Voice shopping with Walmart and Google is officially here. The world’s largest retailer in August said it would start offering a chunk of its inventories for sale on the Google Express shopping site and app, as well as on the Google Home smart speaker through voice shopping. Timed to Google’s hardware launch event Wednesday, Walmart …
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On May 30, Essential founder Andy Rubin said he’d ship his stunning Essential Phone within 30 days. On July 22, he said it was coming “within a few weeks.” On August 16, the company said the first preorders would ship within 7 days. None of those things happened. But Essential tells CNET the phone is finally shipping today, August 25. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Everything we know about the Note 8 and Samsung’s Unpacked… 4:20 Samsung and its wireless partners will begin taking preorders for the Note 8 on August 24, with shipments expected to arrive on September 15. Orders open up at 12:01 a.m. EST. Below is a list of various carriers and retail locations you can preorder Samsung’s …
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Pros of the OnePlus 5: It’s got a blazing fast processor, dual cameras and a price tag that’s half the size as that of a Samsung Galaxy S8 or iPhone 7 Plus. Cons: It’s hard to get in Australia. The company is now trying to right that wrong. From 29 August, you’ll be able to buy the OnePlus 5 directly from …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Galaxy Note 8 has 4 unique features 3:24 And lo, the Galaxy Note 8 has arrived. Samsung has a lot riding on this phone after the ill-fated launch of the Note 7 last year. Sure, the company has impressed Android fans since then with the launch of its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. But …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Note 8 will try to win back burned Note 7 fans 3:32 On Wednesday, August 23, Samsung will reveal its most hotly anticipated phone in years — partly because the Galaxy Note 8 will almost certainly be the company’s highest-end flagship device and partly because the previous version had a tendency to burst into flames. …
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Samsung may be throw in some extra goodies for people who preorder the Galaxy Note 8 phone, according to frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass. Samsung is set to unveil its next Galaxy phone on August 23. Some serious pressure is surrounding the Samsung event after the last Note phone, the Galaxy Note 7, shipped with faulty batteries that caused explosions and led …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will not be a cheap phone. But if you returned last year’s recalled Galaxy Note 7, Samsung should cut you a deal. Buyers shelled out over $800, £700 and AU$1,300 to purchase the Galaxy Note 7 when it arrived last August. Not only was it Samsung’s most advanced handset for power users, it was also …
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Apple is reportedly working on a watch able to run off a SIM independent of your phone, but Huawei has beaten them to the punch — at least, if you live in Australia. Huawei’s Watch 2 can run on 4G thanks to a SIM slot in the device, and will launch 16 August, or next Wednesday, Down Under. It lets you receive …
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Across the US and Mexico, Google‘s Doodle has turned into a loving homage to the legendary Dolores del Río on August 3 — the actress’s birthday in 1904. Dolores del Río was discovered by American filmmaker and legendary director Edwin Carewe, and embarked on an illustrious film career in 1925, appearing in films such as “What Price Glory?,” “Ramona”, “Madame du …
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