Watch out, Google. Microsoft now has its own translator app available for a variety of devices. Released Thursday, Microsoft Translator is a new app designed by the software giant for iOS and Android users. The app supports phones and tablets as well as the Apple Watch and smartwatches that run Android Wear, Google’s adaptation of …
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Apple now has another retailer that can push its smartwatch. Josh Miller/CNET Consumers eyeing the Apple Watch can now pick one up through Best Buy. The electronics chain is now offering Apple’s wearable device at both its retail stores and its website, as announced late last month. Best Buy is selling the Apple Watch Sport, which starts at $349, and …
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Apple Music has grabbed 11 million trial users. How many paid subscribers can it win over? James Martin/CNET Apple Music has already grabbed 11 million trial users a little more than a month after its debut. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, revealed the 11 million figure in an interview with USA Today published Thursday, …
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CNET Microsoft has introduced a DVD Player app for Windows 10 for people who still want to pop in a good, old-fashioned disc to watch a movie. Officially rolled out July 29, Windows 10 has won praise for introducing several new and interesting features, including the new Start menu, the Cortana voice-activated digital assistant and the Edge browser. But it’s …
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Microsoft has ported its Outlook app to the Apple Watch. Microsoft Microsoft has cooked up a version of its Outlook email app for the Apple Watch. Launched on Thursday, the latest version of Outlook for iOS supports the Apple Watch with several useful features. You can glance at your email, receive notifications of new email and use preset replies to …
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Apple’s instruction page for deregistering iPhones from the iMessage system. Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET Apple got a partial victory this week in a lawsuit over text messages. In a ruling handed down Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said that a lawsuit accusing Apple of not delivering text messages sent from iOS devices to Android devices could not proceed as …
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Apple’s iOS 8 is now on most iOS devices. Apple/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET iOS 8 continues to rise up the ranks, albeit a bit more slowly these days. Apple’s latest mobile OS is now on 85 percent of all iOS devices, according to Apple’s App Store Distribution page. That figure refers specifically to all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches that …
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Samsung wants its Smart TV buyers to use its Samsung Pay payments system. Samsung Samsung will try to entice Smart TV buyers to pay for items using its Samsung Pay payments system. Dubbed Samsung Pay on TV, the payment service will allow Samsung Smart TV owners to pay for items using a TV-engineered version of Samsung Pay. Like Apple Pay, …
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iPhone sales got hotter last quarter in Europe but cooled off a bit in the US. CNET The iPhone’s market share grew during the second quarter throughout Europe as well as China, Japan and Australia but dipped in the US, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said in a report released Wednesday. For the second quarter of 2015, the iPhone’s market …
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Running Windows 10, Acer’s new 11-inch Cloudbook may give Chromebooks some competition. Acer Looking for an inexpensive laptop that runs Windows 10? Acer has a couple of new devices up its sleeve. Announced Tuesday, Acer’s Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and Aspire One Cloudbook 14 are cloud-oriented laptops geared toward people who don’t mind limited storage and midrange hardware specs if …
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