Now playing: Watch this: Spotify and Apple in an App Store spat, says report 1:22 A report from Recode says that Spotify sent a letter to Apple’s legal team claiming Apple is being anticompetitive. Spotify insists that Apple is favoring Apple Music over Spotify’s new app. The report also says that Spotify takes issue with …
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Japan, US connected thanks to Google’s undersea cable
Now playing: Watch this: Google connects Japan, US with underseas internet cable 1:33 Google is part of a consortium that put together a trans-Pacific internet cable to connect the US to Japan. It manages to push data across at a rate of 60 terabits per second. That’s amazingly fast. Google plans to keep a sixth of the bandwidth for itself, …
Read More »Big Windows 10 update scheduled for August
Now playing: Watch this: Major Windows 10 update coming August 2 1:38 Microsoft Windows 10 is on more than 350 million devices. All of them will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows Anniversary Update that brings Cortana to the lock screen, Xbox Play Anywhere and other features. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon discounts Android phones, if you’re willing …
Read More »Windows $10,000: Microsoft pays out for unauthorized update
Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft pays $10,000 for a Windows 10 update gone wrong 1:18 Teri Goldstein did not appreciate when her computer decided to upgrade itself to Windows 10. It made her computer almost unusable. She decided to sue Microsoft and won a nice chunk of change. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook app builds slideshows for you 1:11 We’re …
Read More »Report: Google
Now playing: Watch this: Google to release its own phone, report says 1:16 A report from the Telegraph says Google will introduce its own Google-branded phone later this year. Google also is speaking with wireless carriers, which suggests the phone would be available from more places than Google’s online store. It’s hard to tell what impact a move like this …
Read More »Live streaming comes to YouTube app
Now playing: Watch this: YouTube brings live streaming to its mobile apps 1:40 YouTube has streamed live video since 2011. However, you’d have to use your computer to broadcast. That’s changing with the introduction of live streaming to YouTube’s mobile apps. Not to be outdone by YouTube, Facebook announced some new features are headed to Facebook Live including Snapchat-like filters. …
Read More »Google Fiber to get bigger with purchase of ISP
Now playing: Watch this: Google Fiber expands with acquisition of Webpass 1:32 Google Fiber agreed to purchase Webpass, a small internet service provider. Webpass brings gigabit internet to businesses and apartment buildings in five major markets. The deal should close in the summer if all goes right. Now playing: Watch this: What browser is best for your laptop battery? 1:21 …
Read More »Ghostbot: Meet the bot that will get rid of annoying texters
Now playing: Watch this: This bot will help you ditch annoying texters 1:35 Ghosting someone who is constantly texting you can get irritating. The folks behind the Burner app think they have a solution with Ghostbot. You select who you want to stop talking to and Ghostbot will reply with texts that should finally get the message across. Subscribe: CNET …
Read More »Netpicks: Everything coming and going on Netflix for July 2016
Seems like there’s something for everybody at Netflix in July. The “Back to the Future” trilogy is right on time. Feel free to compare 1985a’s Biff Tannen to that Donald Trump fellow. There are some classics hitting Netflix including “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Sting.” On the darker side is “Insomnia,” which stars Al Pacino and …
Read More »Google’s mobile app can figure out what’s wrong with you
Now playing: Watch this: Google symptom search will help diagnose you 1:26 Instead of digging through a mess of search results, Google’s new symptom search will display medical information within the search results. The info takes the familiar form of cards. Google cautions that this new feature is no substitute for a doctor. Now playing: Watch this: Twitter ups video …
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