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 …
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Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 Editor’s note, January 2017: Samsung has finally revealed what went wrong with the exploding Galaxy Note 7. Here’s everything you need to know as of today. Original story follows: You plug your smartphone into the bedside charger and place it on your nightstand with care. You wake …
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Now playing: Watch this: Toxic Galaxy Note 7 can’t be trusted, production suspended 1:51 If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone, even one of the supposedly safe replacements, turn it off. Now. That’s the message from both the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung. “Consumers with an original Galaxy Note7 or replacement Galaxy Note 7 should power …
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After several years of sticking with a mount that takes clip-on lenses and better-than-average optics, Olloclip has announced a new mounting system and higher-quality lenses that debut with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus compatibility. Unlike its previous system, the company’s new Connect mount system allows you to use any lens using the mount to attach to the clip that …
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MacOS Sierra introduced two iCloud Drive features that are certainly convenient but are also certain to put you over the free 5GB iCloud storage limit. MacOS Sierra’s ability to sync your Desktop and Document folders to iCloud Drive and to optimize your Mac’s storage to free up some space will likely exceed 5GB sooner rather than later. An upgrade to …
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Google will put photo-sharing site Panoramio out of its misery in a month, a decision that triggered fresh anguish and anger among people who have stuck with it through thick and thin. This week, Panoramio fans saw the words “Panoramio is closing,” with a November 4 deadline. As word spread from a post by a Panoramio forum moderator, outrage and …
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Nexedi, a French open-source software developer, is not happy that Apple won’t let rival browsing engines onto the iPhone. So unhappy, in fact, it’s taking the tech giant to court. “We hope (the suit) will help Apple to sooner support the latest Web and HTML5 standards on its iOS platform — the operating system used by all iPhones,” the company …
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Samsung may have big changes in mind for its next flagship phone. While the tech giant has not officially announced the successor to the Galaxy S7 yet (which is expected to be named the Galaxy S8) a report from the Korean news publication ETNews is speculating that the next iteration will look a lot different. Several of the alleged changes …
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There’s a strange chip lurking beneath the surface of Apple‘s 3.5mm headphone adapter for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. iFixit, which routinely conducts teardowns of popular gadgets, partnered with Creative Electron to examine an X-ray image of the dongle included with every new iPhone. The scan, accompanied by a closer look at the guts provided by a contributor to …
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Google just ratcheted up the pressure on Apple. For starters on Tuesday, it debuted products Apple lacks — the Daydream virtual-reality headset, the Google Home digital assistant-powered speaker, the Chromecast Ultra streamer that can pipe 4K video to your TV. On top of that is a broader competitive threat. Google designed its new devices on its own, reflecting an evolution …
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