Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 If you’ve been hankering for the LG G6, the wait is almost over. The phone will be available through many carriers by April 7, with various preorder dates kicking off before then. In addition, some carriers are offering a free Google …
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If Friday’s Google doodle looks familiar, you likely saw it in a movie. The doodle, which celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, features two shamrocks high-fiving each other as they pass each other on a small island. While the drawing is, well, a bit sketchy, it is meant to represent Skellig Michael, a remote island off the southwest coast of Ireland. Declared …
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Apple‘s built-in navigation app may be popular (possibly because it’s, well, pre-installed on every iPhone), but it might not be the best navigation app for you. Luckily, you have plenty of options for your mobile navigation needs, from general mapping apps like Google Maps to specialized public transit apps like Transit. If you’re not sold on Apple Maps’ 3D flyover …
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Your Android babysitter has arrived. Google just lifted the ban on accounts for kids 12 and younger. And with it, a new tool called Family Link is available, which lets parents monitor and control the way their kids use their Android phones and tablets. You can’t transfer an existing ‘illegal’ account. In order to use Family Link and its parental …
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A front cover of the New York Post in December offered an unflattering view of Amazon Go, a test convenience store that does away with cashiers. The cover included Robby the Robot modified with Amazon branding and standing beside the giant headline: “THE END OF JOBS.” Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global innovation, sees things a little differently. “We’ve …
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About six years ago, a 5-year-old girl asked her mother why her Google search for “train” failed to show her anything about Thomas the Tank Engine, the cheeky cartoon character that’s a favorite for kids. It was just a small shortcoming, but it set in motion a project that now means the tech giant is opening its doors to tens …
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Now playing: Watch this: A beginner’s guide to VR 2:00 When it comes to phone-powered VR, the iPhone is scarcely mentioned. Google’s Cardboard and Daydream get most of the attention, though Samsung’s Gear VR is in the mix as well. But Apple? It’ll be June’s WWDC event at the earliest before we learn of any plans to jump into VR, …
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It might sound obvious, but the thing about tech is that sometimes it can get really, well, technical. So Alphabet wants to help make nitty-gritty tech jargon simpler to explain to the masses. On Tuesday, Jigsaw, a tech incubator owned by Google’s parent company, launched a website called the Sideways Dictionary that takes jargon and puts it into terms normal …
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Denon has announced its 2017 line of S-series receivers will now feature the company’s HEOS multiroom tech, which should make the company more competitive with Yamaha and Onkyo, and that it will be available at at an affordable price. Until now the the least expensive receiver to feature HEOS was the $1,500 AVR-X4300H, but the recent $1,000 HEOS AVR heralded …
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Music and driving go hand in hand, and now so do two major music and driving apps. On Tuesday, Spotify and Waze announced new updates that let users of each app access features from either app. For example, if you’ve got both Waze, which is owned by Google, and Spotify installed on your phone, you can get driving directions straight …
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