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New options for cutting the cable TV cord just keep coming, and some of the most intriguing use a good old broadcast antenna. Plex, the media service best known for allowing easy access to your video, music and photos from just about anywhere, has a new capability that should further enhance its stature among people …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s 2017. It feels like it’s been years since I dreamed of the iPad as a true laptop replacement. (Actually, it’s been five years.) I’ve come to accept that that day may never come. Instead, the iPad’s destiny might be to ride alongside …

Google Play, the app service for Android users, is not the same moneymaker for app makers as its Apple App Store counterpart. Android users are downloading more apps from Google Play, but less inclined to spend. Juan Garzón / CNET Market researcher Sensor Tower released a report Thursday that shows on average Android users in the US are spending 33 …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s annual WWDC conference kicks off Monday, June 5, and runs through Friday, June 9, in San Jose, California. In addition to including seminars and workshops between developers and Apple engineers, Apple uses WWDC to unveil primarily software (and sometimes hardware) updates. This …

The father of Android has a new baby. Andy Rubin, who created the Android software that now runs on 2 billion active devices, has just unveiled the Essential Ph-1 (commonly referred to as the Essential Phone). In a blog post describing why he decided to jump back into the mobile fray, he talked about everything he doesn’t like about technology. …

Your dad doesn’t know how to configure his router. Your grandma can’t figure out how to program her TV remote. Your kid has questions about science homework while you’re on a business trip. Or maybe you’re the one who needs help.   We’ve all been there — fielding requests for assistance when we aren’t physically around.  Now, PTC’s Vuforia augmented-reality …

Now playing: Watch this: The Essential Phone is almost all screen 1:57 Remember Andy Rubin, the creator of Android? Since leaving Google, he’s been busy creating a new company, Essential. It’s making an entirely new phone called the Essential Phone — its model name is PH-1. The Essential Phone has some slick features like being made out of titanium and …

This is Henry. He’s a miniature pinscher who loves walking diagonally across crosswalks and treats lapsitting like an extreme sport. For the past couple of months, Henry has also had a very important job — keeping secrets for Essential, a new smartphone company from the father of the Android operating system. Henry is one of 82 employees listed on Essential’s …

Now playing: Watch this: Move iOS apps like a pro 1:03 Rearranging apps on your iPhone and iPad is pretty easy, but moving them across screens can be a little more frustrating. There’s an easy trick that solves this: use the dock. Here’s how it works. If you have multiple pages of apps on your home screen, scroll all the …

Apple is notorious for littering its operating systems with hidden features that make using their devices easier. For instance, there’s no visible backspace button in the stock iOS Calculator app. Yet, the everyone lost their minds when someone discovered swiping on the numbers entered (not the keypad numbers) would backspace one time. That’s just one of many hidden gems you …