Google is bringing gadget maker Nest back under its control as the search giant battles rivals Amazon and Apple in the rapidly expanding smart home market. A big part of the change: Making it easier to add Google’s artificial intelligence technology and Assistant — a digital helper that competes against Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri …
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I just set up a new nightstand in my San Francisco apartment, and realized something: My standard-issue phone charger is barely long enough to snake its way from the wall outlet to my bedside. I have two choices: Buy a charger with a longer cable, or get a wireless charging pad. Quick-charge cables are faster, but wireless pads provide much …
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People bought fewer phones last year, even China, the world’s biggest smartphone market, according to market researcher IDC. China’s smartphone market slid 15.7 percent year-over-year last quarter, according to a new report published by IDC yesterday. Throughout last year, it fell 4.9 percent. The findings were released after IDC said last week that global shipment numbers fell 6.3 percent last …
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Apple’s smart devices are often criticized for exclusively running within the company’s own ecosystem — but the market doesn’t seem to mind. The electronics giant shipped 8 million Apple Watches in the fourth quarter of 2017, Canalys research shows, which the firm said is a record for wearables sold by a company during a quarter. Fitbit was the previous record …
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Nuvyyo, the maker of the Tablo DVR , now has its native Tablo app on Samsung TVs, enabling users to view and record over-the-air shows. The latest Tablo DVR is able to record up to four shows at once. The Samsung app — for TVs with the Tizen operating system from 2015 onward — joins other software like Roku, Amazon Fire, …
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What’s the only thing more exciting than a new Samsung Galaxy phone? Said phone in a new color that goes beyond black. The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus were spotted in online renders in a new hue: lilac purple. …in Lilac Purple. pic.twitter.com/p506mqDci4 — Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 5, 2018 The renders were tweeted by frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass, …
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Your wallet may feel a lot lighter after you buy the Samsung Galaxy S9. Samsung’s new phone is said to cost £100 more than the Galaxy S8, TechRadar reported. That converts to a price hike of $140 and AU$175. New flagship phones often bump up the sticker price over previous years when introducing new technology and next-gen materials. The Galaxy Note 8 and iPhone …
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One of the biggest differences between the iPhone X and the Pixel 2 is that Google’s flagship Android phone has a single camera while Apple’s phone comes with two. The pair of lenses in the iPhone X is designed to let you zoom in on distant subjects better. Now, Google is throwing some of its computer brains at the issue, …
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Just in time for the big game, the Winter Olympics, the Oscars and everything else, YouTube TV has finally made its way to Roku and Apple TV. Roku makes the most popular streamers and is a perennial favorite of CNET’s streamer and smart TV reviews, which are the best values on the market. Apple TV is more expensive but still highly recommended …
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Apple is said to be reducing its order of iPhone X components. According a report in Business Korea, some components for the current topline iPhone model are “estimated to reach zero in the second half of this year.” The phone’s OLED screens, notably, are sourced from Samsung Display, a division of Apple’s archrival in the smartphone sphere. That reinforces earlier …
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