For the past year, Huawei has gradually been beefing up the AppGallery, its rival to Apple’s App Store and Google Play. This week sees a crucial new addition, according to people familiar with the project, in the form of Bolt, its first ride-hailing app that serves the European market. Bolt is an Estonia-based ride-hailing company …
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T-Mobile has switched off Sprint’s 5G network, three months after the carrier’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint was completed on April 1. It’s redeploying the airwaves as part of its own 5G service, but unless Sprint’s 5G customers have a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, they’ll need a new phone to use T-Mobile’s 5G network. Though T-Mobile already made this move in …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The tech industry often refers to Apple’s ecosystem of devices as a “walled garden,” an idyllic world of tech where each of the company’s devices work together because Apple controls intricate details of how they work. In a few months, that wall will …
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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, phone companies still plan to release new phones. While many of us are are operating under a budget, companies such as Apple and Samsung are at this very moment still building phones and still hope you’ll buy them. We’ll see how well that works out. Phones sales were down by 20% so far this year by the …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google is delaying the reopening of its US offices after coronavirus cases surged in several states. CEO Sundar Pichai previously said the search giant would start bringing workers back beginning July 6, but an internal memo said its offices will remain closed until …
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Vizio, the No. 3 TV maker in the US after Samsung and TCL, has announced pricing and availability of its extensive 2020 range of TVs. The new 2020 TVs are available in store now and promise better color, better contrast and improved performance, for gamers in particular. The biggest surprise for this year was the company’s first OLED TVs, but its bread and …
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India banned wildly popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and 58 others on Monday after a border clash between troops from both countries left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead this month. The apps, which range from gaming to music streaming and social media, are “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s making an AR headset. Or glasses. Or an AR/VR headset. Something like that, something coming in 2021, 2022… or 2023. Reports have been everywhere; the pieces seem to be coming into place. And yet, at this year’s video-only WWDC conference in a …
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As 3D objects become more searchable on phones, Googling up an animal to drop into your home is becoming a thing. The latest augmented reality object to pop up: dinosaurs. Searching for things via Google Search and putting them in your home using AR has been possible since last year, but Google’s been making updates to its AR catalog in …
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Amazon has brought Watch Party to Prime Video, letting you view shows with friends and family while social distancing. The new feature, announced Monday, will let Prime Video subscribers virtually co-watch TV shows and movies with up to 100 other Prime members. Using Amazon’s Watch Party, Prime Video subscribers can host a viewing party by clicking the new Watch Party icon that …
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