When the first curved TVs appeared more than three years ago I asked whether they were a gimmick. As a TV reviewer I had to give the curve a fighting chance, however, so I took a curved Samsung home to live with my family for awhile, in addition to subjecting it to a full CNET …
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Phone cameras have become good enough filmmakers will use them to shoot movies, but a new chip from Sony could make them a whole lot better. The Japanese giant has developed a new image sensor that can shoot video at 960 frames per second (fps), reports Nikkei Tech. A phone equipped with this sensor will be able to take 19.3 …
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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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What do you look for in an SD card? If it’s speed, you’re going to love Sony‘s newest offering in the SD space. According to the company, the SF-G Series UHS-II cards will be the fastest in the world, coming in at 300 megabytes per second read speed and 299 MBps write speed. That 300 MBps isn’t new — the …
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Baseball just nabbed one of digital media’s biggest hitters. Michael Paull, an Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s popular Prime Video service, is becoming the new CEO of BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s video-streaming service, the MLB said Tuesday. Amazon exec Michael Paull is leaving the e-commerce giant to run Major League Baseball’s popular video-streaming service. Greg Doherty, Getty Images …
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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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This may be the first time the word “sexting” has been included in an SEC filing. Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has released its IPO filing, and included that tidbit about how it was first dismissed as an app for sending nudes. There’s plenty of other juicy information Snapchat shared about its business as the 5-year-old company prepares to …
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This morning I received the sad news: email notifications from B&H Photo breaking that Nikon was discontinuing its DL series of enthusiast-targeted fixed-lens cameras — actually, discontinuing efforts to produce them at all. This is almost a year since the company announced them at CP+ 2016. Then came the terse press release from Nikon USA confirming B&H’s note, with the …
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Android Wear 2.0 has arrived. More on Android Wear 2.0 Google says ‘Android Wear is not a hobby’ Android Wear 2.0 is making your watch even smarter Google‘s revamped smartwatch operating system is now available. The update includes a redesigned user interface and adds new features that help make watches less reliant on phones, such as an on-watch app store …
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Now playing: Watch this: You can earn $10 if you had a DVD drive a decade ago 1:44 Do you remember the computer you owned a decade ago? Did it have an DVD drive? That little trip down memory lane may have just earned you $10. This past December, Sony, NEC, Panasonic and Hitachi-LG settled a class-action lawsuit that’s been …
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