Apple’s quick-charging MagSafe feature allows you to magnetically attach accessories like wallets and charge pucks to the back of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 — but most normal phone cases block the magnet built into the phone, forcing you to use a special, MagSafe-enabled case. Now, Anker has a solution: a magnetic ring that …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The president of Samsung‘s visual display business will deliver the preshow keynote at CES 2022, hinting that the largest tech conference of the year could begin with Samsung’s perspective on sustainability in the tech industry and possibly updates about its TV …
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Looking to switch? Perhaps you moved to a new area where your current carrier doesn’t have great coverage. Or maybe you want to lower your monthly bill and found a better deal. No matter your reason, it’s perfectly legal to unlock your iPhone — if it’s not already unlocked — and switch to a new carrier. And there’s now an …
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One of the nicest upgrades you can buy for a modern iPad or iPad Pro is the Apple Pencil. It’s a sleek, elegant pressure-sensitive stylus that turns Apple’s tablets into one of the best portable creative tools on the market. The only problem? It’s not a cheap upgrade, adding an extra $100 to $130 on top of the price of …
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Apple is working on a new service, built for small businesses with up to 500 employees. Apple Business Essentials will include iCloud storage, Apple support and device management among other offerings, the company said in a blog post Wednesday. “Apple Business Essentials is designed to help streamline every step of employee device management within a small business — from setup, …
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When Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down her ruling in September saying the way Apple runs its iPhone and iPad App Store largely hadn’t violated antitrust laws, she included a caveat. The tech giant, she said in an order along with her ruling, must allow app developers to include links in their apps, steering people to alternative payment sites outside …
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A ton of companies are racing to get people interconnecting in an immersive metaverse using smart glasses. Right now, few even exist that can work with the phones in our pockets, though. Qualcomm’s latest initiative called Snapdragon Spaces seeks to act as the glue between phones and future smart glasses, with a focus on supporting open web platforms. The catch, …
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Apple’s iPhone 13 came out in September, and it didn’t take long for independent repair shops to find a big problem that would keep them from replacing the phone’s screen. The iPhone maker reportedly will update the phone in the future to address this problem. Tech repair site iFixit on Nov. 4 reported about an issue that prevents the iPhone 13 …
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As the holiday shopping season gets underway, everybody is starting to look for deals on gifts. One category of gadgets that remains a popular option is streaming sticks, the small, inexpensive dongles that bring TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Hulu to any TV. Over the past few years CNET has reviewed nearly all of the major streaming devices, and …
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Apple’s online store has added an “Order By” section showing you the latest dates you can order iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products if you want them to arrive in time for Dec. 25. All of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 models need to be ordered by Dec. 22, with the exception of the iPhone 11 — you’ll have …
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