On a cloudy day this May, in the dull fluorescent light of a plain white Google conference room, Rafa Camargo, Richard Wooldridge and Blaise Bertrand told CNET their plan to disrupt the phone market. Ara, a Lego-like phone with modular parts, would let buyers snap on a better camera, additional batteries or any other creative …
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The latest TV technology is high dynamic range, or HDR. If you want to take advantage of this latest and greatest, you need an HDR TV (of course), an HDR-capable source (either a streaming app on your TV or a media streamer/UHD BD player) and HDR video to watch. But do you need new HDMI cables? Surely those many-years-old, dust-covered, …
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It wasn’t ever going to be clear-cut. In a video shoot-out between the iPhone 7 Plus and the Pixel, Apple’s phone came out on top. But that comes after the Pixel won the photo contest. We discuss how important the camera is to consumers (very, but not as important as your loyalty to an operating system). We also talk about …
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Can text messages get kids to read more? We’re about to find out. Amazon introduced on Wednesday a new mobile app called Amazon Rapids, which offers hundreds of original bite-size stories for kids for a monthly subscription of $2.99. The twist is that each piece is told as a series of text messages between characters, like the one about two …
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Get yourself a tablet that can do both — both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE, that is. If you take your tablet outside the comfort of your own Wi-Fi network, you know what it’s like to be at the mercy of whatever public Wi-Fi is available. Subscribing for data service on your phone is a no-brainer, but having the option on …
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The hoverboard craze may have come to a screeching halt after a spate of the devices caught fire earlier this year, but the nightmare isn’t over for some. A board purchased through Amazon (before it ceased hoverboard sales entirely in February 2016) caused the destruction of a $1 million home in Nashville, Tennessee. The six-member Fox family filed a lawsuit …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Cheeps! It’s the weekend, and that means it’s time to kick back, put your feet up and relax. Read a book, maybe, or …
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“A unified TV experience that’s one place to access all of your TV shows and movies, one place to discover great new content to watch.” That’s how Apple CEO Tim Cook described a new app called TV. Sounds great, but what’s the catch? I spent an hour this morning meeting with Apple’s TV team, who gave me a walkthrough of …
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Amazon Prime has landed in China. The world’s biggest online retailer said Friday it brought a version of its popular Prime membership service to the country, offering unlimited free deliveries of a selection of US-shipped and domestic products for 388 yuan (about $57) a year through its Amazon.cn website. Until February 28 of next year, the company will offer a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV gets… TV app 1:39 The future of TV is apps, says Apple. And its latest app for the Apple TV box is called “TV.” The app showcases TV shows and movies from apps that a customer subscribes to, shows content you’ve purchased from iTunes, and surfaces new apps that offer video content. “It will …
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