It might be a bad idea to throw stones in glass houses, but it’s not too smart to throw the new all-glass iPhone 8 either, according to the results of SquareTrade‘s latest breakability tests. The device warranty company subjected the brand new Apple phones with their glass front and back panels to a handful of …
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When Siri can’t give you an answer, it’ll now be Google filling in the gaps in Apple’s knowledge instead of Microsoft’s Bing search service. The Siri voice assistant built into iPhones, Macs and soon Apple’s HomePod smart speaker can handle plenty of requests, like reporting a stock price or defining a word you don’t know. When it can’t, it searches …
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A new Star Trek crew takes to space on Sept. 24 when the premiere episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” launches. For the first time, a Star Trek show won’t make its home on broadcast television, but rather through subscription streaming video services, including CBS All Access in the US and Netflix internationally. (Disclosure: CBS is CNET’s parent company.) Release …
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With the iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) and 8 Plus, Apple has once again changed the button combination used to force restart a frozen phone. Up until the iPhone 7 ($190 at eBay) and 7 Plus ($175 at Amazon), you could hold the wake/lock (or “side” button) and the home button at the same time until the Apple logo appeared. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Can Google turn millions into Pixellites? CNET Try this experiment. Walk up to people who don’t work in tech — surely you know at least one — and ask them what they think about Pixel phones. I fancy they’ll stare at you benignly and wonder …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Naturally. IKEA You may have spent the whole weekend in rapt excitement about the fact that you can actually charge your new iPhone 8 wirelessly. Your Samsung-owning friends probably haven’t stopped chuckling. Even Ikea has decided that Cupertino embrace of (not very) new technology is …
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At first glance, not much has changed on the iPhone 8. Head on, it could easily be mistaken for an iPhone 7, or even a 6 for that matter. But the back is a different story. This year Apple’s iPhone 8 and 8 Plus ditched the iPhone 7’s aluminum backing in exchange for a glass plate. Glass is what makes …
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Looking to get top dollar for your old iPhone to splurge on the new $1,000 iPhone X? Your best bet is to sell your device instead of trading it in. But private sales of expensive and easy-to-steal items like iPhones can be risky. We’ve all heard stories of someone who became a victim of a robbery when a prospective buyer …
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With the Google Pixel 2 likely debuting less than two weeks away, you may be ready to retire your current phone in anticipation. All signs point to Google trying to make the process smoother. The company launched a trade-in program (scroll down on the right-hand side of the page for details) for those who send in their old phone when buying a …
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Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus camera has earned high praise from DxOMark, a website that publishes in-depth reviews of camera sensors, lenses and phone cameras. “The Apple iPhone 8 Plus is the best-performing mobile device camera we have ever tested,” DxOMark’s David Cardinal said in the review of the phone’s camera the site published today. DxOMark just revamped the way it …
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