Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s hard when your tricycle leaves you. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you running away? For a vacation, I mean. Perhaps a permanent one, far away from the woes that surround you. With perfect timing, Apple has just released a little movie to put …
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Now playing: Watch this: Check out the hidden mouse in your iPhone’s keyboard 1:07 Over its 10-year history, Apple’s iPhone has undergone many improvements to make typing on it a good experience. Editing text, on the other hand, can still be a pain. To remedy this, iPhones with 3D Touch (6S, 6S Plus, 7 and 7 Plus) have a hidden feature that makes moving …
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The iPhone really did change everything. Sure, there were smartphones before Apple’s came along in 2007, but BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices were largely the tools of white-collar workers and productivity beasts who needed to have e-mail all the time. The iPhone was the first smartphone that anyone could easily use — even if the original was expensive and surprisingly …
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Your next Apple Pay purchase might help the country’s national parks. From July 1 to 25, Apple will donate $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at Apple’s stores, website or app store, the company announced today. “America’s national parks are an inspiration to us at Apple, and we know they are as important …
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If you’re strapped for cash or just don’t want to spend the money on Samsung‘s Galaxy S8 and larger S8 Plus, you do have options. Lots of good ones, in fact. Because at $750 and $850 in the US, £689 and £779 in the UK, and AU$1,199 and AU$1,349 in Australia, Samsung’s phones cost a pretty penny. The cheap-but-good Android alternatives cost …
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Editor’s note: We’ll be on holiday on July 3 and July 4 next week, and then taking a hiatus from July 10 to July 24. But, be sure to still tune in, as we’ve got some hidden gems we’re pretaping and releasing during our hiatus. What a weird decade it’s been since the iPhone first came out. Some of us …
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Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5’s new nifty software tricks 2:19 OnePlus’ latest OnePlus 5 flagship phone has a lot of new hardware — including the Snapdragon 835 chipset, a long-lasting battery and rear dual-cameras — that helps it hold its own against the mighty iPhone 7 Plus and other impressive Android rivals. The combination of hearty hardware with these useful …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Twitter! So many phones, such affordable prices. How to choose? Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Sorry this is so late today! …
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Social media could help police maintain peace and order. Twitter can identify riots and other violent activities minutes or even over an hour before the police are notified, according to a study released Tuesday by Cardiff University. Researchers at Cardiff analyzed 1.6 million tweets relevant to the 2011 London riots. In the town of Enfield, police received reports of disorder an …
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OnePlus crammed some impressive camera technology into its latest flagship phone, the OnePlus 5. But when it comes to photography prowess, the competition among phones has never been more fierce. All of the top players pay close attention to their cameras and each year, the bar gets set even higher than before. The OnePlus 5 already impressed us when we …
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