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Best Buy promises big deals on Apple, Samsung, Microsoft products with 20 Days of Doorbusters

Didn’t find exactly what you were looking for during your Cyber Monday/Black Friday shopping? You may have another chance. Best Buy is hosting a 20 Days of Doorbusters promo where it’ll debut a new deal on a specific product each day. Best Buy promises that each deal will be its lowest price of the season, …

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Google invests in Southeast Asia’s indie games industry

Google sees potential in Southeast Asia, and it’s doing something about it. The internet giant is almost done with its first-ever Indie Game Accelerator program. 32 start-ups from around the region are attending an all-expenses-paid bootcamp where they’re learning about game development, business development and office management. Google chose Southeast Asia, and not Silicon Valley, for the inaugural program because …

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Casio Pro Trek F30 smartwatch hits the trails in January

Casio announced Thursday it expects its Pro Trek Smart WSD-F30 watch to be released on Jan. 18, 2019. The watch, which runs on Google’s Wear OS, was announced in August at the IFA 2018 tech conference in Berlin, where it won eight awards.  The rugged F30 is made for outdoors enthusiasts, with water resistance up to 50 meters, built-in GPS …

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Samsung needs a win with the Galaxy S10 (The 3:59, Ep. 496)

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung needs a win with the Galaxy S10 (The 3:59, Ep…. 4:56 On this podcast, we talk about: All the rumors surrounding the anticipated Samsung Galaxy S10. Apple’s word on iPhone XR sales so far. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET …

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Apple Watch ECG will arrive in next WatchOS update, says report

The current beta of WatchOS, version 5.1.2, looks like it will deliver support for the the ECG/EKG sensor that Apple touted when it announced the Apple Watch Series 4 in September. MacRumors reportedly got its hands on an Apple in-store training document, which indicated that the app needed to work with the sensor data is in the next version of …

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Google Pixel Slate is the Mirror Universe iPad Pro

I have a dream of a tablet that can also be my laptop. The Microsoft Surface already does that. The iPad Pro tries for that, but delivers only half of the equation. And now the Google Pixel Slate claims to offer the exact things the iPad Pro lacks most, but at an equally high price. But it brings with it …

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What is Wi

On Wednesday, Google announced that Google Fi, previously known as Project Fi, will be expanding to iPhones, Samsung and OnePlus phones. For a service that was once compatible with only a handful of Android phones, this is a notable development for the company’s Wi-Fi first network. You can make a Wi-Fi call anywhere there’s a Wi-Fi network available. Omar Torres/Getty …

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Purported Google Pixel 3 Lite appears next to iPhone XR, Pixel 3 XL in leaked pics

Google released its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL back in October, but there may be another Pixel 3 phone on the way. Russian blog Wylsa seems to have gotten its hands on a Google Pixel 3 Lite, the rumored affordable version of the Pixel 3. Wylsa shared several pictures of the unannounced device, showing it off next to other …

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Qualcomm bets $100M on new AI venture fund

When it comes to AI, Qualcomm’s betting big.  The company said on Wednesday that it plans to start a venture fund that will invest at least $100 million in early stage startups working on artificial intelligence. In particular, the fund will look at companies finding ways to do intensive data processing on devices like smartphones and security cameras instead of …

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Apple says the iPhone XR has been its top

Apple’s iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of product marketing, told CNET in an interview Wednesday that the device has “been our most popular iPhone each and every day since the day it became available.”  Apple showed off its three new iPhones in …

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