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Huawei P10 specs vs iPhone 7 vs Google Pixel vs OnePlus 3T

Huawei on Sunday unveiled its new flagship phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus are equipped with fast octacore processors, dual cameras, big batteries and more. You can read CNET’s first impression on the Huawei P10 here. Below you will also find a chart outlining how the specs …

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BlackBerry KeyOne specs vs. HTC U Ultra, Google Pixel, iPhone 7

This April, the BlackBerry KeyOne will come into the market as a high-end phone — the first with both Android 7.1 Nougat software and a QWERTY keyboard. But when it does, it’ll face staunch competition from a bevy of Android phones that have large touchscreens and premium hardware, from all-metal bodies to powerful processors and cutting-edge camera tech. So how …

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Get rid of iOS 10’s annoying Handwriting feature in Messages

While there’s a ton of fun features in Messages on iOS 10, there’s one feature that seems to draw the ire of nearly all users: the Handwriting canvas. Thankfully, there’s a couple of methods to hide this annoying feature that randomly appears. The quick fix Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Rotate your iOS device into landscape orientation, purposely triggering …

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Spot fake Amazon and Yelp reviews on the go with Fakespot for iOS

User reviews are the internet’s gift to consumerism. When you want to know if a product or destination is worth your time and money, you can see what others had to say about it. That kind of crowdsourced opinion-sharing simply wasn’t available pre-internet. Just one problem: Not all user reviews are legitimate. A restaurant owner, for example, might try to …

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NBA star Aaron Gordon looks to app to stay Lucid

Aaron Gordon would become the center of the basketball universe when he stepped on the court Saturday night for the NBA’s annual slam dunk contest. He’d be turning to an app to help get his mind right. The third-year Orlando Magic forward, who’s on the cusp of a breakout season, says a nearly year-old app called Lucid is helping make …

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8 ways to improve iPhone battery life

Ask any iPhone owner for a wish-list of improvements and I guarantee “better battery life” will be at the top. It just seems like there’s never enough juice. That’s in part because we use our phones all day, and in part because batteries just wear out over time. That’s one reason I recommend keeping a mobile charger close at hand. …

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All the things we learned from Snap’s IPO filing

This may be the first time the word “sexting” has been included in an SEC filing. Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has released its IPO filing, and included that tidbit about how it was first dismissed as an app for sending nudes. There’s plenty of other juicy information Snapchat shared about its business as the 5-year-old company prepares to …

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Personal butlers and on

We live in a golden era of on-demand apps. Need a pizza? Have a slice delivered. Forget to go grocery shopping? Fill up your cabinets with Instacart. But these are downright pedestrian compared to a whole slew of Uberlike services for the luxury market that help you book things like your own personal butler or private jet. Got some serious …

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Apple’s battle with the FBI leaves lingering questions

It’s been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we’ve barely heard a peep from either side on the issue. So everything’s fine, right? Uh, no. The FBI’s attempt to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist set up a grand legal battle between security and privacy. On one side is a massive …

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iPhone owners can now cheat on Apple with an Android smartwatch

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s Android Wear 2.0 is here, starting with LG Watch… 2:37 Android Wear 2.0 recently launched, adding new features and a revamped interface to Google’s smartwatch platform. The idea of using an Android Wear watch with an iPhone is admittedly, well, odd. However, with Pebble no longer around, the Android Wear lineup is a worthy alternative …

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