As phones have grown larger over the years, Apple took the opposite approach by launching another small iPhone in 2021. The $699 (£679, AU$1,199) iPhone 13 Mini is the cheapest device in Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup, and it comes with a 5.4-inch screen just like last year’s iPhone 12 Mini. Here’s CNET’s review of the iPhone 13 …
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The COVID-19 pandemic required us to to work, attend school and socialize from home — meaning our tech reached a new level of importance in our lives. Although the lockdowns are over, the time we spent at home in 2020 gave Samsung plenty of ideas for how the smartphone experience could be improved. Those takeaways surface in One UI 4, Samsung’s next …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. There’s something about reading an actual book that’s a refreshing contrast to video-streaming options, endless video games and a workplace culture built around Zoom meetings. Books always make great gifts, but here we’re focusing on the latest devices on which you can read ebooks. The …
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Dec 2021 When I first reviewed Sony’s WF-1000XM4 noise-canceling earbuds back in June 2021, I noted they were pricey at $280 (£250, AU$500) but still serious AirPods Pro competitors and worth considering if you were willing to pay the premium. We’ve since seen the release of some impressive competing and less expensive products such as the Beats Fit Pro, Sennheiser …
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When co-founder Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter as chief executive in 2015, he made it clear the social media company needed to constantly reinvent itself. “The world needs a Twitter that not only remains relevant,” Dorsey said during a conference call that year, “but thrives and continues to redefine what came before it.” Parag Agrawal became Twitter CEO with Jack …
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Apple released its 2021 App Store award winners chosen by Apple’s global App Store editorial team on Thursday. The awards recognize 15 apps and games from around the world that exemplify exceptional quality, innovative technology, creative design and positive cultural impact. Apple CEO Tim Cook remarked that apps played a larger role in daily life this past year. “The developers …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The metaverse is happening now! Or it’s already happened. The metaverse is gaming. It’s virtual reality. It’s a marketing term. It’s Web 3.0. It’s Facebook’s quick-change identity shift to Meta. Or, of course, it’s still a decade away. I’ve been covering VR and AR for years, …
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From the best TVs to game consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, to cameras like the GoPro Hero 10s and the one on the shiny iPhone 13 Pro, fps matters. But what does fps mean, and why should you care? The short version is that fps stands for “frames per second.” In other words, fps is the exact number of individual still …
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The iPhone SE is the cheapest phone Apple sells and while it might lack the incredible camera skills of the pricier iPhone 13 Pro, but its single camera is still able to take beautiful images that can catapult you to Instagram fame and fortune. But whether you just want better snaps of your pets frolicking around your yard or you’ve got your sights …
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Google could be developing the next big Android smartwatch, with the tech giant reportedly working on the first Pixel watch and hoping to launch it next year. The Pixel watch is code-named Rohan, according to a report Thursday by Business Insider, which cited internal Google documents and unnamed sources at the company. Renders show the Pixel watch as having a round …
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