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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Like any good mystery writer, I often start my daily-deal posts at the end and work backward. In …
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Apple fans waiting for the rumored 10th-anniversary iPhone 8 may have to wait a bit longer, according to a Chinese report by Economic Daily News (via Digitimes). The next-generation iPhone could be delayed a month or two beyond its expected September launch. The iPhone 8 is rumored to see sweeping changes, including an edge-to-edge OLED screen. But swapping out the …
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Remember the story about the guy who recorded a hilariously horrific customer-service call with Comcast? If I was on the receiving end of such disastrously bad service, I’d want audio proof as well. Of course, there are other, more innocuous, reasons for recording calls, like if you’re interviewing someone for a job or conducting market research. All of which raises …
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If you’ve ever had your iPhone fixed by a third-party repairer, you may have seen it: the dreaded Error 53. But the security check that was designed to test Touch ID on the iPhone before leaving the factory has now saddled Apple with a major court battle in Australia. And it could leave the tech manufacturer open to similar legal …
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Google Maps, online flight check-in, access to TripAdvisor and Yelp on demand — there are a thousand ways the internet makes traveling more convenient and fun. You know what’s not so fun? Roaming bills. It’s a problem Hong Kong-based Tink Labs is trying to solve by putting custom-made phones with free data in hotel rooms across the world for foreign …
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Well, it happened. Your phone is lost. Or broken. Maybe even stolen. And because your entire life is contained in that thing, now you’ve got problems. Your passwords — gone. Contacts, gone. Trip details, appointment calendar, photos from the wedding, that book you were reading — all gone. Thankfully, you planned ahead. Nearly all your data is synced to the …
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Apple is developing its own graphics processors to be used in future versions of products including the iPhone, said one of its partners on Monday. UK-based Imaginations Technologies currently makes the graphics chips used in the iPhone, but said in a statement that Apple will cease to use its tech in between 15 months and two years time because it …
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India is becoming big business in Silicon Valley and Apple is getting in on the action. In Bengaluru over the weekend, the company opened an App Accelerator, which aims to be a tech hub for startups. The centre was announced just under a year ago, when Tim Cook visited the country. The App Accelerator will see Apple work with local …
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The LG G6 ($150 at Amazon) is quite the phone. I’ve been trying it out for the past few days, and while its premium build and nearly edge-to-edge screen have made it a joy to use, it’s not perfect. Although the G6 is running the latest version of Android, LG‘s custom interface takes some getting used to. I found that …
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If you think the Galaxy S8 is fast now, give it a few months. The headline change in Samsung’s flagship phone, introduced this week in New York, is the massive display the company was able to cram into the device, thanks in part to the removal of the home button and much of the edges around the screen. But hidden …
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