The most striking thing about the new iPhone X isn’t the way it looks in your hand. It isn’t the return of the glass back and stainless steel band. It isn’t even the notch. It’s the fact that — compared to your average iPhone today — it’s got so much more screen than any existing iPhone, …
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When Safari 11 arrives on iPhones and Macs later this month, Apple‘s browser will come with a feature called Intelligent Tracking Prevention that makes it harder for advertisers and publishers to track what you do online. Surprise! Advertisers hate it. Six advertising groups published a letter Thursday asking Apple to “rethink” the technology, warning that it will “sabotage the economic model for …
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Early this morning Apple launched preorders for the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and Apple Watch Series 3 and so far demand has mildly outstripped supply. With an original delivery date set for September 22, several versions of the cellular range of the Apple Watch Series 3 are now listed as “Shipping in 3-4 weeks” while only certain configurations of the iPhone …
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The 2017 iPhone cohort is here, which means it’s the second-best day of the year for Apple fans. The best day of the year, of course, is yet to come. It’s the day the newest iPhones become available, which isn’t until Sept. 22 (although you can preorder from Sept. 15). It’s set to be kind of like Christmas, except rather than getting …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The president wants the web muffled. Alex Wong / Getty Images After an improvised bomb was detonated on a subway train in London on Friday, the US president offered his solutions on Twitter. More than 20 people were injured near Parsons Green subway station, in what …
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On Tuesday, Apple held an event to announce the long rumored iPhone X. At $999, £999 and AU$1,579, it is the most expensive iPhone ever released. Apple has been criticized for the high prices of its products and appealing to the affluent. Earlier this week, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook addressed the issue in an interview with Fortune. “You can buy an …
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Update, 15 September at 09:25 p.m: EE has now officially announced its preorder prices, which start at £25 a month for the cellular plan. Considering getting an Apple Watch Series 3 with data in the UK? It may cost you more than you think. EE, which has a UK network exclusive on the new Watch, has officially announced its data …
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Slacker Radio, one of the longest-running streaming music services in the US, is being acquired by the live music network LiveXLive Media in a deal worth $50 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Friday. Slacker Radio was founded in 2006 and offered a twist on streaming music by blending a Pandora-like service into its own iPod rival: the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. That moment when you just have to say “I love you” on a Note 8. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s big and lovely. But somehow I’ve always associated Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 with being a phone for power users who need it for business, …
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Apple has unequivocally rejected an ad industry request to “rethink” a privacy-protecting browser feature set to arrive this month in the newest version of its Safari web browser. Six ad industry groups said Thursday that a Safari 11 feature called intelligent tracking prevention breaks existing browser conventions and “will … sabotage the economic model for the internet.” On Friday, Apple …
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