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Google announced in May that it would bring more than a million Android apps to Chromebooks, but only to certain machines. The company has now confirmed that all Chromebooks launched this year and onward will support Android apps. “Android apps will be coming to all new Chromebooks launching this year, but may not be available right “out of the box,” …
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Sure, blame the batteries. But it’s not quite that simple. During a press conference Sunday, Samsung said two separate battery defects caused both the original batch of Galaxy Note 7 phones and the replacement units to overheat. The first battery, it said, suffered from a design flaw. The battery’s external casing was too small for the components inside, causing it …
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Snapchat is growing up as a place for news. Snap, the parent company for the popular social network, said Monday it updated its guidelines for publishers, cracking down on images that are misleading or have no editorial value. Snapchat also laid out its policy for dealing with material that violates its guidelines, stressing that it will allow inappropriate material if …
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Back at CES 2017, Acer announced a Chromebook built for heavy use day after day in schools. Now, it’s giving the same treatment to a Windows laptop — and it’s a convertible one to boot. The Acer TravelMate Spin B1 is an 11.6-inch laptop running Windows 10 Pro with 360-degree hinges letting students use it like a clamshell, a tablet …
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The rumor that Samsung will bring a new AI assistant named Bixby to the upcoming Galaxy S8 gains more credence with the news that Samsung has trademarked a feature called “Bixby Vision,” according to Dutch site Galaxy Club. When Samsung acquired AI startup Viv Labs last year, people suspected a Samsung assistant wasn’t far from becoming reality. We first heard …
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If I learned anything walking the show floor at CES 2017 earlier this month, it’s that drones are anything but dead. The section that usually has drones in the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center was easily 10-times as large as it was the previous year, with several more vendors showing off new models of all sizes. As …
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Update, 5:11 p.m. PT: Samsung’s investigation has revealed that 2 separate battery problems were to blame for the Note 7 failure. Read: Samsung answers burning Note 7 questions, vows better batteries Samsung is ready to tell the world what went wrong with its flagship Galaxy Note 7. At a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung will explain what caused …
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If you’re finding it hard to find Google’s latest and greatest Pixel XL phone, you’re likely not alone. The search giant’s flagship device is sold out at the Google Store and even back-ordered on Verizon until at least March 10. Perhaps Verizon feels your pain, because today the carrier said it’s slashing prices on the Moto Z Droid and Moto …
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The smartwatch race should be over. Apple should have won, but that hasn’t exactly been the case. While the Cupertino company remains the leading smartwatch maker, shipments of the Apple Watch have fallen and its market share is slowly diminishing due to increased competition from Samsung, Garmin and traditional watchmakers such as Fossil. Apple’s market share could be further disrupted …
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