#article-body > div.article-main-body > div > figure:nth-child(1) {display:none;} #article-body > div.col-7.article-main-body.row > figure:nth-child(1) {display:none;} The Good: Google’s Pixel 2 has a superb camera with OIS and excellent low-light shooting. It’s water-resistant and Google Lens calls up a trove of information to help you explore your surroundings. The Bad: The phone’s battery doesn’t keep pace with …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Woz not upgrading? What has the world come to? James Martin/CNET Can it be that the world will be deprived of one of the great Apple traditions? It seems that on every launch day, the company’s co-founder Steve Wozniak is at an Apple store to …
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Outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere is playing it low-key this time. On Monday, the “Un-carrier” posted third-quarter results — usually a chance for Legere to jump on a conference call to crow about the company’s performance or to bash its competitors. But aside from a seven-minute video Q&A segment and a quote in a press release, Legere is remaining mum. That’s …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image The Galaxy J7. Samsung Phones do sometimes explode. Often the cause seems to be the battery. However, on Friday, passengers on a Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Indore in India endured a scare when they say smoke began to billow from a …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image A fine camera with a mediocre phone attached? Josh Miller/CNET You might watch a launch event and decide you must have that new phone. You might read a review — they’re very good on CNET, you know — and hope you’ll be influenced. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. On the left, a real engineer. On the right, a real actor who plays an engineer. Verizon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Engineers are the smartest people in the world. I’ve had several explain to me in detail why this is so. How far, though, do …
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AT&T dangles HBO and the promise of “Game of Thrones” when you sign up. T-Mobile throws in Netflix for its family plan customers. Where’s the Verizon entertainment bundle? The New York telecommunications company has waded into the media world with its acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, but those deals are more about delivering advertisements, not video. It also has an …
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Verizon has agreed to pay $17.7 million to resolve parallel FCC and Justice Department investigations into possible violations of competitive bidding rules for E-Rate subsidies, which help deliver broadband to schools and libraries. The settlement stems from an investigation into Verizon’s involvement in the program’s use by the New York school district, the FCC said in a statement (PDF) Tuesday. …
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Google on Wednesday revealed its new flagship phones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, with preorders going live after the event. If you’re eager to get your hands on Google’s latest wares, the wait won’t be much longer. Let’s take a look. Now playing: Watch this: Pixel 2 and 2 XL: Better camera but no headphone jack 1:54 Price The …
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Wednesday an event in San Francisco, Google announced its newest phones: the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The announcement comes after an accidental leak revealing the phones last month. The new Pixel phones are nearly identical in every way aside from the 2 XL being bigger with a larger battery and a higher price. The Pixel 2 XL comes …
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