You Can Use Samsung Pay On The Gear S3 With Any Other Android Phone and other top stories.

• You Can Use Samsung Pay On The Gear S3 With Any Other Android Phone

  Samsung's been known to load exclusive features onto its products in an attempt to beef up their selling point in contrast with direct rivals in the market, and because these exclusive services often fail to win consumers, they end up being ejected by the company after a brief shelf life. In order to veer away from this trajectory, Samsung has confirmed that Samsung Pay won't suffer the same gatekeeping, with the service slated to be available on any Android phone. Samsung Pay On Gear S3 Samsun..

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• Chromecast Ultra delivers 4K and HDR content, but is that enough?

  

  Sam Machkovech reader comments 0 For three years, Google's Chromecast platform has stood out in the streaming-box category for one simple reason: your phone is your remote. Smartphones and tablets can do a lot of the heavy lifting in the TV-watching experience (browsing content, picking through apps, typing keywords). Chromecast takes advantage of that: no remote, no separate set-top box app ecosystem, lower cost. Last year's second-gen Chromecast offered decent upgrades over the original..

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• Yes, Apple is limiting some iPhone 7 download speeds. But you probably won't notice.

  

  A mini firestorm erupted today over a report that Apple was purposely limiting the performance of the modem chip in the iPhone 7. Bloomberg reported that Apple was intentionally throttling the performance of the Qualcomm modem chip inside some versions of the iPhone 7, in order to make it more similar to the Intel chip it was using in some other versions of the phone. That’s true, at least according to sources I talked to. Apple supposedly did this for a simple reason: It wanted the cost savin..

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• Windows 10 preview pushes Command Prompt into the shadows, Paint 3D into the spotlight

  

  Hints of what’s to come in next spring’s Windows 10 Creators Update just keep on coming. Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14971, which integrates Paint 3D, turns your browser into an e-reader, shuffles Command Prompt into the shadows, and more.First up: Edge-as-e-reader. Starting with build 14971, Microsoft says Edge will be able to display any unprotected ebook in the epub format. That’s not a hugely exciting addition for PC users (though they can use it), but f..

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