Google and Samsung are working together to make texting on Android a lot more like Apple’s iMessages. On Wednesday, the duo announced that they have partnered to bring Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging to Android phones. RCS messaging brings new features to standard SMS texting. With RCS you can do things like text over WiFi, …
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Apple took to the stage today to announce three phones and a brand new smartwatch. Read about the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, Apple Watch 4 here. You can watch (or rewatch) Apple’s livestream here. Today’s the day. The biggest iPhone release ever — both literally and figuratively — is just hours away. Apple will kick the proceedings …
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With the next Apple Watch likely to debut this week, Qualcomm has launched an early smartwatch counterpunch. Qualcomm’s next-generation smartwatch chip platform, Snapdragon Wear 3100, will be in Google WearOS watches starting this holiday, starting with the Montblanc Summit 2 watch in October. The new chips were first teased by Qualcomm at Google’s developer conference in May. Along with Google’s updated …
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We’re expecting Google to announce its next-generation Pixel 3 phones on Oct. 9, but a better, faster dongle has surfaced early for your Pixel phone’s pleasure. Google’s store page says its upgraded $12 (£12) USB-C Headphone Adapter “now provides 38 percent more playback time and has a 53 percent improvement on plug-in latency than previously available Pixel 2 headphone adapter.” …
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, says it’s reached a new milestone in its ambitious plan to beam the internet to remote populations. The project, called Loon, would send giant, high-flying balloons into the stratosphere to deliver LTE signals to the ground. On Tuesday, Loon said it sent a signal farther than it has before: 1,000 kilometers, or more than 621 miles, …
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eBay wants to make shopping more accessible to people with disabilities. The company has developed technology that uses Apple’s ARKit and the iPhone X camera to track head movements, allowing for hands-free shopping. The open source project, dubbed HeadGaze, is available now on GitHub, an online community for sharing code. “As someone with extensive motor impairments, I don’t have full …
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You can now use Apple Pay and Google Pay to satisfy your Slurpee craving. The mobile payment systems, which typically run through your phone or smartwatch, have begun being accepted at 7-Eleven stores across the US, the convenience store giant announced Monday. Support for the contactless payments systems is rolling out gradually through September, joining the Samsung Pay mobile payments …
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JVC just announced three new projectors, all with native 4K resolution. That may not seem like a big deal, but enthusiasts have been waiting for more reasonably priced 4K projectors from the company for years. Its D-ILA technology has been lauded, by CNET several times, for having some of the best image quality available in projectors. This is largely due …
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The OnePlus 6T has been officially announced and here’s our review. A screenshot of theOnePlus 6T lockscreen featuring the in-display fingerprint reader, as confirmed by OnePlus. OnePlus The upcoming OnePlus 6T will feature an in-display fingerprint reader, the company confirmed to CNET. This will make it not only the first OnePlus phone with the technology, but also the first phone to …
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The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL might not be the only things Google has in store for its Oct. 9 event. There have been leaks of an unreleased Chrome OS device, rumored to be a new Google Pixelbook. The mysterious device can be seen in the video below, which was posted by Chrome Unboxed. If you look closely at …
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