In 2010, an Apple engineer left a prototype iPhone 4 in a bar, spoiling the biggest redesign to the iPhone since its 2007 debut. Apple has arguably never made as big a mistake since. But history has a way of repeating itself. For its 10-year anniversary, Apple is widely expected to redesign the iPhone yet again …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s virtual assistant Bixby Voice is here 1:36 Bixby Voice is a mixture of a personal assistant you can ask questions and command to set reminders, and an automation tool you can instruct to open apps, tap on buttons and enter text without touching your phone. If that sounds confusing, that’s because it is. It’s certainly …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The airline says no one was hurt and the flight landed safely. Ishara S.kodikara / AFP/Getty Images It’s not often that you’re on a flight and an overhead bin begins pumping out smoke. That, however, is what happened on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Kochi, …
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One of the most popular phones — the Galaxy S8 (and larger counterpart S8 Plus) — is now compatible with Google‘s virtual reality platform, Daydream. Google announced the news via Twitter. Updates will roll out over the next few weeks, but users may notice a difference in timing depending on their carriers. The US carrier Verizon, for example, already rolled …
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Did Samsung just leak the Galaxy Note 8 camera? The Samsung Electro-Mechanics division took to its website to give an in-depth look at its new dual-camera module. The module is intended for smartphones and tablets and could end up on the Note 8. Samsung’s Note brand is reserved for its most premium devices, but the line was thrown into turmoil …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Does she know great photography? Is that why she bought an iPhone? Noam Galai / Getty Images What makes a photograph better? Not an Android phone, apparently. This, at least, seems to be the view of former Google executive Vic Gundotra. In a spirited chat on …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is this the Galaxy Note 8? 1:15 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8: bigger, better… longer? VentureBeat’s Evan Blass, who has a long history of accurate leaks, on Tuesday tweeted a picture of what he claims is the Galaxy Note 8, a full three weeks before Samsung is set to officially reveal the device. Samsung Galaxy Note8 …
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I’ve been an iPhone user since the beginning. Occasionally I’ve dabbled in Android, but my brain just likes iOS better. My wallet, however, is increasingly frustrated. Although I’ve been perfectly happy with my iPhone 6S Plus, which I purchased nearly two years ago, the $849 price tag caused me considerable pain. Today’s equivalent — the 7 Plus with 128GB — …
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Now playing: Watch this: We finally killed the Droid Turbo 2 3:07 We all have that friend whose phone screen looks like a mosaic. Some of us are that friend. Enlarge Image Some alleged details about the S8 Active. via Weibo user Kumamoto Technology But shatter-resistant screens are here to put an end to the sadness. And it sounds Samsung’s …
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Samsung on Thursday posted its latest earnings, and the news is very good: Overall, the company’s net profit hit 11.05 trillion South Korean won over the last quarter. (That’s about $9.95 billion.) According to The Wall Street Journal, that’s 89 percent up over where Samsung’s earnings were a year ago. And the Galaxy Note 8 isn’t even here yet. The reason, …
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