Still playing Pokemon Go? Did you quit months ago? Either way, developer Niantic is about to give you another reason to pick up the mobile game. As long as you’ve got a recent iPhone, that is. GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET “Soon” — and we take “soon” to mean possibly as soon as later today, Wednesday …
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First announced in June, the new iMac Pro will drop later this week. An update to Apple’s website on Tuesday delivered the release date: Dec. 14. With the iMac Pro, Apple is targeting professionals who need really fast processing and lots of computing horsepower. “Pros love iMac,” Apple says on its iMac Pro page. “So when they asked us to …
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Apple just made connecting to treadmills and ellipticals as easy as tapping your Apple Watch on a piece of gym equipment. GymKit, a feature built into WatchOS 4.1, enables seamless tap-to-connect tech. It’s like CarPlay, but for fitness machines. Apple announced GymKit as a feature for Apple Watch back in June at its WWDC keynote, promising it would arrive this year. It’s just …
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Apple promised it before the end of 2017, and just under the wire, it’s finally here. The Apple TV platform now supports Amazon Prime Video, thanks to a just-launched app. Amazon Prime Video support was promised at Apple’s WWDC conference in June. Its addition makes Apple TV, along with Roku, one of the most flexible streaming devices, especially now that …
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Apple could be working on an augmented reality headset, though we shouldn’t expect to see it until 2019. The news comes from “people familiar with the situation,” cited in a Bloomberg report published Wednesday. If true, it’s not surprising: Every major company is betting on “reality” headsets — AR, VR or mixed — of some form as the future of human-computer interaction. …
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If you regularly plug headphones into your computer when browsing the internet, you likely know the evils of autoplay videos. One second you’re browsing in peace, the next your eardrums are obliterated by an insanely loud advertisement. Google is being the ultimate pal: In an upcoming update to its Chrome web browser, it will block any autoplay video that has …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple iOS 11 debuts with all-new control center 2:55 Google announced the official rollout of Android 8.0 Oreo on Monday, and Apple walked us through iOS 11 for the iPhone back in June. Combined, these software platforms will power practically every phone in the world. So which one’s winning? The short answer: Android Oreo. Here’s why. …
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Years ago, when QR codes arrived on the tech scene, they were heralded as not only the inevitable successor to bar codes, but also the future of information-sharing. By scanning a code, you could open a web page without typing a lengthy URL; learn more about a product; shop at virtual stores; unlock clues in videogames; and so on. And… …
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Editors’ note: Welcome to Boom With a View, a new column by Daniel Van Boom (yes, that’s a real name), CNET Australia’s Asia news editor. He’ll be doing what he grew up doing: talking about nerdom, and pretty much everything else, to strangers on the internet. “I gave up after a month,” my friend says of his new fitness exploits. …
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Apple is said to be working on a 3D laser system to make for better AR, or augmented reality, on the iPhone 8 — our going name for Apple’s next iPhone — according to a report by Fast Company. Apple’s ARKit was debuted at WWDC last month. James Martin/CNET Although Apple has been hush-hush about its next iPhone, we’re 99 percent …
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