Norton is pushing hard on mobile with the launch of a new mobile VPN, but forget about torrents and accessing overseas Netflix catalogues: The company says it just wants you to stay safe on public Wi-Fi. The company on Tuesday announced the global launch of Norton Wi-Fi Privacy — a subscription-based app that encrypts all …
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Apple only sells one laptop with an optical disc drive and a spinning hard drive — and that laptop may not be long for this world. The 13-inch unibody MacBook Pro, originally introduced in 2008 and unchanged since 2012, is reportedly being pulled from Apple Store shelves. Apple Insider and The Next Web both confirm that the laptop has disappeared …
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Your future iPhone could be outfitted with a transparent display that could overlay images onto objects in the real world à la augmented reality. “Transparent electronic device,” a patent granted to Apple on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, describes a touch-sensitive display integrated into a transparent window. The patent paperwork gives as an example a museum visitor, …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to make your laptop battery last longer 1:24 My aging MacBook Pro doesn’t hold a charge like it once did. That’s not surprising, since it’s nearly five years old and batteries tend to lose their capacity over time. And the less time my MacBook’s battery lasts, the more I fear I’ll wake up one morning …
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A patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday shows the company is researching the use of bone conduction technology to improve voice call quality in its EarPod headphones. Enlarge Image U.S. Patent No. 9,363,596 uspto.gov US Patent No. 9,363,596 shows a diagram detailing a pair of wired earbuds with an internal accelerometer that can distinguish between a user’s voice and ambient …
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Design patents are given too much value when it comes to legal damages, Samsung has argued to the US Supreme Court in its patent dispute with Apple. In an opening brief filed Wednesday with the nation’s highest court, Samsung presented its arguments for why an earlier ruling in Apple’s favor should be thrown out. It said in the filing that …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 may not feature drastic changes 2:31 Enlarge Image The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus’ successors could double storage to 256GB. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 will be available with a whopping 256GB of storage space, matching the iPad Pro and offering lots more room for apps and videos, an analyst firm predicted Wednesday. …
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Apple, Caltech alleges, has been using Wi-Fi technology it oughtn’t. In a suit filed with the US District Court for the Central District of California, the university claims that Apple has infringed four of its patents for improved data transmission rates and performance over Wi-Fi. These patents were awarded between 2006 and 2012, and cover technology implemented in the most …
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When the hard drive on your MacBook is getting full, you have a few options: You can purchase an external hard drive and offload low-priority files to it; pick up an inexpensive USB drive; or take on the task or replacing internal storage yourself. Or, there’s TarDisk. TarDisk is a small, SD card-like device that expands the storage of your …
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Activity trackers certainly have their place, but if you’re just looking to track your steps throughout the day, there’s really no reason to spend $100+ on a fancy Fitbit when you carry your iPhone around 24/7. Plenty of iOS apps can give you the same data (steps, stairs, miles, calories burned, etc.) as an activity tracker, thanks to your iPhone’s …
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