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Apple has officially missed the boat on USB-C with this year’s iPhones

9/14/2018, 4:38:12 PM
If Apple won’t commit to USB-C, why should any of its customers? ✔ All of this highlights perhaps the biggest frustration with Apple and USB-C: the fact that the company has refused to put the port on its iPhone devices ✔ And until Apple is willing to acknowledge the port standard that it claims to be trying to popularize, we’ll be stuck in this limbo for the foreseeable future



Save $400 on an iPhone XR, iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max

9/14/2018, 6:28:24 PM
That's by way of a service credit from Verizon-powered carrier US Mobile! ✔ The $400 credit is money you won't be paying for service ✔ CNET's Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more ✔ Note that CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this page ✔ Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter!



The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now it’s dead

9/14/2018, 6:36:49 PM
I only wanted one thing out of 2018's iPhone event: a new iPhone SE. In failing to provide it Apple seems to have quietly put the model out to pasture — and for this I curse them eternally. Because it was the best phone the company ever made. ✔ The 6S was similarly ugly, and the 7 through 8 somehow further banished any design that set themselves apart, while reversing course on some practical measures in allowing an increasingly large camera bump and losing the headphone jack ✔ Because it’s the best thing the company ever made, and it’s still a hell of a phone



Here's what your brand new iPhone is doing for the environment

9/14/2018, 7:34:50 PM
Apple now rips apart old phones and turns them into new ones – with the aim of making every new handset that way



iPhone XS: These are the best deals

9/14/2018, 6:28:49 PM
Save up to $400 on the cost a new iPhone. ✔ (In other words, you're agreeing to two years of T-Mobile service.) See it at T-Mobile You can also get credit for older iPhones: $200 for the 6S and 6S Plus, or $100 for just about any model prior to those (including as far back as the iPhone 3GS!) ✔ Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter!



This chart shows Apple's new iPhones didn't wow consumers and that may hurt the stock

9/14/2018, 5:03:19 PM
The reaction to the 2018 Apple Keynote was "lackluster," with thousands of social media posts pointing to a marked decline in the number of people interested in buying the new technology. ✔ 9, 2015 media event when Apple revealed the iPhone 6s and the iPad Pro its stock dropped 9.5 percent against the S&P 500's 9 percent climb ✔ That's well above the multiples of other FAANG stocks like Amazon, Netflix and Facebook ✔ Netflix is trading at 84 times projected 2019 earnings, while Amazon is trading at 78 times 2019 results



Apple launches preorders for new iPhones and watches, some quickly sell out

9/14/2018, 5:22:05 PM
According to some tech blogs, some Series 4 watches and iPhones XS max models sold out in less than a minute. ✔ If you were hoping to be one the first to get your hands on Apple’s latest premium iPhones, you may need to wait a while ✔ Apple said the device will begin preorder on Oct. 19 and is expected to hit stores on Oct. 26 ✔ Prices for its phones have gone from $649 in 2016 for its entry level iPhone 7 to $1,149 for its largest-capacity, 256GB iPhone X in 2017



New iPhones with Larger Screens Deemed Sexist for Being Too Big for Some Women's Hands

9/14/2018, 5:36:59 PM
Apple recently announced a new series of larger iPhone models, and the products are already being criticized by some women for their sexist design ✔ pic.twitter.com/Owzy51RsrH zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) September 13, 2018 Agree with iPhone too big for women’s hands- I had to have steroid injections this year for RSI Kerstin Rodgers (@MsMarmitelover) September 14, 2018 RELATED: Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s New iPhone XS and XS Max Caroline Criado-Perez, a feminist activist who claims to have suffered from a repetitive strain injury from using an iPhone model with a 5.5-inch screen, told The Independent that the company consistently fails to remember that women are 50 percent of the population



You can now pre-order the Apple Watch Series 4

9/14/2018, 5:07:20 PM
Best deals on Apple's best ever smartwatch - as one phone network bags the exclusive ✔ You can pre-order the new Apple watch today, ahead of its September 21st release date, and just like last year, EE have managed to blag an exclusive deal with the tech giants, and are currently the only network offering it online alongside a monthly payment plan



Daily Deals: Apple Watch Series 3 Just Dropped in Price

9/14/2018, 5:47:55 PM
3 Months of Free Kindle Unlimited, 35% off Razer Deathadder Elite Gaming Mouse, 40% off Star Wars The Last Jedi Smart R2-D2, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller for $52.50, and More. ✔ Get 25% off your Hulu subscription now 55 Sharp LC-55Q7030U 4K Smart HDTV for $299.99 Crazy deal!  If you want a big TV without breaking your budget, here's a 55 4K Smart-enabled HDTV for $300, plus you can extend the warranty to 3 years for a measly $26



Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google tracking

9/14/2018, 4:04:53 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook and other companies routinely track your online surfing habits to better target ads at you. Two web browsers now want to help you fight back in what's bec ✔ The browsers are now trying to incorporate that directly so you don't have to go looking for browser add-ons ✔ Google says users can also decline personalization and get generic ads instead, though tracking continues in the background while using the company's services



How Apple's Safari browser will try to thwart data tracking

9/14/2018, 4:46:19 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — New privacy features in Apple's Safari browser seek to make it tougher for companies such as Facebook to track you. Companies have long used cookies ✔ NEW YORK (AP) New privacy features in Apple's Safari browser seek to make it tougher for companies such as Facebook to track you ✔ This can be helpful for saving sign-in details and preferences ✔ It's like a system that digitally blurs someone's image, said Lance Cottrell, creator of the privacy service Anonymizer



Google's plan to build Chinese search engine spurs government inquiry

9/14/2018, 7:39:53 PM
US legislators have 'serious concerns' about Google's reported plans in China, while seven employees are said to have resigned over a lack of transparency at the company. ✔ Google's secretive plans in China are attracting even more scrutiny ✔ He told Reuters that executives would not specify to him where the company would draw the line on agreeing to Chinese demands ✔ Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, said in their letter on Thursday they had 'serious concerns' about the potential step



If Trump slaps tariffs on more Chinese goods, U.S. shoppers will pay the price

9/14/2018, 7:50:34 PM
U.S. consumers face higher prices for a broad swath of retail goods if President Trump follows through on his threat to slap tariffs on more than 6,000 products imported from China, executives and analysts say. ✔ Conversely, China imported $16.4 billion of goods from California ✔ Ecolink cannot absorb the higher tariffs and would be forced to pass the additional costs on to customers who, in turn, would pass the additional costs on to their customers in the form of increased up-front equipment costs and monthly subscription fees, Firehammer said



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