Ashlee Clark Thompson

Apple’s Stocks, Voice Memo apps will be available for iPad, Mac

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple will make its Stocks and Voice Memo apps available for the iPad and Mac, company executives announced at WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference that kicked off today in San Jose.  The company also announced updates to the apps. …

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Federal filing hints at new Snapchat Spectacles

The Federal Communications Commission published a new filing late Tuesday from Snapchat’s parent company that could relate to the next generation of the app’s Spectacles. First reported by Variety, the FCC documents from Snap, Inc. is for a “wearable video camera” that includes labels that call the camera “model 002.”  Snapchat didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Snapchat’s …

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iPhone users can finally give Google Lens a try

Google will soon give iOS users the chance to try Google Lens, the augmented-reality technology that lets you use your camera to search for info. Over the next week, you’ll be able to try Google Lens in the Google Photos app for iOS, the company announced Thursday.  The feature will roll out over the next week. You’ll have to have …

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Samsung’s new Galaxy smartphones could normalize AR

Some of the features of Samsung’s newest phones, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9 Plus, have left me shook. Not because of the onward march of technology but because it feels like Samsung has been spying on me. The new Galaxy phones contain Bixby Vision, a tool within the camera app that uses optical image recognition. You can turn …

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GoDaddy to drop neo

GoDaddy, the domain registry and web-hosting company, will drop a neo-Nazi website that recently posted a podcast that called for the death of Jews, Newsweek reported. The website, called Radical Agenda, was created by Christopher Cantwell, a neo-Nazi who’d previously been banned from the dating app OkCupid.  GoDaddy said in a statement that the company generally does not take action …

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Amazon makes it easier to put Alexa in headphones, smartwatches

Amazon has made it easier for companies to add its Alexa voice-activated assistant to wearable devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers and headphones.  The online retailer announced Friday the Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit, which will remove the need for development teams to “perform the bulk of the coding for their Alexa integration,” according to an Amazon Alexa blog post.  Devices …

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Amazon Prime Now will deliver Amazon Handmade gifts in two hours or less

Amazon will ship handmade, local goods in select markets as part of Prime Now, the online retailer’s one- and two-hour delivery service, the company announced today. The service will be available in the following areas: Austin, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. The products will come from Amazon Handmade, a portion of …

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Google’s newest app Files Go aims to free up space on your Android phone

Google has released an app called Files Go that wants to help you free up space on your Android phone, the company announced today on its blog. Some of the features of Files Go include personalized suggestions about which files to delete to make more space available and smart filters that automatically organize the files on your phone. You’ll also …

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Instagram adds Stories Highlights and Stories Archive

You can save the Instagram Stories into an archive and build a highlights reel from previous Stories, the app announced on its blog Tuesday. Stories, which are collections of personal photos and video, previously expired in 24 hours.  With Stories Archive, the app will automatically save your Stories. You can then use the archived Stories to build Stories Highlights in …

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You can grocery shop from Amazon when you use Allrecipes.com

Amazon will work with the popular food website Allrecipes to link recipe ingredients directly to AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, the companies announced Thursday.  This integration will let send all of the ingredients and products you need for a recipe to an AmazonFresh shopping cart, where you can then order the groceries and have them delivered to your …

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