Apple will reportedly allow alternative payment systems on its App Store in South Korea as part of a move to comply with new regulations in the country. On Tuesday, the Korea Communications Commission said Apple had submitted plans for the change, according to reports from The Korea Herald and Reuters. Apple didn’t immediately respond to …
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Apple appears to have discontinued the Beats Pill Plus Bluetooth speaker, as the product is no longer listed on or available to buy from the Apple Store and Beats websites. Apple didn’t immediately respond to questions about why the speaker was discontinued. The Beats Pill Plus was available on the Beats website for $180 as recently as Jan. 5, according …
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The Google Pixel 6 Pro’s attractive design, its solid processor performance and its easy-to-use Android 12 software earned it a coveted CNET Editors’ Choice Award. Some even called the new Google phone surprisingly more exciting than the iPhone 13. When it comes to photography, however, which one reigns supreme? As a professional photographer, I was impressed at how good the …
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On Monday, Apple shared some numbers around its expansion into services, including Fitness Plus, TV Plus and Arcade, and said it plans to continue investing in those services this year. Apple now has over 745 million paid subscriptions in use across more than a billion devices, according to a press release. Apple Fitness Plus, the fitness subscription service that launched …
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I decided to switch from my Android phone to an iPhone last summer, and I figured it wasn’t going to matter very much. I would need to relearn how to use iOS, but otherwise I’ve been using many non-iOS services, like WhatsApp, Signal and Instagram, to text and video chat with my family and friends for years. I barely even think …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. A host of new USB-C accessories that were on display at CES 2022 indicate that the data-and-charging tech may be about to reach its potential after arriving seven years ago. USB-C and its related standards are already fixtures in laptops, Android …
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Public concern over web tracking is higher than ever. That concern has been mounting for well over a decade, but we’re not much better off now than we were then — pervasive tracking and rampant data collection is still the lay of the land all these years later. Websites and apps deploy trackers that follow us all over the internet …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES may be the biggest tech event of the year, but it’s always missing one of the industry’s key players: Apple. Still, that hasn’t prevented its technology and products from appearing seemingly everywhere during the show. Some of the buzziest CES …
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Editors’ note: This story was originally published on Jan. 7, 2017. In 2007, Nokia was the world’s largest phone maker. Microsoft was gearing up to launch Windows Vista. And the best new products at CES included a wireless TV and an MP3 player that streamed internet radio. Then, on Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a device that …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When it comes to CES, the most exciting announcements are usually centered around new devices that are expected to be released in the coming year. For Chromebooks at CES 2022, while there was some new hardware announced, the best news was …
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