If your kid will unwrap an iPhone ($899 at Amazon) this holiday season, then you will need to find a time to pry it out of his or her hand and set up an Apple ID along with some restrictions in iOS against the wilds of the Internet as well as the App Store. And …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple is reportedly going to wait until 2020 to come out with a 5G-powered iPhone. How Ring’s Neighbors app combines a social network with home security. Now playing: Watch this: Want a 5G-powered iPhone? Get ready to wait (The 3:59,… 4:39 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of …
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The excitement over 5G is at such high levels that even the prospect of Apple dawdling on the technology isn’t enough to get Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg down. Asked whether he’s worried that Apple is reportedly holding off on 5G until 2020, Vestberg said he’s focused on the 5G smartphones that are coming out next year. On Monday, Verizon said …
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Microsoft is reportedly giving up on the core technology in its Edge browser for Windows 10 and will rely instead on Google’s browser software. The new browser is codenamed Anaheim and will use software from Chromium, Google’s open-source project on which Chrome is based, Windows Central reported Monday. Specifically, it’ll use Google’s Blink, the browser engine with the key job of interpreting website coding and …
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If you’re looking for a full-featured smartwatch without the pomposity — or priciness — of the Apple Watch, Amazfit’s new wearable may be worth a look. The $160 Amazfit Verge offers many of the features and specs you’ll find in smartwatches and fitness trackers that cost hundreds more. Though it doesn’t have built-in LTE like the higher-end version of the Apple …
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Apple named its favorite and most-popular apps for 2018. Donut Country and Gorogoa, both games published by Ananpurna Interactive, were chosen as the best iPhone and iPad games of the year by editors at the consumer technology giant. Separate from games, Procreate Pocket, a drawing app by Savage Interactive, and Froggipedia, a biology app by Designmate, were chosen as best iPhone …
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Gift giving is a delicate balance. On one hand you want to get them something they’ll love. On the other hand you don’t want to get yourself a pain in the wallet. The latest tech gadgets, especially ones highly rated by the ace reviewers here at CNET, are sure-fire ways to make someone’s holiday season special. And as a gift …
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Apple is giving back to the armed forces — in the form of a new online store with a relatively big discount. The consumer electronics giant on Monday launched a new store — linked out via its main Apple Store site — for both veterans and active military personnel that offers a 10 percent discount on Apple products and other …
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Consumers are snapping up low-cost wearables as basic trackers add new features that bring them closer to smartwatches. Shipments of wearable devices reached 32 million units worldwide in the third quarter this year, up 21.7 percent from a year ago, according to market research firm IDC. New products from Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei along with demand in Asia helped drive growth, …
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Apple will reportedly wait until at least 2020 to release an iPhone that can connect to 5G networks, fitting what’s been rumored previously. The company will hold off for up to a year after the next generation of wireless technology is deployed, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Apple opted for a similar strategy with 3G and 4G LTE, the two …
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