Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday and other turkey traditions are evolving 2:09 The annual Black Friday shopping frenzy is just around the corner, and Amazon is offering a glimpse of some of the deals shoppers can expect. Amazon is reserving some of its hottest deals for the so-called Turkey 5, the five days popular …
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What would the world be like without an iPhone? We apparently came very close to an existence without Apple’s hit device. In an interview published Tuesday by Dazed, Apple’s chief design officer Jony Ive said the product could have fallen through. “There were multiple stages while we were working on the phone when solving problems wasn’t inevitable and we really …
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It looks like we may be getting Apple’s wireless AirPods in time for the holiday season. An official Czech Apple retailer has updated its AirPod listing with an expected December ship date. The AirPods were unveiled at Apple’s September press event as an accessory that pairs wirelessly to the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, both of which lack audio jacks. …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2 best new features in beta 2:13 Do you always shoot in square mode? Or mostly shoot video? The next iPhone update will make your life a little easier. Starting with iOS 10.2, iOS users will get a new setting in the camera app that keeps your preferences each time you open and close the …
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Fear not, iPhone users, the butt emoji is back. Of course, there is no actual butt emoji — there are standards and practices against that sort of thing. But Apple‘s initial iOS 10.2 update changed the peach emoji, a longtime representative of the behind, into less of a butt and into more of an actual peach. That grave wrong, protested …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Yesterday I shared an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. Today, let’s look at the Apple option. Specifically, the first-generation Apple Watch, which is now available …
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Samsung has tumbled — exploding Galaxy Note 7 phones precipitated the company’s fiery fall from grace — but the company is undoubtedly going to try to get back up by making more reliable, less fire-prone phones. In the wake of recalling and then completely ceasing production on the Note 7, Samsung’s profits plummeted to its lowest in nearly eight years. …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S8 could borrow from Apple’s playbook by introducing a pressure-sensitive technology, sometimes referred to as “force touch” or Apple’s term “3D Touch,” according to Korean news publication The Investor. “Samsung is [looking] to adopt the force touch technology partially from the S8 but the full adoption will come in one or two years,” anonymous sources told the site. …
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FaceTime and Skype have a new rival in the video-chat market: WhatsApp. The maker of the hugely popular messaging and voice app said Monday it will soon add the ability to place free video calls from within the app. The feature, which is expected to be available in the coming days, will allow the app’s more than 1 billion users …
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Apple is considering an expansion into the wearables market with the launch of its own line of smart glasses, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The device would connect wirelessly to the user’s iPhone, displaying images and other information to the glasses wearer, Bloomberg reported, citing unidentified people described as familiar with the matter. The device, which the story said is still …
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