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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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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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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There’s a joke among tech reporters that Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world have become so ubiquitous in the tech world that whenever there’s news on nearly any product, crypto is a part of it somehow. The latest example came by way of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said Tuesday he’s been interested in crypto for “a while.” Cook also said …
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Nov 2021 Editor’s note, Nov. 9: Fitbit has updated the Charge 5 with features promised at launch, including the electrocardiogram app (ECG or EKG) and the Daily Readiness Score. With great fitness-tracking, a bright screen, long battery life and compatibility with Android and iOS, we’ve awarded the Charge 5 an Editors’ Choice. Our review, originally published in September, follows. The Fitbit …
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Fitbit devices already provide loads of data about our activity and sleep. Now certain Fitbit smartwatches and trackers will indicate when it’s time to rest, too. The Google-owned wearable company on Tuesday began rolling out its Daily Readiness Score, a feature that gives you a grade suggesting whether you should exercise or recover. Fitbit generates the score by examining how your …
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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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