Now playing: Watch this: Belated Bixby: Virtual assistant not ready for Galaxy… 1:40 Don’t expect to start talking to Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant when you boot up your new Galaxy S8 later this month. The key feature was expected to debut on the new flagship handset, but the electronics giant is now saying Bixby won’t …
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Now playing: Watch this: The easy way to switch from an iPhone to the Samsung… 1:45 Are you ready to give Samsung another shot after last year’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 scandal? The troubled electronics giant just released its newest flagship phone, the Samsung Galaxy S8. If you’ve taken an iPhone detour while Samsung worked out its issues and are …
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There are some really great tablets out there, but a lot of them suffer from expensive prices. Pricing usually declines to a reasonable point, but only after those models are no longer shiny and new. If you don’t want to wait, or don’t have to, here are the tablets that offer a high-end experience for a premium price. Tablet manufacturers …
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Samsung is boasting that the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are in high demand. The phones, which Samsung is betting on to wash away the stench of the Galaxy Note 7’s overheating controversy, have already surpassed the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge’s preorder numbers from February 2016. The company said the S8 and S8 Plus are showing “double digit growth” …
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Samsung’s ready to claw its way back from the Galaxy Note 7 disaster. The company on Thursday estimated its operating profit for the first quarter should jump nearly 50 percent from the same period a year ago, while its revenue should be about flat but better than analysts expected. See also Samsung’s chips make up for Galaxy Note 7 financial …
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Samsung recently renamed its S Health app as Samsung Health and added the ability to video-call doctors directly within the app. The new name and feature were announced alongside the Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) at the end of March. With the company’s renewed focus on healthy living, there’s no better time to give Samsung Health a try. Here’s what …
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The easiest password, and one of the most secure, is literally at the tip of your finger — that is, if your device has a fingerprint reader. Many new phones have integrated sensors that scan fingerprints, but only a few tablet manufacturers have embraced the idea. At this point, it’s still a deluxe feature you’ll only find on premium models. …
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Google Maps, online flight check-in, access to TripAdvisor and Yelp on demand — there are a thousand ways the internet makes traveling more convenient and fun. You know what’s not so fun? Roaming bills. It’s a problem Hong Kong-based Tink Labs is trying to solve by putting custom-made phones with free data in hotel rooms across the world for foreign …
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If you think the Galaxy S8 is fast now, give it a few months. The headline change in Samsung’s flagship phone, introduced this week in New York, is the massive display the company was able to cram into the device, thanks in part to the removal of the home button and much of the edges around the screen. But hidden …
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OK Google, meet Bixby. Alexa, meet Bixby. Hey Siri — never mind, you all get the point. There’s another voice assistant on the block, this time from Samsung and coming exclusively to its new Galaxy S8 phone later this month. It does a lot of the same stuff those other digital helpers already do, only it does them worse while …
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