The Google Lens AI smart search app (download on iOS or Android) is rolling out for iOS users, Google announced Monday. The feature was released for Android in March but was only accessible to iOS users through the Google Photos app (iOS, Android). Now, instead of having to take a picture and use Lens through the camera roll, …
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When Apple released WatchOS 5 and the new Walkie-Talkie app, the company also made it possible for your Walkie-Talkie contacts to randomly — and without warning — start talking to you through your watch’s speaker. If you’re in a meeting, class, or even on a date, having someone randomly start talking to you through the Walkie Talkie app can be …
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Huawei, the second-largest smartphone maker and one of the biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers in the world, had a rough start to the year. A widely expected deal to be announced at CES that AT&T would carry the Huawei Mate 10 Pro never materialized. Then reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless had also pulled out of a deal. In March, CNET reported …
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Is Google’s location tracking so precise that it can know if someone moved from one side of a room to another? That’s a question US Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican from Texas, repeatedly asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai during one of the most pointed exchanges of Pichai’s congressional hearing Tuesday. But by using an iPhone, instead of a Google Android …
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Adobe released updates for its Lightroom software Tuesday to support the latest phones from Apple, Google and Samsung, and to try to address a little of customers’ never-ending desire for better performance. Lightroom CC and its cousin, Lightroom Classic CC, now are tuned to properly handle the color and correct lens problems of Apple’s iPhone XS, XS Max and XR; …
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B&H marked down a ton of Apple hardware during the week leading up to Cyber Monday — and it’s not turning back. The retailer continues to tweak its discount on the 2018 MacBook Air that Apple introduced less than two months ago, and which is now priced at $1,059. That’s $140 off Apple’s retail price, $10 off the previous low from Black Friday — …
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With a chunk of electronics fitted to the side of my iPad Pro, I have glimpsed the future of computing. I’ve been putting Sanho’s HyperDrive USB-C Hub for the 2018 iPad Pro through its paces, trying this six-port dock that plugs into the USB-C port in Apple’s newest iPad Pro models. And it works. The $99 dongle transformed my iPad Pro …
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The iPhone may have hit a roadblock in China as Apple continues its legal fight with Qualcomm. A Chinese court has ordered that four of Apple’s Chinese subsidiaries must immediately stop the “importation, sale and offers for sale in China of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X,” …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple facing a potential ban in China, thanks to Qualcomm. Qualcomm throwing shade at Apple and Intel during its Snapdragon Tech Summit. How the EU is clamping down on Silicon Valley with more regulation. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News …
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In 2018, two of the best phones you can buy are the iPhone XS Max and Samsung Galaxy Note 9. If photography is your main focus, each one is ready to meet your needs with nearly identical specs: dual rear cameras, dual optical image stabilization and nifty software that makes photos and video look extra special. According to Apple, the …
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