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Samsung retained its global smartphone crown in the third quarter, despite the monumental recall of its Galaxy Note 7, according to a pair of reports released Wednesday. Vendors shipped 362.9 million phones worldwide in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of 1 percent over the same period last year, according to research firm IDC. …

Samsung‘s third quarter went down in flames. The Korean electronics giant had pinned its hopes on the Galaxy Note 7, a phone it expected to help its rebound in the mobile market. Indeed, Samsung expected to post a modest increase in its operating profit compared with the same period last year. Samsung’s hopes were dashed, however, when the company was …

Google is squaring off against rivals in more ways than one. Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones are priced comparable to high-end Apple and Samsung products. This drew some ire from loyal customers who were expecting mid-range pricing, which the company previously employed for its Nexus line of devices. Google’s larger Pixel XL smartphone costs only $285 to manufacture, according …

Samsung plans to push out a software update for its now-defunct Galaxy Note 7 phone to customers throughout Europe on October 31, the company announced on Tuesday. The update for the phone, which was prone to catching fire because of problems with its lithium-ion battery, will limit the battery charge to 60 percent of its full capacity. Wait, you might …

Samsung is beefing up its Samsung Pay mobile-payments service with new features and the addition of three new markets. Beginning in November, Samsung Pay users in the US will have the option of choosing the electronics giant’s mobile wallet as the payment option while shopping in merchant apps, including those from Velocity, Raise, Fancy and Hello Vino, Samsung said on …

High dynamic range (HDR) is quite the buzzword. There’s been an explosion of “4K HDR” TV sets to choose from, along with HDR TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon and others. Meanwhile there’s “another” HDR with which most people are much more familiar. It’s a photography process that’s been around for years, in particular on phone cameras. And now …

Now playing: Watch this: 5 settings you’ll want to change on the Google Pixel 1:56 While the Pixel ($75 at Amazon) and the Pixel XL boast some impressive specs, there’s one painfully-obvious missing feature: Waterproofing. Other premium smartphones — notably, Apple‘s iPhone 7 ($190 at eBay) and 7 Plus ($175 at Amazon) and Samsung‘s Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Edge S7 …

Bought a smartwatch recently? How very 2015 of you. The number of smartwatches shipped over the most recent three months has declined 52 percent compared with the same July-to-September period last year, according to a report by IDC wearables analysts. Apple remains the leading smartwatch maker, but it has also seen fewer people interested in its tech-enabled timepiece this year …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 8? Yes, Samsung is planning on it 1:18 So long, Note 7. Long live the Note 8! Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is dead and buried, but the Note brand will live to see another phone launch. The company has no plans to scrap the beleaguered Note moniker altogether, according to a report …

AT&T doesn’t want to be just a phone company. The telecommunications giant is plunking down $85.4 billion to buy Time Warner, which will give it HBO (and therefore Jon Snow and his little show), CNN and movie studio Warner Bros. As the wireless phone market matures and slows down, both AT&T and Verizon are looking at media companies for their …