A couple months back, Virgin Mobile made headlines with its new “Inner Circle” plan: Buy or bring an iPhone and get one year of unlimited service for $1. Alas, that offer has expired, but you can still join the Inner Circle for cheap: It’s now $1 per month for the first six months. However, there’s …
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Trying to get tickets for a sell-out production at London’s National Theatre is difficult enough at the best of times, but if you’re hard of hearing, it’s trickier still. Not only must you book tickets for one of a small handful of “captioned” shows, but you must also try to secure the seats in the part of the auditorium that …
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Sure, the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL don’t have headphone jacks. But their USB-C charging and data port might be more versatile than most. According to Google engineer Benson Leung — the man who’s been saving us from crappy USB-C cables, by the way — the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones support up to 27-watt …
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With iOS 11, Apple‘s iPhones can now automatically silence all notifications and alerts when the phone determines you’re driving — to keep you focused on the road. Now, Google is cribbing that handy feature for the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The new Pixel Ambient Services app, which will come preinstalled on Google’s latest flagships, includes the feature …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She’s left him. But there’s solace in Sonos. Sonos/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Sonos executives must be looking at vast tech companies making smart speakers and resisting the urge to hum a dirge. Amazon launched its latest Echos last week. Google on Wednesday presented its new …
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Our iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus reviews are in, and — spoiler alert — they’re exactly the high-quality updates to last year’s iPhones we expected. They’re also sensible and safe compared to the bold, brassy, experimental iPhone X that we’ve all been waiting for (that’s pronounced “ten,” by the way, not “ex”). Unless you’re set on the iPhone 8 …
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Smart home speakers are trendy right now, and it’s no surprise why. They offer easy access to personal digital assistants that can answer basic questions, help manage your calendar, connect to music services and operate your smart home devices. Some will even let you order a pizza or check your bank balance, just by asking! But which smart home speaker …
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On Wednesday at the San Francisco Jazz Center, Google held an event announcing the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. And while there was a lot of talk about what the Pixel 2 could do, we felt like we didn’t get a good solid look at either phone. To remedy this, we gathered a bunch of photos taken by CNET …
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Ever since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone a decade ago, gadget lovers, the press and industry watchers have waited for Google to make its move. The battle became the stuff of tech lore, akin to the rivalries of the ages: Coke versus Pepsi, Magic versus Bird, Yankees versus Red Sox. So when Google finally released its first branded, flagship phone …
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Google’s promise of unlimited storage for the newly launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL isn’t so free and open after all. The company announced on Wednesday that owners of any Pixel phone will be able to store all the photos and videos they want to online in Google Photos for as long as they use a Pixel phone. That’s true, but …
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