Baidu unveils a voice-activated, AI-based smartphone assistant
Chinese tech company Baidu announced at its Baidu World conference on Tuesday that it is launching a voice-activated assistant for its Android-based smartphones. The program is called "Duer", which roughly translates into "Du Secretary", is expecte...
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TiVo owners can finally download recordings on Android
About a year ago TiVo added video streaming to its Android app, and now the app can also download recordings for offline viewing. It's something TiVo DVR owners with iOS have been able to do for nearly two years, but better late than never (we gues...
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Google's new Wallet app makes its way to the Play Store
Google has clothed its Wallet app in a pleasant green hue, made it look crisper, and then sent it to the Play Store with its edgier (literally) new logo. In fact, Mountain View has released it as a brand new download instead of as an update to the...
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Microsoft to launch major Office updates for iOS 9, iPad Pro and Watch
Microsoft's giving its Office apps for Apple's devices a huge boost, enabling it to take better advantage of iOS 9's, WatchOS 2's and the iPad Pro's new features and capabilities. To start with, the company's making it easier to multitask on the iP...
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Billie Holiday's hologram is slated to play the Apollo theater
Joining the ranks of Tupac, Selena, Liberace and Michael Jackson, Billie Holiday's posthumous hologram is slated to play the Apollo over the holidays. And she won't be the last. The famed theater, one of the country's first racially integrated club...
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Watch Apple's 'Hey Siri' event in under 10 minutes
Missed our liveblog of Apple's "Hey Siri" event earlier today? Couldn't sit through the whole two-hour livestream? Whatever the case, this is your second chance to take it all in. We've distilled the long presentation down to a little over nine m...
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$30 'Fallout 4' season pass guarantees all add-on packs
A real-life Pip-Boy might be painfully out of reach, but Fallout 4 developer Bethesda has something else that might make up for it: a season pass for add-on content that actually sounds like a hellacious deal. Bethesda admits that it doesn't even k...
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Discover cards will work with Apple Pay starting September 16th
Discover has been dragging its heels on Apple Pay support for its credit cards (it confirmed its plans back in the spring), but it's finally ready to get with the mobile payment program. The firm now expects to roll out Apple Pay compatibility on S...
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The iPad Mini 4 vs. the iPad Mini 3: What's changed?
The
iPhone might have gotten bigger, but there's still a place in our
hearts for small tablets, as evidenced by today's announcement of the
iPad Mini 4. It offers more screen space than the iPhone 6s Plus while
being more pocketable than the iPad Air... Read More ...
Fox will stream 104 NFL games this season, cable subscription required
Your options for streaming NFL action over the internet this season continue to grow. Fox announced today that it'll stream 104 games, including three NFC playoff matchups, through its Fox Sports Go app. The catch? You'll need a cable subscription...
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Dancing in the dark with the new, improved Apple TV
Last year's Apple TVs were a lot of things. Streaming boxes. Keynote-watching tools. Must-haves for Airbnb hosts. Most importantly, though, they were Trojan horses for Apple's content, means for Cupertino to worm its way into the heart of your livi...
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Popcorn Time creator reveals himself (and why he left)
Up until the original Popcorn Time 'died' and became an open source project, its chief creator was only known as "Sebastian" -- not surprisingly, he wasn't keen on linking his real name to a pro-piracy initiative. At last, though, this mysterious...
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A comic predicted Apple's iPad Pro keyboard 3 years ago
Humor writers are inadvertently prophetic at times -- just ask The Onion, whose joke about five-bladed razors was all too prescient. And apparently, that translates to the world of tech-themed comics. Hijinks Ensue and Sharksplode creator Joel Wa...
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A closer look at that fancy new Hermes Apple Watch band
It might not have been the most groundbreaking thing Apple announced today. In fact, I'd wager that new Apple Watch bands rank at the very bottom of the list, behind new iPhones, a refreshed Apple TV and a big-screen iPad Pro. (I'll let you all wei...
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The iPhone 6s Plus vs. the iPhone 6 Plus: What's changed?
With
today's announcement of the iPhone 6s Plus, it looks like larger-screen
iPhones are here to stay. And, while plenty of users jumped on board
when the iPhone got a bump to 5.5 inches with the 6 Plus, Apple isn't
going to try and entice anyone wit... Read More ...
Pre-event Apple rumors nailed almost all of the surprises
If today's big Apple event taught us one thing (beyond the fact that Tim Cook's music taste remains questionable at best), it's that the rumor mill has fully figured out Apple's game plan. If you've been paying attention to the news over the last f...
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The iPhone 6s Plus vs. the competition: Big is beautiful
Apple
may have finally embraced larger phones last year, but this year's
announcement of the 6s Plus doesn't mean we're going to see a 6-inch
iPhone any time soon. We're still looking at the same 5.5-inch screen
size, though with faster internals and... Read More ...
Apple TV supports 'Guitar Hero Live,' 'Disney Infinity' via Bluetooth
Guitar Hero Live, Skylanders SuperChargers and Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions are on their way to Apple TV, iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch in the fall. Additionally, Disney Infinity 3.0 is heading to Apple TV by the end of the year. But that's the old ne...
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Amazon stops selling the Fire Phone
After roughly a year of dismal sales (and the resulting steep discounts), Amazon's Fire Phone is no more. The internet retailer has confirmed to GeekWire that it sold its remaining stock of the Fire OS-powered smartphone at the end of August. The...
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The iPhone 6s vs. the competition: Is it enough?
The
iPhone 6s is here, featuring the same basic body as last year's edition
but with a new rose gold aluminum finish, a stronger glass display and
pressure-sensitive 3D Touch. There are quite a few improvements under
the hood as well, including a fas... Read More ...
Apple's September iPhone event by the numbers
It's that time of year again -- the magical season wherein Apple tells the rest of us which devices will serve as status symbols for the next 12 months. The company also revealed a massive new iPad Pro, its second watchOS iteration and a new Apple...
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Pressing issues: Our first look at the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
So those new iPhones -- the 6s and 6s Plus -- took their tour of the stage here in San Francisco and are being prepped for a worldwide launch on September 25th. Now the question is whether or not all the new goodies Apple crammed inside them make t...
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The new Apple TV vs. the old Apple TV: What's changed?
The new Apple TV is here to finally put all the rumors to rest. But, with three years since the last version was released, Apple's new box has a lot of catching up to do. Resolutions, apps and games -- a lot has changed for set-top players. To make...
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UK pricing for the iPhone 6s duo, iPad Pro and Apple TV
Apple announced a bunch of new products today, including the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, new Apple Watch finishes and bands, a monster iPad Pro and a revamped Apple TV with Siri, universal search and games. Whether you're interested in some, or all of t...
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Here's our first look at the new, supersized iPad Pro
Today at its annual iPhone press event, Apple didn't just unveil two new handsets, but also a refreshed Apple TV and the long-rumored iPad Pro. As the name would suggest (and as leaks already told us), this is a supersized tablet meant, with a 12.9...
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