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Share Dropbox files via iMessage and sign PDFs on your iPhone

No longer content simply to be a file repository in the cloud, Dropbox updated its iOS app to help business users get more done on their iPhone or iPad. Dropbox for iOS now has its own Messages app, and it lets you sign PDFs without touching Adobe, among a number of other features. Let’s take …

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Samsung to Note 7 owners: Here’s an extra $100 for your phone

Now playing: Watch this: Note 7 fallout: Stick with Samsung, get $100 2:05 Enlarge Image There is, once again, an official recall out on the Galaxy Note 7. CNET Samsung really, really wants you to turn in your Galaxy Note 7. The Korean electronics titan said it will give $100 in credit at “carrier or retail outlets” to customers who …

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Should you fear your phone battery?

Now playing: Watch this: Death of Samsung’s Note 7 leaves unanswered questions 2:15 You’ve no doubt heard the news: Samsung has permanently stopped producing its Galaxy Note 7, after as many as five of the supposedly “safe” replacement phones were said to explode. Samsung and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are advising that every single Note 7 owner power …

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Samsung braces for Galaxy Note 7 financial fallout

Samsung is preparing to take a financial hit following the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. The company on Wednesday slashed its estimated operating profit by a third, predicting that it would make $2.3 billion less in the three months between July and September than it originally forecast. The company published a new third-quarter estimate of $4.6 billion a day after it …

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3 unusual ways to find your misplaced phone

Now playing: Watch this: 3 ways to find your lost phone 1:12 Unless you’re willing to lash it to your forearm, chances are good your phone is going to go missing at some point. I don’t mean lost or stolen, though that’s always a possibility; rather, phones have a way of falling out of pockets and into couch cushions. Or …

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HP teams up with Movado for a line of smart analog watches

HP on Wednesday announced a partnership with Movado Group for a new line of smart analog watches. The partnership will see HP’s smart platform incorporated in watches from Coach, Hugo Boss, Ferrari, Tommy Hilfiger and Juicy Couture. All of the watches resemble traditional analog timepieces. They feature stainless steel casings, water resistance and come in a variety of sizes and …

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Return the Galaxy Note 7 and get one of these 9 phones instead

Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 alternatives 2:30 Got a Samsung Galaxy Note 7? You should power it down immediately, and return it to the cellular carrier or retailer from which you purchased it. There, you should be able to exchange it for a new phone — one that’s not the Galaxy Note 7, which Samsung …

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Samsung puts Galaxy Note 7 out of its misery

Now playing: Watch this: Death of Samsung’s Note 7 leaves unanswered questions 2:15 The overheating problem is related to the Galaxy Note 7 battery, which can be seen in iFixit’s teardown of the phone. iFixit The Galaxy Note 7 is no more. Samsung confirmed Tuesday that it will permanently cease production of the problematic devices after a botched attempt to …

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What do you see in Samsung’s crazy new cylinder?

What does it look like to you? Here are some CNET answers: “A futuristic ashtray from a movie made in the 1960’s.” — Eric “I see a bad coldbrew coffee maker…actually, it’s that thing that had those poison balls from ‘The Rock.'” — Morgan That thing that had those poison balls from “The Rock.” “I guess it looks like a …

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Apple v. Samsung heads to Supreme Court: What you need to know

The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time a design patent case has been examined by the Supreme Court since the 1800s. …

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