When setting up your iPhone ($285 at Amazon), there are a number of settings to change and tweak right away, but one that often goes overlooked is the stock iOS Calendar app. It’s simple but deceptively powerful if you set it up right. Who knows — with a few minutes of work upfront, the Calendar …
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Online and physical retailers know that after big holidays they’re likely to be inundated with returns, hence the popularity of gift receipts and fairly lax post-holiday return policies at many stores. Thoughtful birthday gift givers usually include a gift receipt as well, just in case. Screenshot by Dan Ackerman/CNET But returning a gift purchased through Google’s storefront has been impossible …
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Samsung isn’t shy about the message of its latest ad: iPhone owners should upgrade to the Galaxy S9. But it doesn’t compare the Galaxy S9 against its natural rival, the iPhone X, or even one of Apple’s two iPhone 8s. Instead, during the roughly minute-long video posted to YouTube (also below), we see a woman’s slow loading speeds on her …
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It’s a billion-dollar question: Should we care that there’s a GH59-09418A printed circuit board inside a Samsung smartphone? At US District Court in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley, Apple and Samsung are trying to persuade a jury to see smartphones in very different ways. An earlier trial in the seven-year case already determined that Samsung infringed three …
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If you’re into Android phones, the newly announced OnePlus 6 is exciting. If you’re one of the approximately 7.6 billion people who’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War, here’s something extra to get excited about. OnePlus unveiled the Avengers edition of its OnePlus 6 at the phone’s launch in Beijing, China. It’s the same as the regular model, but with a Kevlar-patterned …
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YouTube is remixing its subscription services, relaunching its Spotify-like YouTube Music as a $10-a-month membership mostly devoid of video and recasting YouTube Red’s ad-free, paywalled video tier as YouTube Premium — with a $2 price bump. In addition, Google Play Music, the other subscription streaming music service from the same parent company as YouTube, will be going away eventually. In a …
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Democrats were victorious in their final stand to save net neutrality. And you can thank a few Republicans who decided to switch sides. The clock has been ticking on net neutrality, with those rules set to expire next month. On Wednesday, the US Senate approved a resolution to turn back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the regulations. (You can …
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With sunlight pouring in from a giant sliding door in a suite at Palo Alto, Calif.’s luxury Nobu hotel, Carl Pei sits on a firm grey couch. It’s early April and he has a lot on his plate. The company he helped co-found is a month away from announcing the new OnePlus 6 in London. On top of that, nearly …
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The brand-new Google News app introduced at last week’s opening keynote of Google I/O has arrived on iPhones in the US. The app, which replaces the Google Play Newsstand app on iOS and Android, is continuing to roll out to users across 127 different countries. So, if you don’t have access to the new features right now, keep checking. Now playing: Watch this: Get to know …
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The verbal sparring began in earnest Wednesday between Samsung lawyers and Apple witnesses as the two tech titans got to the heart of their dispute over how much Samsung must pay Apple for patent infringement. Two Apple expert witnesses — industrial designer Alan Ball and graphic designer Susan Kare, who designed the icons for the original Macintosh computers in the …
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