Look at Samsung’s lineup, and you get the sense that “bigger is better” is a mantra the company takes seriously. Its greatest contribution to the mobile world, for example, is arguably the proliferation of jumbo phones known as phablets. Next up: a supersized smartwatch. Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Gear S3, its latest entry into …
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Europe’s largest electronics show, IFA 2016, kicks off this week and it’s already brimming with new gadgets and appliances. Held in Berlin, Germany, the show includes 240,000 visitors and 1,600 exhibitors all trying to show off their latest tech gadgets. Today marks the end of Day 1, and there were big announcements from Samsung, Lenovo/Motorola and Acer. Other appliance companies …
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Corning has developed a new form of its Gorilla Glass that’s both super tough and super scratch resistant. But this new display glass, called Gorilla Glass SR+, won’t be coming to Gorilla’s stronghold in phones: It’s coming to smartwatches. The first product announced that uses Gorilla Glass SR+ is the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch, which was unveiled Wednesday, just after …
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The two big names in contactless payments are slowly making their way into the Australian market, with ANZ today announcing that it will extend support for Apple Pay and Android Pay to customers with an ANZ-issued MasterCard. From today, the 500,000-plus ANZ customers with a MasterCard will be able to use Apple Pay on their iPhone or Android Pay on …
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If documents and photos submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission are to be believed, Samsung is prepping a new voice-activated Bluetooth speaker that looks an awful lot like a potential competitor for the Amazon Echo and the upcoming Google Home. First noticed by Ausdroid, the speaker is currently called “Scoop.” It’s about the same size as the Amazon Echo …
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Forget the questionable iris scanner and finger-twirling stylus. One of the most intriguing new features in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and Notebook 7 Spin laptop is HDR compatibility. High dynamic range video can look even better than conventional high-def and 4K video, with brighter highlights and more dynamic colors. Up until now, the feature was only found in a …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active failed our pool test 3:27 UPDATE: Since this story originally posted, we tested a fresh Samsung Galaxy Active, S7 and S7 Edge that Samsung gave us after fixing a flaw that caused some of the water-resistant phones to drown in water. All three phones survived the pool, which puts Samsung’s water-resistant …
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It’s OK to be a little afraid. Over the last few years, hackers have stolen customer data from household names like Target, Home Depot and T-Mobile. A hacker reportedly has 200 million Yahoo credentials for sale. You can’t be blamed for feeling paranoid. That goes double when it comes to your phone, which is increasingly the center of your life. …
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“Size matters” jokes aside, the importance of the jumbo phone is no laughing matter. Korean tech giant Samsung, after all, was the first major player to wager on supersized handsets, unveiling the original Galaxy Note five years ago. At the time, critics ridiculed its 5.3-inch display as technology run amok. But a funny thing happened. You started staring at your …
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The BBC is putting the Rio in virtual reality with BBC Sport 360. When the 2016 Olympics kick off this Saturday, you’ll be able to choose your view of the worldbeating athletes with live 360-degree video of sports from boxing to beach volleyball. You’ll be able to get an all-round view of the opening and closing ceremonies, plus sports including …
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