Now playing: Watch this: Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 phones 1:08 Let’s start with the bad news: Samsung has announced a global recall of the Galaxy Note 7. So, unless you want to risk your phone’s battery catching fire, you’ll need to return or exchange it. Carriers in the US already announced plans for customers …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iOS 10, packs it with new features 3:43 Ever wondered how much time you spend in Facebook or Snapchat on a daily basis? What about over the course of a week? Well, now you can find out for sure. With just a few taps you can view on-screen time — a metric that equates …
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Snapseed, a Google photo editor that goes beyond the basics of Google Photos, just got a little more serious. With Wednesday’s Snapseed 2.9 release for iPhones and iPads, the software now can edit raw-format photos, the pictures taken directly from a digital camera’s image sensor without any processing. Photo enthusiasts love raw photos. Although they’re more of a pain to …
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Apple has doubled the maximum amount of data users can store on iCloud Drive, now offering 2 terabytes to customers of its online storage service. Apple’s new storage capacity will run customers $19.99 per month, twice the $9.99 monthly cost of its previous 1TB storage max. Consumers still have the option of getting 5GBs of storage for free. The company …
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With the Breeze, electric aviation company Yuneec makes the move from professional and hobbyist camera drones into phone accessories. Available now, the $500 quadcopter (approximately AU$660 or £380) is completely controlled with the Breeze Cam mobile app for iOS and Android. The app gives you a handful of flight modes — Selfie, Follow Me, Orbit, Journey and Pilot — and …
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Mophie makes some nice external batteries for charging devices, with sleek aluminum housings, but the knock against them has been that they’re expensive. Well, the company got the message and has priced its new models more competitively. It’s also adding even more charging options, including an updated Powerstation Plus line with an integrated switch-tip Lightning to Micro-USB cable that charges …
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Some of the features shown off on Pebble’s next generation of smartwatches are coming to older Pebbles first. The Pebble 2 is expected this September, but in advance of that comes a new software update that adds a lot to existing watches. Glances, and ways of compacting more information on that tiny screen, aim to make the Pebble feel a …
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Strap in for a roller-coaster ride in tablet sales. In a surprise to no one, the tablet market will shrink for the rest of 2016, market researcher IDC forecasts. The predicted 11.5 percent year-over-year decline is a bit of a shocker, though. Worldwide, 183.4 million tablets will have shipped by the end of 2016. What is a surprise is IDC’s …
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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. Need proof that Apple will unveil the its second-generation smartwatch at next week’s product-launch event? Here it is: For a limited time, and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple likely to unveil new iPhones on September 7 1:48 Enlarge Image Apple The next iPhone will probably be revealed to the world on September 7. And maybe a watch, too. Apple made it official today, confirming the previously rumored date of the first Wednesday in September. The venue is once again at Bill Graham Civic …
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