When Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 lineup earlier this week, I made the case for considering the Galaxy S10 instead. That previous-generation model is about to get a price cut, and you can already get it pretty cheap if you’re game for a refurb. OK, but let’s go back another generation. Way back in 2018, …
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Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro arrived late last year and made a lot of people happy with its excellent design. Despite Taika Waititi’s Apple trash-talk at the Oscars last week, CNET’s Dan Ackerman suggested in his MacBook Pro review that “new 16-inch MacBook will make you actually like MacBook keyboards again.” But if the price has kept you at bay, here’s …
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When you download an app, the permissions requests and privacy policy are usually the only warnings you’ll get about the data it’s taking. Usually, you just have to take the app’s word that it’s grabbing only the data you’ve agreed to give it. Often, though, there’s more grabbing going on than you were led to believe, security researchers have determined. …
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Uber no longer requires a smartphone to hail a ride. The company unveiled a new service it’s piloting in Arizona that lets people book a ride using only a feature phone. Although it was originally designed for seniors, anyone can use the service. The way it works is to dial 1-833-USE-UBER. The company will then connect the caller to a …
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Most of us have largely gotten over it by now, but when phone makers started omitting the headphone jack, it seemed like an apocalyptic event. One thing that hasn’t changed: I lose my headphone jack adapter. All. The. Time. I keep buying new ones, which is why I need to find inexpensive replacements. Today, I found a replacement that’s both …
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Portable chargers — even inexpensive ones — are a dime a dozen, so we keep our eyes peeled for models that bring something a little extra to the table. RAVPower has a portable charger that packs 10,000 mAh in its pocket-size frame (at 5.4×2.7×0.59 inches, it’s roughly the size of a phone). It has a pair of 2.4A USB-A ports, …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. At the end of the month, many of the world’s top mobile companies were scheduled to make their annual pilgrimage to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress. But worries about the coronavirus outbreak proved too strong to ignore. On Wednesday, the show’s organizer canceled MWC 2020, …
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You can never be too rich or too thin or have too much storage on your iPhone or iPad. What might have seemed like sufficient space when you bought the device can soon start to feel like not nearly enough. Suddenly there’s no more room for apps, photos, videos and the like. Fortunately, there’s an inexpensive way to expand the …
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Netflix is big and it’s getting bigger. And we’re not just watching it on our phones and tablets: That dominance translates to the biggest screen in US homes too, according to a new study Tuesday from TV-measurement giant Nielsen. Netflix gobbles up 31% of streaming to TVs, beating every other service. In what may come as a surprise, YouTube is a …
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Flipboard, the popular news aggregator app, is introducing a new subscription video service. Called Flipboard TV, the service will sit inside the Flipboard app and contain professional short-form video from more than 100 publishers at launch. The ad-free service will cost $2.99 per month. The launch of the video service is timed to coincide with the debut of Samsung’s new …
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