Do you consider yourself a Chrome ninja? If not, these tips can help you navigate the web with deadly efficiency. Pin tabs I spend much of my day using Gmail and Google Drive, and with Chrome’s tab-pinning feature, I can keep those tabs parked to the left of all of my many open tabs. It’s …
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Deep in an underground hall of the Sands Expo Center is a section of CES 2018 called Eureka Park. It’s here, a short walk (well, short for Las Vegas) from the gold casino of The Venetian hotel, where the startups of the giant tech show gather. It’s not a particularly inspiring place, even in the bland world of exhibit halls. …
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You’ve probably never heard of Oska Wellness, but it’s a startup that makes the Oska Pulse ($399), a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) device that’s designed to help alleviate chronic muscle pain by increasing blood flow to impacted areas of your body. Now the device is getting an app, Oska Pulse Active, that tracks your pain relief progress. The app will also …
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Chinese phone maker riding a bit of buzz wants to make a splash in the US market. There are the ceaseless rumors that Xiaomi, once the most valuable startup in the world, will eventually come here. Alcatel, Huawei and ZTE have spent years trying to break into the market in a …
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It’s not about what bands you listen to. It’s all about the headphones you listen on. After all, if you’re paying $5,000 for 4G-connected headphones with gold plating and an LCD touchscreen, you’d better be damned sure someone sees you while you’re listening to those sweet, sweet tunes. French startup Debussy is keen to make your listening device (whether it’s …
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Spotify has been sued for allegedly playing thousands of songs from the likes of Tom Petty, Neil Young and The Doors without permission. Wixen Music Publishing, a song licensee, sued Spotify last week in California federal court, alleging the music-streaming startup is using its songs without the proper license or compensation to the music publisher. The lawsuit seeks $1.6 billion …
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Earlier this year, my mom needed a new phone. Her iPhone 6 started running slowly, and the battery drained quickly. Instead of purchasing a new phone — she couldn’t decide which to get — she had a new battery installed to buy herself some time. I thought she was crazy to not just get a new iPhone. Turns out, she …
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If you think your older iPhone seems to run more slowly, you’re not crazy. Apple on Wednesday said a software feature released last year makes your phone operate more slowly to offset problems with its aging lithium ion battery. As batteries get older, they don’t hold their charges as well as newer batteries, and can have worse problems when the …
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One of the first things Kyle MacLean asked me when we met was, “Are you familiar with the term ‘side hustle’?” I wasn’t. He explained it can be anything from a part-time job to driving for Lyft to pet-sitting. His side hustle is doing deliveries for an app called Roadie. But, MacLean said, “I wouldn’t do this as any substantial …
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Magic Leap’s much-hyped and long-awaited augmented-reality platform just got a little more real with the official introduction of its Magic Leap One Creator Edition. It includes a set of Lightwear smart glasses, a belt-worn Lightpack battery pack and a controller, simply called Control. The company said it’s due to ship in 2018, but gave no pricing information. The Creator Edition …
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