Now playing: Watch this: Apple AirPods: CNET editors react 3:35 Apple’s fancy new headphones for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are the gifts that keeps on delaying. Neither the AirPods nor the BeatsX headphones have made it to market in time for the heaviest shopping window of the holiday season — yet. A new …
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Now playing: Watch this: Dong talks dongles 2:34 Face it, connecting devices to your new Mac laptop, be it the new MacBook Pro (the 13-inch version of which pretty much replaces the MacBook Air as the new budget, compact, full-featured notebook) or the 12-inch MacBook, can be annoying.. Each includes one to four Thunderbolt3/USB-C ports (Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C are …
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When Adobe Systems launched Lightroom for phones and tablets, it was a pale reflection of the version for Windows and Mac. It’s been gradually improving, but an overhaul Thursday brings the mobile app much closer to the PC version of the photo editing and cataloging software. Adobe surveyed its customers to figure out what they’d like. The new editing interface …
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This story is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. When Dean Hudson was 12 years old, he’d bribe his brothers and sisters to read computer manuals to him. Hudson’s vision was muddled by glaucoma, and he wanted to learn how to code on the computer his dad brought home. “At …
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Apple says it’s not to blame for a spate of iPhones apparently catching fire. The Shanghai Consumer Council, a watchdog group in China, reported last week that eight iPhone 6 devices had spontaneously combusted. Apple’s response is that “external damage” was to blame for these “thermal events” with the phone batteries. “We have been in touch with the customers and …
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Red could be the new jet black if the latest rumor about a bright new color for Apple’s 2017 iPhone turns out to be true. Enlarge Image Could the next iPhone come in red? César Salza/CNET Apple’s lineup of flagship phones typically plays it safe, with white, blacks and mellow metallics. Adding red to the lineup would echo the phone …
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Updated December 7 to cover DirecTV Now and the addition of numerous other apps on various devices. These days just about every major entertainment app is available on just about every living room streaming device. You probably have five ways to stream Netflix. There are a couple of major exceptions — Amazon Video isn’t natively on Apple and Google devices, …
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Last month was a “record breaker” for Apple. The tech giant’s App Store saw its highest monthly sales ever in November, tweeted Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, on Wednesday. While Schiller didn’t give specifics, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Apple’s iOS software gaining ground in the smartphone market, which could help boost App …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung wins in Supreme Court battle against Apple 1:14 The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Samsung a victory in its long-running patent dispute with Apple. The nation’s highest court said in a unanimous opinion that damages for design patent infringement can be based only on the part of the device that infringed the patents, not …
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For the past six months I’ve been in the market for a new laptop, and like a lot of people, I put off making a purchase until Apple unveiled its redesigned MacBook Pros, which were officially introduced in late October and shipped last month. For those who missed the release, the new MacBook Pros come in entry-level and premium versions. …
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