Last year, Facebook said it wanted to help you find all the nearby free Wi-Fi hotspots. Late last week, the company announced it was rolling out the feature globally. Whether you’re traveling and have spotty internet access or you’re just looking for a coffee shop to work from for a few hours, here’s how you …
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I’ve been using iOS 11 public beta for a week and I never knew that it had a secret little bit of 3D magic hidden inside. Apple’s augmented reality in ARKit isn’t available to try out in the public beta of iOS 11, but there is something that’s close: Apple Maps. Walkthrough 3D flyovers in major cities come close to …
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Environmental activist organization Greenpeace has teamed up with repair gurus iFixit to rate a selection of 40 phones, laptops and tablets for the ability to make common repairs that might extend their lifespans, keep them out of landfills and make it possible to easily recycle the parts. Popular products from Apple, Samsung and Microsoft did not fare well. (Download the …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: The best parts of iOS 11 on iPhone 2:33 Apple on Monday opened testing of iOS 11 to the general public. (Read our first impressions on how it changes the iPhone and the iPad.) Signing up and installing the …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11 transforms the iPad 2:12 The iPad has slowly been growing up, both through seriously fast hardware and more versatile software. On the surface, iOS 11 promises some features that sound almost Mac-like. I’ve been holding out hope that these will transform the iPad into the touchscreen MacBook replacement I’ve long been seeking. After using …
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Now playing: Watch this: The best parts of iOS 11 on iPhone 2:33 The iPhone 8 could end up being an amazing, transformative 10th-anniversary iPhone. At first glance, iOS 11 doesn’t seem quite so ambitious. It’s more of a series of targeted upgrades, with some of them being downright fantastic. Apple‘s newest version of its operating system for iPhones and …
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At its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month, Apple made clear it’s serious about the augmented reality biz with the release of ARKit, a platform for creating AR experiences on the iPhone and iPhone. On Monday, MacRumors reported the iPhone maker has acquired SensoMotoric Instruments, a German maker of eye-tracking glasses as well as technology for virtual reality goggles. Apple confirmed the …
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It’s the tenth anniversary week of the iPhone, and it’s also the release of the iOS 11 public beta, which is now available. Much like last year, the public version of the beta software is a chance for everyone to download and experiment with what is very much a pre-release version of the software that’s coming in the fall. A …
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If tablets were the Brady Bunch, the Apple iPad would be Marcia and, well, everything else would be Jan. But that’s not fair, right? Those other tablets have great qualities, too. (Just like Jan.) And just because they’re not the most popular doesn’t mean they’re not worthy of your attention. (Just like Jan!) Here are the best tablets that aren’t …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone origin story: ‘Because Steve hated this guy at… 3:03 The iPhone might never have existed if Apple co-founder Steve Jobs didn’t “hate” an executive at Microsoft. Scott Forstall, the former head of Apple’s software business and the man who created iOS for the first iPhone, on Tuesday said Jobs couldn’t stand an executive at Microsoft …
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