For the past three years, each September has brought us two new iPhones: the “regular” 4.7-inch model, and the “extra large” 5.5-inch one, with a bigger screen and better camera. This year? A long-rumored, radically redesigned iPhone may finally be on deck. To picture it, imagine if the 5.5-inch screen of an iPhone Plus could …
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Vodafone’s hybrid modem will stay connected when NBN stalls
Hell hath no fury like a person waiting for their broadband to get hooked up. Vodafone has worked this out, and decided to launch a hybrid modem that will keep you connected to the internet while you wait for your NBN connection to kick in. A SIM card inside the Vodafone Wi-Fi Hub will give you access to Vodafone’s 4G …
Read More »The iPod is dead, now let’s kill iTunes
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard: Apple finally put the iPod out of its misery. The iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have met their logical end, following the iPod Classic (2001-2014) into gadget history. The Touch remains the only iPod-branded product in Apple’s line. (And that name has always felt like a stretch — it’s really just a Wi-Fi-only iPhone, or a 4-inch iPad, if you will.) Not even …
Read More »Get 1TB of cloud storage for life for $30
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Read More »6 things you should know about backing up your PC
Last week, Google announced the new desktop version of its Backup and Sync app, and it got me thinking: What does desktop backup even mean in 2017? Not so long ago, there was one and only way to protect the precious data riding around in your laptop: Connect an external drive (or, if you were really fancy, a network drive), …
Read More »What Google’s Backup and Sync app can and can’t do
Now playing: Watch this: How to get started with Google’s Backup and Sync app 1:28 Google’s new Backup and Sync app replaces both the company’s Drive and Photos desktop apps for Windows PCs and Macs. You can use the app to back up the contents of your entire computer — or just selected folders. Set up Backup and Sync First, …
Read More »Google Drive can now back up your entire computer
Now playing: Watch this: New version of Google Drive goes live 1:18 iCloud, who? After a couple weeks of delay, Google launched its new Backup & Sync app, which can store your entire computer system to Google Drive. The original debut was scheduled on June 28, but was pushed back a few weeks for fine tweaking. Backup & Sync allows …
Read More »Backups: Act like your business depends on them
With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. Kate Sullivan, content director at TCK Publishing, tells a story of death and redemption. “I was just finishing up a book edit that had taken me the better part of two weeks when my …
Read More »Why you need a shared library from Google Photos
Although we are both equipped with an iPhone, I take many more photos than my wife, which makes me the photo keeper of the family. When the occasion arises to show a photo of one of our two kids to a friend (that we have not already posted to Instagram), she asks me to dig through the photos on my …
Read More »4 essential IFTTT recipes for OneDrive
OneDrive to rule them all? Sorry, I can’t resist a good “Lord of the Rings” joke (or, in this case, a desperately overplayed one). Today, we’re going to look at how you can rule OneDrive, the cloud storage service that’s deeply integrated into Windows but also accessible via Android and iOS. That rule comes in the form of If This …
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