If you’re looking for a new wireless Bluetooth headphone, you’ve probably looked at one of the two big names out there: Beats and Bose. Both the BeatsX and the Bose SoundSport Wireless headphones are $149 in the US, share similar specs and design. How do you decide which one’s right for you? (International pricing is …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Making things awkward. Samsung; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Here’s to the crazy ones. Again. Or, rather, the new crazy ones. At least, that’s a little of the feeling I get watching a new Samsung Galaxy S9 ad, released to coincide with Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. …
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The worldwide market for wearable tech grew by 10.3 percent in 2017, according to new data from the International Data Corporation, a global provider of market intelligence. Moreover, Apple surged past Fitbit and Xiaomi to claim the top spot thanks to an uptick in Apple Watch sales. “Interest in smartwatches continues to grow and Apple is well-positioned to capture demand,” …
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Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. Remember when phones used to be fun? HMD Global, the startup making Nokia phones, sure does. The company reminded us of the fun side of phones last year at the Mobile World Congress trade show, when it relaunched the 3310. It repeated the performance this …
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For a regulatory filing, this is about as close as you get to a sick burn. Spotify is double the size of Apple Music, its closest competitor in the streaming music market, the Sweden-based startup said in its filing for a planned initial public offering of shares. In the IPO paperwork, Spotify said it wears the crown for the …
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Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global. HMD Global, maker of Nokia phones, laid bare its ambitions for capturing every corner of the phone market when it unveiled five new devices at its Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona on Sunday. Appealing to a spectrum of consumers from “The Matrix” fans and …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple wants you to know it’s better. Because it says so. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET They like to play aloof in Cupertino. No, no, insisted Apple CEO Tim Cook last week, his company doesn’t follow its rivals. You’d think Apple doesn’t even bother to …
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Apple and Google are fierce competitors when it comes to phones, digital assistants and map apps. But they get along quite amicably when it comes to Apple’s iCloud service. In its latest iOS Security document, a detailed explanation of the technology choices it makes to keep you from getting hacked, Apple disclosed it’s using Google’s cloud-computing infrastructure to store iCloud data …
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Apple’s 2018 iPhone lineup may literally be its biggest ever. According to Bloomberg in a Monday report, Apple is designing what would be its largest iPhone ever, an upgraded edition of 2017’s iPhone X and a cheaper iPhone that would keep the iPhone X design while making concessions for a lower price. Citing “people familiar with the products” who spoke …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. This fine logo on over-the-ear headphones? Who could resist? James Martin/CNET Are you happy with your AirPods? Or do you prefer not sticking things inside your ears, but fear Beats headphones aren’t quite up to your exalted standards? Rumor has it that Apple might be …
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