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Every new title coming to Amazon Prime in July 2016

July may be a great month to go outside, but in case the weather is unfriendly, it looks like you could spend lots of hours streaming stuff from Amazon Prime. Harrison Ford fans will be happy to see that both “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger” will be online in early July. For those …

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Twitter takes on Facebook Live video

Now playing: Watch this: Twitter live streaming (sort of) comes to iOS, Android 1:15 Facebook makes it super easy to start a live stream of whatever you want. The feature is built into the status update. A change to Twitter’s iOS and Android apps let you quickly live stream, but you have to use the Periscope app to do it. …

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Music

Now playing: Watch this: Napster is coming back! 1:24 After Napster was essentially sued out of existence, the brand was sold off. After changing hands a number of times, Napster wound up at the music-streaming service Rhapsody in 2011. After five years of ownership, Rhapsody has decided to rebrand itself as Napster everywhere. Is this a good move? Subscribe: CNET …

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Good news! The internet is staying the same in the US

Now playing: Watch this: Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now 1:12 Back in 2015, the FCC reclassified broadband as a utility. Then the agency made rules to ensure all bits on the internet were treated equally. That would mean no special treatment for any kind of data. This led to telecoms and cable companies to sue the …

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Apple introduces iOS 10, rebrands OS X at WWDC 2016

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Every major Apple announcement from WWDC 2016 2:39 Apple’s latest Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off with news on all of Apple’s operating systems. WatchOS looks like it will bring a lot more productivity since apps will launch much faster …

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Lenovo’s flexible phone bends around your wrist

Now playing: Watch this: A phone you can bend around your wrist 1:47 At Lenovo Tech World, Lenovo wowed people with two flexible devices. One is the CPlus, a long phone that has a flexible screen that allows you to bend the phone around your wrist. The other is the Folio tablet that can be bent in half to act …

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Apple making big changes to its App Store

Now playing: Watch this: Apple App Store to embrace ads, app subscriptions 1:41 Uncharacteristically, Apple is talking ahead of its developer’s conference. It turns out there will be some major changes at the App Store under Phil Schiller. All apps will be allowed to offer subscriptions soon. Apple will also introduce ads in search results, but will make sure they …

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The case that puts Android on an iPhone

Now playing: Watch this: Android running on an iPhone 1:18 A special case with Android for brains can put Android on an iPhone. We talked to the developer behind it, Nick Lee, to find out more details on how his iPhone can run Google’s mobile operating system. Lee also let us know if he plans on selling such a case …

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Samsung’s flexible phones may be released in 2017

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung to introduce bendable phones in 2017, says report 1:30 Samsung has been working on introducing a smartphone with a flexible display that could be folded in half for several years. A new report from Bloomberg says that Samsung could be close to releasing two pliable phones in the near future. Flexible phones are sure to …

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Facebook founder’s social networks hacked

Now playing: Watch this: Mark Zuckerberg’s been hacked 1:21 If you use LinkedIn, you might want to double check to make sure you don’t use the same password at other sites. Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were compromised for a short time. The hackers even published the password. It was “dadada.” That’s not terribly secure in the first place. …

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