You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on a back-to-school gift: There are plenty of inexpensive tech products every student needs that are critically important — whether they’re practical, interesting or just entertaining. Here’s a handful of school-friendly items to use in the dorm, the classroom or just around the house. They all cost …
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Disney Plus grew to 116 million subscribers as of July 3, Disney said Thursday. That’s more than double a year earlier, but it also means Disney Plus added 12.4 million new members since earlier this year while the service was releasing new episodes of popular shows like Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki and streamed its latest Pixar movie …
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After being sold off by Huawei, Honor is back in the limelight with its new flagship Magic 3 series. It’s the company’s first global flagship launch since Huawei sold Honor to a consortium of buyers. And unlike Huawei devices, the Magic 3 lineup, will run Google’s popular software and apps in their full capacity — features it lost access to when …
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In the early days of the modern smartphone two-year contracts were standard. In exchange for a device, you’d agree to stay with a wireless provider for two years. In more recent times, as contracts were abolished and device costs rose, installment-plan financing has emerged. You’d pay down the price of the phone over the course of 18, 24 or 30 …
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Samsung has had a long history in smartwatches, with a lot of experimentation in features and software ideas. The company’s latest Galaxy Watch 4 represents a new phase. Its software is the result of a partnership with Google, the first entry in what could be a whole new line of Android watches using Wear OS 3. The new Galaxy Watch …
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The Galaxy Buds 2 earbuds are technically the third generation of Samsung’s entry-level true-wireless earbuds, but their name makes sense. Introduced alongside new Galaxy foldable phones and smartwatches at Samsung’s August Unpacked event , the Buds 2 are a departure from the original Galaxy Buds and the upgraded Galaxy Buds Plus, which shared a similar design aesthetic. The Buds 2 hew …
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Samsung’s newest foldables are here, complete with lower prices, water resistance, and sturdier materials for the hinges, body and display. The updates found in Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are meant to reassure consumers that foldables aren’t as fragile as they may seem. The new Z Fold 3, which expands outward from a phone into a …
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There’s one clear go-to smartwatch for iOS: the Apple Watch. But for Android, there hasn’t been a singular option. Will the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 finally be that watch? At Samsung’s newest folding-phone-focused Unpacked announcement where the latest Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 phones were unveiled, the company also announced the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 …
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If you want to buy an Apple-branded replacement charger for your MacBook, it’ll run you anywhere between $69 (for 61 watts) and $79 (for 96 watts) and charge only one product in your bag at a time. That’s exactly what makes the Aukey PA-B6S so enticing: Despite being 20% smaller than the Apple offerings, the Aukey has a total of …
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Last week, Apple released the MagSafe Battery Pack which, next to the MagSafe wallet, is one of my favorite accessories for the iPhone 12 family. When the iPhone 12 launched in October, MagSafe charging was the most surprising and curious addition. Apple took Qi wireless charging, which is used by current iPhone models and most Android phones, and added magnets. …
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