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 …
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This is NYPD’s official crime
Across New York City, more cops are staring at their phones. On a single day last week, 5,500 NYPD officers logged in and clicked on 39,000 notifications. They’re not distracted from work, though. Those notifications were 911 calls. Enlarge Image Inspector Anthony Tasso, the commanding officer of the NYPD’s Strategic Technology division, logs into his phone using his police ID. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Supreme Court grills Apple, Samsung over value of design patents
Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of design patents, marking the likely conclusion to a long-running battle that goes back to a 2012 …
Read More »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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