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Android Users Can Group Watch YouTube Videos With 100 Friends

Google has added a new batch of free features for Android phones to help share lots of files at once, warn deaf users about alarming sounds and watch YouTube videos together. Like many other little feature drops, the ones Google introduced Thursday via blog post are a bit of a grab bag, but they’re quality-of-life …

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Apple’s iPhone 14, Apple Watch Ultra Promise Peace of Mind as Their Killer App

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. It happened to Chuck Noland when the airplane he was on one Christmas Eve for work was caught in a terrible storm and crashed into the ocean. He was the only survivor. For four years, he was stuck, alone, …

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The New iPhone 14 Lineup Is Impressive, but These Models Will Cost You

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus will start at $799 and $899 in the US, respectively, and the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will kick off at $999 and $1,099, Apple said Wednesday at its fall product event. …

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Apple’s New AirPods Pro Allow Volume Adjusting Right From the Stems

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple unveiled its second-generation AirPods Pro at its “Far Out” event Wednesday, and they included one big new detail: controls for adjusting volume right on the AirPods themselves. The touch swipe controls on the stems have been added to the previous …

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Steve Jobs Archive Unveiled to Honor Apple Co

On the same day the iPhone 14 was unveiled, the crowning event of the Code 2022 conference was the announcement of a permanent online memorial to Steve Jobs, Apple’s iconic co-founder and longtime CEO. On Wednesday, Recode’s Kara Swisher led Apple current Apple CEO Tim Cook, former lead product designer Jony Ive and Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs in a warm …

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DIY iPhone Battery Replacement: How I Fixed My Phone at Home

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple’s do-it-yourself repair program lets you fix some of its products yourself with official parts, but it’s always been possible to open your iPhone and do a DIY fix with third-party components.  I did exactly that, replacing the old battery …

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Apple Watch 8: Every Rumor to Know Before the Big Reveal

The Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to be announced alongside the rumored iPhone 14 at the company’s launch event today, and could mark a couple of milestones for Apple’s popular smartwatch. It might be the first to come in a new “Pro” version for extreme sports and included a temperature sensor. That’s if reports from Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal …

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Google Announces Fall Pixel Event on Oct. 6

Google’s fall hardware event is set for Thursday, Oct. 6, at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT, the company announced via Twitter on Tuesday.  The event is likely to feature much of the hardware Google announced at I/O 2022 in May, including the Pixel 7, Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds Pro.  It’s all coming together.Join us live for #MadeByGoogle on October …

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Best Phone Plan Deals: Free Streaming Services, $200 Gift Cards and More

The cost of phone ownership seems to only ever go up, but there are ways to try and avoid price hikes. That can often mean looking beyond the three major players in the US market — those being Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile — and scouting out some deals at the lesser known carriers that piggyback on the larger carriers’ networks. …

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Purported Apple Watch Pro Renderings Suggest Extra Button

Purported renderings of the forthcoming Apple Watch Pro were published on the internet Monday, offering credence to rumors that the device will add a new button. There seems to be an extra button her, but for what? 91Mobiles The renders, obtained by notable leaker 91Mobiles, appear to show an extra button on the left side of the frame near a …

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