating in and out of apps with ease, whereas the iPhone and iPod Touch have only had the basic gestures in iOS, such as swipe to delete. With iOS 7, Apple is introducing a new gesture to all iOS devices …
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18 September
Pocket optimizes for iOS 7
One of the highest-rated productivity apps on iOS, Pocket is adept at keeping your saved articles and links synced across all of your devices. While the app has already proven to be a stellar performer, its developers today release an update that allows it to take advantage of Apple’s newly released mobile operating system. To complement iOS 7’s new visual …
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18 September
Onkyo’s terrific tower speakers
Onkyo has a long history of making high-performance, budget-priced speakers. Even their home theater in a box speakers were a cut above the speakers Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Yamaha, and so on were making, back when I was reviewing scads of HTIBs years ago. Then again, the Onkyo speakers were usually a good deal larger than the competition’s, and it didn’t …
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18 September
Going behind the scenes at the Bowers & Wilkins factory
The town of Worthing is perhaps not where you’d expect to find a world-class speaker company. A typically British seaside town, the parks and beaches are surrounded by squat brick houses sprinkled with Tudors and people driving on the left. Just away from the water is the headquarters of Bowers & Wilkins, a storied audio brand with a wide range …
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17 September
iPhone 5 history traced in iPhone evolution video
Now playing: Watch this: Apple iPhone evolution 7:54 NOTE: We’ve updated this video to include the new iPhone 5S and 5C. Check out the revamped video here. Brace yourself for a burst of tech nostalgia, as we investigate the origins and evolution of Apple’s iPhone, charting this iconic mobile’s past and future, as well as its greatest hits — and …
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17 September
Samsung Galaxy S5 could run Tizen instead of Android
The Samsung Galaxy S5 could come in two flavours: tasty, familiar Android and untried untasted Tizen. After a Samsung Galaxy S4 was spotted showing off new Tizen software, IBTimes suggests that some versions of the new phone will run Samsung’s own Tizen operating system instead of Google’s Android OS. Android has helped propel Samsung to become the biggest phone manufacturer …
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17 September
Linux development by the numbers: Big and getting bigger
Linux is growing — that we knew. Now we know how fast. In the last two years, the number of developers who collectively create Linux has increased from 1,131 with version 3.0 in July 2011 to 1,392 with version 3.10, released in June 2013, according to the Linux Foundation’s latest annual Linux development report. Also on the rise: the lines …
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17 September
Nokia expected to launch Lumia 1520 on October 22
Nokia will host a launch event on Tuesday, October 22, in which it’s likely to unveil its big-screen Lumia 1520. The company announced the news on Tuesday via a tweet that says: “At Nokia, we never stop innovating. More to share on October 22.” An image touting the event includes the hashtags #blazing, #stories, and #innovationreinvented. Related stories Your Phone …
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17 September
Hardware ahoy: Adobe to sell its Mighty digital pen in 2014
Like Google and Microsoft, Adobe Systems has been bitten by the hardware bug. The software company announced Tuesday that it will begin selling its Mighty digital pen — a stylus for iPads that it first demonstrated in prototype form in May. And it announced two new iOS app prototypes, Parallel and Contour, that make use of the Mighty and a …
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17 September
Apple’s big bet on iOS 7 gaming to play out this fall
There’s a good reason why a significant portion of Apple’s iPhone announcement last week was dedicated to showing off the flagship iOS game series Infinity Blade. That’s because with iOS 7 — rolling out to the public Wednesday — and the new A7 chip’s 64-bit architecture, Apple is signaling to the world that it’s dead set on remaining the preeminent …
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