In the minds of many, NBN equals speed. Or at least, it’s meant to. When’s it coming to my street? Why am I not getting full fibre? Why can’t I have crazy fast broadband right the hell now? Well, it turns out the NBN is ready to offer gigabit speeds right now, but retailers aren’t …
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The Touch Bar in Apple’s updated MacBook Pro laptops is a useful and unique add-on, but for the first few months of the product’s life, it supported little more than a handful of Apple apps built into MacOS. Since then, some big players, from Photoshop to Spotify, have added support, and now one of the biggest cross-platform software packages — …
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In January, ZTE CEO Lixin Cheng told CNET that his company would release its first Android Wear smartwatch in 2017 — one with an LTE cellular connection and longer battery life than typical, so you can use it independent of a phone. Now, we may be getting our first glimpse of the device, which will reportedly be named the ZTE …
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Intel’s processors power the majority of laptops, but it doesn’t actually make laptops. That hasn’t stopped the chipmaker from patenting a design here and there. Among the company’s latest is a 2-in-1 laptop/tablet hybrid with a detachable curved display according to a design patent. The US Patent and Trademark Office granted the patent in November, but apparently it went noticed …
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Apple apparently isn’t giving up on selling used iPhones in India. The electronics giant, during negotiations with the India government over starting iPhone manufacturing in the country, has asked to import used iPhones to be refurbished and sold in India, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company has said “it will have the manufacturing infrastructure needed to make them …
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Since being punched in the face while showing off his “Pepe the Frog” pin, “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer has stirred the imagination of the web. A video of the pasting, which occurred during the inauguration celebrations for US President Donald Trump, has already inspired memes and a comic song. Now, Super Deluxe has created a browser- and mobile-based video game …
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There’s a new sheriff in town at the Federal Communications Commission and he just gave AT&T and Verizon a big pass. The FCC said Friday it would end its inquiry into the companies’ so-called zero-rating offers that allow customers to watch video from certain applications from their mobile devices without it counting against their monthly data caps. AT&T lets its …
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The 9.7-inch iPad Pro was my favorite Apple product of last year. It stayed in my bag and near me constantly. It’s super-polished. It’s the best example of a product that just checks off the extras you’re looking for, and delivers. Is it a new-feeling thing? No. But it’s very, very functional. It might even be, for all purposes as …
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Some iPhones could soon come with a “made in India” label. Priyank Kharge, IT minister for the Indian state of Karnataka, said Thursday on Twitter: “Apple’s intentions to make iPhones in Bengaluru will foster cutting-edge technology ecosystem & supply chain development in the state.” Kharge also gave a statement to local press expressing his approval for “Apple Inc.’s proposal to …
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New York’s attorney general is suing the second-largest cable operator in the US, claiming the company lied about internet speeds. Eric Schneiderman filed the lawsuit ( pdf) in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court on Wednesday, following a 16-month investigation. The attorney general argues that Charter and its subsidiary, Spectrum, have provided subpar services, with internet speeds slower than the company advertised. …
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