Verizon and AT&T are clamping down on their legacy unlimited-data customers. AT&T said its jacking up its unlimited plan by $5 a month, and Verizon is booting folks who use more than 200 gigabytes a month on a similar plan. We discuss why the two biggest US carriers would make these changes, even as competitors …
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All the cool new phones are losing the headphone jack and it’s giving us separation anxiety. After it happened to the Moto Z and iPhone 7, it was rumored that the Samsung Galaxy S8 would lose its jack, too. But an alleged Galaxy S8 phone case was spotted that shows that this might not be the case (har har). Mikke …
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If you’ve flown at all in the last few months, then you might have noticed a certain, product-specific warning as you boarded your plane: “Passengers are prohibited from flying with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.” The prohibition still holds on passenger and cargo jets, but now, the FAA is no longer requiring airports to point it out to you before …
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Samsung’s involvement in the “Choi-gate” corruption probe facing South Korean President Park Geun-hye may go all the way to the top of the company. A special prosecutor has named Jay Y. Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the de facto head of the organization’s parent company (Samsung Group), as a suspect in a bribery investigation, according to Bloomberg. …
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Apple’s iPhone had a strong holiday season, according to a report by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech published Wednesday. But Google’s Android continues to dominate overall. In September, October and November 2016, Android phones sold far better than iPhones in China, Germany, France, Italy and Spain — and edged Apple’s iPhones in the US, the report said. But Apple is catching up. …
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Now playing: Watch this: It’s inevitable: Samsung will build a phone with a foldable… 1:36 Will consumers flip for a foldable phone? Samsung promo video 2014 Samsung seems to have worked out the wrinkles on its much-rumored foldable phone and could unveil such a handset later this year, according to a report from Korea. The electronics giant is working on …
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I’ve always wanted to be Jack Bauer. Samsung, the producers of “24,” and some virtual reality got me partway there. On Monday evening, Samsung unveiled its latest VR experience, a three-minute program called “The Raid” that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Fox show “24: Legacy.” Rather than Kiefer Sutherland’s Bauer, the video stars new “24” lead Corey Hawkins …
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Happy birthday, iPhone. You’re 10 years old! What do you want to be when you grow up? When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 10 years ago today, he touted Apple’s ability to combine three products — “a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and …
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If you’re going to soar over Sydney in a plane, don’t wear a dress — at least not if your flight is one of Samsung’s wild 4D VR demos. I learned that the hard way when I showed up this past week at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES. I wanted to try out Samsung’s demos that have seemingly …
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Now playing: Watch this: Meet the coolest laptops of CES 2017 9:11 There seems to be two big ways to get some attention for your new PC at CES 2017. One is to make a bold, powerful gaming system like the triple-screen Project Valerie from Razer. The other is to bring a new two-in-one hybrid that blurs the line between …
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