Samsung’s voice assistant Bixby could use some more English lessons. The South Korean electronics giant missed the mark again on bringing its voice assistant to phones around the world, which it promised would arrive in late April and then again in June. It has been struggling to roll out the English version of Bixby because …
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Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Pokemon Go tips everyone should know 2:31 The phenomenon known as Pokemon has made its way onto iOS and Android, but this time, it’s different. What is Pokemon Go? Pokemon Go is nothing like the Game Boy game you remember — it’s a free mobile game that lets you see tiny creatures called Pokemon …
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Google celebrated the 140th anniversary of Wimbledon on Monday with a dedicated tennis-themed Doodle Wimbledon is the world’s oldest tennis tournament and is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the South of England. The Grand Slam tournament was founded 140 years ago, although this is only the 131st edition of the championship. Google’s celebratory Doodle …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Twitter! Enlarge Image From chaos to order in one $7-$8 swoop. Ugreen Time for a rerun! When I first shared …
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OnePlus crammed some impressive camera technology into its latest flagship phone, the OnePlus 5. But when it comes to photography prowess, the competition among phones has never been more fierce. All of the top players pay close attention to their cameras and each year, the bar gets set even higher than before. The OnePlus 5 already impressed us when we …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 tips for getting started with Bixby Voice 2:52 Bixby is the assistant software unveiled to much fanfare alongside the Samsung Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) and Galaxy S8 Plus. It comes in three flavors: Bixby Home, Bixby Vision and Bixby Voice. Bixby Voice, which is similar to Siri or Google Assistant, was the only facet of …
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Google News got a redesign this week that’s more about facts than fonts. As with any redesign, the aim is to present a cleaner, uncluttered page that makes content easier to find and digest. The desktop News page has adopted a card format intended to help you browse for stories, which will generally be labeled with publisher names and tags …
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Google must remove some search results worldwide, Canada’s supreme court said Wednesday, in a ruling critics say could threaten free expression on the internet. The case involved a Canadian manufacturer of network gear that won an injunction against another company it said was illegally selling the gear online. The supreme court upheld a lower-court judge’s ruling that blocking search results …
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Australia, you’ve been having it too good for too long, with your low-cost internet purchases. The government was bound to make some changes eventually. And that time has come. On July 1, 2017, the government’s so-called “Netflix Tax” is going to change the way you pay for content online, bringing GST to online products like streaming services, movie downloads, games …
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Environmental activist organization Greenpeace has teamed up with repair gurus iFixit to rate a selection of 40 phones, laptops and tablets for the ability to make common repairs that might extend their lifespans, keep them out of landfills and make it possible to easily recycle the parts. Popular products from Apple, Samsung and Microsoft did not fare well. (Download the …
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