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 …
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Chances are, you’re probably not rushing out to buy a new iPhone or Galaxy device. Tech giants like Apple and Samsung have hit a wall when it comes to phone innovations, as each new model offers just a handful of minor improvements over the previous iteration. Yeah, the iPhone 7 has a nicer camera, but is it really that different …
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Apple is reportedly working on the A10X chip, a new super-chip that will likely power the next iPad Pro and blow its predecessors out of the water, according to a rumor post by Dutch tech blog Techtastic. Last year Apple unveiled its iPad Pro alongside the iPhone 6S. While the 6S was immensely popular, Apple intended the iPad Pro as …
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Samsung appears poised to shake up the market for voice assistants with its latest acquisition. The electronics giant said Wednesday it had agreed to acquire Viv Labs, the artificial intelligence startup behind Viv — the voice assistant that aims to handle everyday tasks for you all on its own. The multiplatform software can be used to do things like order …
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It’s finally here: the Google Phone. Well, not quite. It’s officially called “Pixel, Phone by Google,” and the search giant unveiled it Tuesday during a much-hyped event in San Francisco. The Pixel, available with either a 5-inch or 5.5-inch display, is a grown up Google phone, meant to compete with the top brass of the smartphone world, including Samsung and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Time to quit Yahoo? Site reportedly spied on emails for… 2:17 Enlarge Image Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly chose to obey the government’s demand. ChrisFarina, Corbis via Getty Images Yahoo built surveillance tools last year after the National Security Agency or the FBI issued a secret directive to scan all customers’ incoming emails, according to a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Google introduces Pixel phones — and lots more 1:12 Google on October 4 unveiled its Pixel and Pixel XL phones, which are the first handsets to support the company’s robust and conversational Assistant search feature. Though Verizon Wireless will be the only carrier to sell the devices, you can also buy it unlocked from Google. In …
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Verizon’s exclusive deal with Google’s Pixel has been seven years in the making. The relationship between the network giant and the search titan began in 2009 with the Motorola Droid. T-Mobile’s G1, which launched a year earlier, is widely regarded as the first phone with Android. But Google’s mobile operating system didn’t go mainstream until Verizon positioned the Motorola Droid …
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In its latest operating system, Apple has lifted the limit on the number of tabs you can have open in Safari. The previous limit was 36 tabs in iOS 9. With iOS 10, you can, in theory, open an unlimited number of tabs for your browsing pleasure. In practice, the limit is somewhat less than infinity because your device’s processor …
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Now playing: Watch this: With Pixel and Home, Google gets serious about hardware 2:47 It feels like forever since the first rumors about Google’s announcements for this event started cropping up, but now we can finally lay at least some of them to rest. Just joining us? Here’s what you’ve missed thus far. The event opened with a cute video …
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