After three months of Apple exclusivity, Super Mario Run is warping to Android. The game will launch on March 23, according to a Nintendo tweet on Friday. Super Mario Run is an important part of Nintendo’s mobile strategy, and one that Nintendo will need to leverage. iPhone and iPad players downloaded the game 40 million …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is a classy and glassy Android… 1:25 Samsung has finally dished the details on how much the Galaxy Tab S3 will cost and when you’ll be able to buy it. The 9.7-inch tablet will be available on March 24 for $600 — preorders on Best Buy, Amazon and Samsung’s website start today. …
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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. HP It’s been a long while since I shared a deal on a desktop. Why? Because I continue to feel like no one …
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It’s one of the great philosophical debates of our time: Can an iPad replace a laptop? From day one, way back in 2010, we’ve been trying to turn Apple‘s iconic tablet into a computer replacement, with mixed success. If you’re a media consumer and online reader, then it’s a fairly simple transition, as long as the apps you want are …
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Now playing: Watch this: Expand storage on your iOS device 2:50 Apple’s iDevices famously — make that infamously — rely on fixed storage. If you need more space, well, too bad. Or maybe not. There are a few tricks you can try, starting with this weird one that seems to magically free up some otherwise unavailable space — anywhere from …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple, Samsung, LG respond to WikiLeaks dump 1:36 Apple says its latest iOS already fixed many of the exploits listed in WikiLeaks’ document dump. Josh Miller/CNET As fallout continues from WikiLeaks releasing thousands of documents claiming to show the CIA’s secret hacking tools, Apple says its iPhones and iPads are safe. That is, if you’ve upgraded …
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Maybe you’re delivering a presentation to a huge audience. Maybe you’re taking an online test. Maybe you just need to get some work done on a tight deadline. Windows doesn’t care. Windows will take control of your computer, force-feed it updates and flip the reset switch automatically — and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it, once …
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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. Today I bring you a tale of two laptops — one small, one large. The small one is a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 …
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Those hoping that Apple would trade a Lightning connection for a standard USB-C connection on the iPhone 8 will most likely be disappointed: Apple has always had a proprietary connection on its iOS devices and it’s not going to change that, in my opinion. The rumor that Apple might ditch Lightning in favor of USB-C, which is increasingly found on …
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Samsung’s big news at Mobile World Congress isn’t the Galaxy S8. It’s two revamped tablets. The only trouble is, nobody’s really buying tablets anymore. Just ask Apple. People are holding onto tablets longer (viewing them more like PC upgrades than phones). Ever-larger phone screens are making tablets less compelling. On top of that, many US consumers would rather spend their …
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