The much anticipated Apple event came and went. Apple took the wraps off a whole pack of new products — from its new Apple Watch Series 3 and the Apple TV 4K to the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus and its high-tech new flagship iPhone X. During CNET’s live blogging of the show, our staff …
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I geeked out big time when Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone. It was Jan. 9, 2007, a Tuesday, and I raced into the Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia, where I worked, to gush over the news. A magical software keyboard! A stylus-free touchscreen! In a world of slow, clunky, button-laden phones with pens and scroll wheels, the iPhone appeared …
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Dear Siri, Tomorrow, Apple is holding an event to most likely announce the next iPhone. Many people are hoping for a radical redesign, others are debating what the new phone will be called: iPhone Pro, Edition, X, or just 8? But my mind is on you, Siri. To quote Joey Tribbiani: How you doin’? It’s been six years since you …
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Here’s how my conversations with Siri usually go: press the Home button, ask a question, realize I spoke before Siri was listening, press the Home button again, ask the question, repeat the question because Siri misheard me, ask again but louder because Siri still didn’t get it right, curse Siri’s name, open the Google search app and ask it my …
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Update, June 7: The cube-shaped model has been officially announced as the Amazon Fire TV Cube. Related links Roku vs. Apple TV vs. Chromecast vs. Amazon Fire TV vs. Android TV: Which streamer should you buy? Smart talk is cheap with Alexa streaming TV stick Amazon has two new Fire TVs coming out later in 2017, according to a report …
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Just before Apple’s iPhone event, which kicks off Tuesday, a few more leaks came out about the new device. Those rumors include information that the names of the new iPhones will be iPhone 8, 8 Plus and the special iPhone X. The best guesses on these names previously were iPhone 7S, 7S Plus and 8. Also on today’s show, we …
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Now playing: Watch this: Enable iOS 11’s hidden dark mode 1:39 iOS 11 introduces a display setting that inverts some but not all of the colors on your device. iOS has long had a setting to invert the colors on your device, but now it has a smarter invert option that leaves photos, videos and other elements alone. It’s the …
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iPhones will be the star of the show at Apple’s big Sept. 12 event. But two other major product refreshes are also rumored to be unveiled: A third-generation Apple Watch and — our focus here — a new Apple TV box. The current version of the Apple TV was launched back in September 2015, alongside the iPhone 6S. Since then, …
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Are you ready for the future of iOS? On Tuesday, Apple is set to release iOS 11, the next version of its mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. With it, you’ll be able to edit Live Photos, customize the new Control Center, make Venmo-style Apple Pay payments, more easily free up storage space — all the while …
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Will Apple’s upcoming iPhone let you turn yourself into an animated monkey when messaging friends? Let’s just say you wouldn’t exactly be bananas if you said yes. That’s one of several new software and hardware features being dissected on social media following an alleged leak of the final build of iOS 11, the mobile operating system that’ll run the iPhone. …
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