You probably don’t spend much time thinking about the back of your phone. All the action happens in the front; duh, that’s where the screen is. But turn the phone over for a second. See all that empty space? Seems like prime real estate for, well, something. This is $6 very well spent. Loop But …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Back in 1992, Bill Clinton was elected US president, Microsoft released Windows 3.1 and digital photo experts created the JPEG image format. The first two are mostly matters for historians now, but a quarter century later, JPEG remains a part of our daily …
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Apple’s newest mobile operating system, iOS 11, provides us with some useful ideas on what the tech giant is planning for its upcoming iPhone 8. For one thing, we can expect augmented reality to play a significant role in the future phone, with the potential for even more cameras on the back of the device to power that AR experience. …
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Hello, iOS 11; and hello, iPhone 8 hints. Tucked into Apple’s announcements at this year’s WWDC conference — especially iOS 11 — are juicy clues about what the software update for your iPhone and iPad might also bring to the next major iPhone. Apple’s iPhone is due for a major overhaul. Last year’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus drew fire for having …
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Apple is rumored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone by releasing three new phones: the iPhone 7S, 7S Plus, and iPhone 8. And while most of the CNET’s rumor coverage has focused on the premium iPhone 8, some alleged details have have leaked about the S-cycle (presumably the iPhone 7S and 7S Plus) update to the iPhone …
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Google‘s first attempt at producing its own Android phone, the Pixel, has now sold more than a million units, Ars Technica reports. Google doesn’t release sales data, but the website says that installs of the device-exclusive Pixel Launcher app just passed the 1 million mark. The website says the data includes preinstalled apps on new Pixel phones and doesn’t count …
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How would you like to have your entire medical and health history at your fingertips — literally? No more making multiple calls to get your records — all of your doctor visits, lab results and prescriptions available on your phone, so that you can share the data with new physicians at a moment’s notice? Sound pretty handy? Apple reportedly thinks …
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Could Google build its own chips for future versions of its flagship Pixel phone? That’s the implication behind a key new hire for the search giant — an engineer named Manu Gulati who worked at Apple to reportedly build custom chips for the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, according to a report Tuesday by Variety. Google declined to comment, …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8 leaked pics hint at new design 1:58 Enlarge Image Is this the iPhone 8? kamikasky/ Reddit We’re looking at the front and back housing for Apple’s 10th-anniversary iPhone 8, according to Reddit user kamikasky. Kamikasky shared allegedly leaked images on Imgur and Reddit on Monday, saying they came from “a friend in the industry.” …
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Now playing: Watch this: Feel the fear when real objects meld with VR 1:31 Enlarge Image The VR arcade could be your next hangout spot. IMAX Virtual reality has turned me into a globe-trotting adventurer. I’ve scuba-dived massive undersea shipwrecks, coming face-to-face with a blue whale. I’ve fought off hordes of oncoming zombies with nothing but a shotgun, an ax …
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