This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has launched the public beta version of iOS 14. The latest iPhone operating system includes new customizations for the home screen, picture-in-picture video, better widgets, a new Siri interface and App Library, a new way to organize your apps. …
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Virtual sales pitches and consultations. Touchless in-store device demos. Deals galore. Those are just some of the plans in Samsung’s playbook for selling phones during a pandemic. Last week, the South Korean electronics giant unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 2 alongside the $999 Note 20, the $1,299 Note 20 Ultra, the $649 Galaxy Tab S7 tablet, the $399 Galaxy Watch 3 and the $170 Galaxy Buds Live earbuds. …
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Ready for the weekend? I certainly am, as I need time to polish off season 2 of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix. (The first season moved a little slowly at first but got really good, so if you started it and abandoned it, have another look!) And speaking of TV, today’s deals include a serious bargain on the controversial HBO …
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Four years after launching the original, Apple announced its new iPhone SE back in April. I imagine that smaller-phone fans collectively jumped for joy upon hearing the news. The iPhone SE, which looks like an iPhone 8 but features the iPhone 11‘s powerful A13 chipset, uses a 4.7-inch display. Apple claims that it’s a “small” phone. And it is the smallest (and cheapest) …
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Seventy-five inches is the new 65 inches. By that I mean you can now buy a 75-inch TV for the same price you’d have paid for a 65-incher not too long ago. Case in point: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the LG UN7370 75-inch 4K UHD TV for $799.99. Note: That price appears only …
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Samsung announced the new Galaxy Watch 3 at its online Unpacked event Wednesday alongside the new Galaxy Note 20 phones and its latest foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2. The newly unveiled Galaxy Watch 3 has the same sleek look and large, circular screen as the original Galaxy Watch, with all the fitness features of the 2019 Galaxy Watch Active 2. There’s also the …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 resolves one of the biggest complaints about the first generation: the front display. The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday — at its first all-virtual Unpacked event — unveiled the new version of its first foldable from last year. The device sports a screen that stretches across the front of the phone, giving it a flashier …
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The Facebook Gaming app for iOS launched without games on Friday because of Apple’s App Store approval process. The social media giant’s app is used to watch streamers play video games, similar to what happens on Twitch, but features mini games that Apple’s policies reportedly wouldn’t allow. “Unfortunately, we had to remove gameplay functionality entirely in order to get Apple’s …
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Earlier this week, when Microsoft announced its Project xCloud video game service would be released on September 15 for free to Xbox Games Pass Ultimate subscribers, it said devices powered by Google’s Android software were supported. But the tech giant conspicuously said nothing about Apple in its press materials. On Thursday, it said why. In a strongly worded statement, the …
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Apple Arcade, Apple‘s $4.99-a-month gaming service, on Friday updated six of its titles for weekend play. Apple Arcade updates a few games every week in tandem with releasing new titles like Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows for its growing catalog of over 125 games. You can play Arcade games on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. …
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