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New Apple ad wants kids to change the world. Is that such a good idea?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Reaching for a new world. Apple; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Whenever Apple has one of its product unveilings, it likes to release an uplifting ad, full of feel-good flavor. After its launch Tuesday of a new $329 iPad to …

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New iPad with optional Pencil: Everything Apple just announced

Apple’s “field trip” event at a Chicago’s Lane Tech High School just wrapped up, and we’ve all learned an important lesson: the new iPad costs the same as the old one. The company’s least expensive tablet is now official, and the price is still $329 (£319 in the UK, and AU$469 in Australia).  See also Apple unveils new iPad to …

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Why Huawei smartphones are locked out of the US

Heading into this year, Huawei’s prospects for finally gaining a foothold in the US appeared to be brightening. The world’s third-largest smartphone maker had just launched its latest flagship, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and it was garnering favorable reviews. Speculation had bubbled up that Huawei was poised to announce a partnership with AT&T, the second-largest carrier in the US …

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Vodafone TV lets you watch whatever the hell you want

Vodafone is about to take its NBN plans to the farthest reaches of Australia (read: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania, as well as the Melbourne and Sydney markets it’s been operating in) so it’s decided to make some announcements to sweeten the deal.  Vodafone First is Vodafone TV, a fairly open Android TV box that will retail at …

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iPad stays at $329, but will iPhone X, MacBook Air get cuts?

Perhaps this is a new Apple, one that’s kinder and gentler to your wallet. The Cupertino, California, consumer electronics on giant on Tuesday unveiled a new iPad. While the $329 price tag (£319, AU$469) is identical to last year’s model, the new version comes packed with more features — notably support for the Apple Pencil stylus. As CNET editor Scott …

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AR comes to Apple’s Swift Playgrounds iPad app to learn programming

Apple has brought augmented reality to its Swift Playgrounds app designed to teach kids the basics of programming and maybe even groom them into the next generation of iPhone developers. The move means kids can incorporate Swift Playgrounds’ cartoon characters — protagonists who follow students’ programming instructions — into their Swift Playgrounds projects. The technology uses Apple’s ARKit technology. Apple …

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Amazon’s Fire 10 is still half the price of the new iPad

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image Meet the new iPad price; same as the old iPad price. (Unless you’re a school, in …

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Apple gives 200GB iCloud storage to education customers

Apple has a new perk to attract customers in the education business: 200GB of iCloud storage, a major step up from the 5GB ordinary Apple customers get. Apple announced the deal at an event Tuesday at the Lane Tech High School in Chicago, where it also unveiled a new, more powerful iPad in an effort to re-establish itself in the classroom. Better …

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Apple’s new ad for Face ID shows iPhone maker can’t stop dancing

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Wait for it. He’s about to dance. Apple; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’m worried about Apple. No, not about whether it can put ever more gadgets into ever more hands. This is more about the feet. Apple’s dancing feet. The company just released an …

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FTC charges get

The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it charged two brothers for alleged scam workshops to teach people how to make thousands of dollars selling goods on Amazon. The FTC charges come a few months after Washington state’s attorney general and Amazon filed civil suits against the brothers, Adam and Christopher Bowser, who live in Massachusetts. Like with the prior suits, …

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