Wearables and smartwatches aren’t all disappointments. While Fitbit is expected to announce a holiday sales letdown over the last quarter, rival Garmin’s fourth quarter earnings financial results saw an overall 10 percent revenue increase, and the success was due to the company’s fitness and outdoors products. Garmin’s outdoor, fitness, marine and aviation units, in particular, …
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Ten years ago on Tuesday, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa, with “pesa” meaning money in Swahili. Think mobile money and your mind will probably jump to NFC-powered payment services from Apple, Samsung and Google. M-Pesa predates all of those and launched before the smartphones they …
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When you unpacked your new TV or streamer for the first time, you probably couldn’t wait to start watching it. In the excitement to put it through its paces, chances are you just clicked “I agree” to all those screens of legal mumbo jumbo that came up during the setup process. Did you know one of the things you likely …
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Good news for Galaxy phone owners who use Windows 10: Samsung plans to make its Flow app compatible with any device that runs Windows 10. This means that in addition to being able to unlock your Windows 10 computer with your Galaxy phone’s fingerprint sensor, you’ll also be able to seamlessly hand off tasks, notifications and content to your Windows …
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Now playing: Watch this: The return of the Galaxy Note 7? 1:12 Samsung might not be done with the Galaxy Note 7 after all, according to The Investor, citing “unnamed Samsung sources.” The company is rumored to sell refurbished Note 7 models with smaller batteries. Samsung is estimated to have lost $5 billion total from recalling and then stopping production …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. With an effective price of $3.75 per pair, this 4-pack is too good to pass up. Samsung Yesterday’s post was, um, not good. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is this the Samsung Galaxy S8? 1:15 Enlarge Image This phone has no physical home button. Via SamMobile The rumor that the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 will ditch its physical home button for on-screen controls gains more credence with a new image — supposedly of the flagship phone in question. The picture, which comes our way …
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While Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was going up in smoke, the company’s reputation was going down in flames. The Korean electronics giant came in at No. 49 in Harris Poll’s annual US Reputation Quotient Report, the market researcher said Monday. Last year, Samsung was ranked No. 7 in the corporate reputation rankings for the 100 most visible companies in the …
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Google’s Android Wear 2.0 watch platform is the company’s biggest shot yet at jumping into the fitness tracking world dominated by companies like Fitbit. Is it there yet? Not quite. The company’s revamped smartwatch operating system improves upon many of the problems that plagued Android Wear watches for the past two and a half years. I’ve had a chance to …
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Samsung had a lifetime’s worth of battery woes in 2016. Seeking to ensure it doesn’t endure a repeat crisis in 2017 the company is looking to a variety of battery manufacturers to provide parts for the much-anticipated Galaxy S8. The company is adding a familiar name to the current lineup of manufacturers providing batteries for this year’s flagship phone — …
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