Lenovo’s new PC on a stick is a full Windows PC that can be plugged into any PC or monitor with an HDMI port. Lenovo Lenovo is hitting a new PC market in a small way. On Tuesday, the popular PC vendor announced its latest creation — a PC on a stick. Starting at $130, …
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Will Windows Insiders get Windows 10 for free? Microsoft answers that question. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft is trying to clear up the confusion over whether Windows Insiders will be entitled to the final version of Windows 10. The question of who would get Windows 10 for free seemed a simple one at first. In January, Microsoft announced that users …
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Music-streaming site Tidal has lost yet another CEO. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Jay Z’s music-streaming service can’t seem to hold onto its CEOs. On Tuesday, the company announced that interim CEO Peter Tonstad was let go, according to The Wall Street Journal. Tonstad used slightly different terminology to describe his exit, telling Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv that “the only thing …
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Now playing: Watch this: Undo sending those embarrassing emails 1:36 You can stop that Gmail email from being sent. But you have to be quick. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Oops, you’ve just sent off an angry email to your boss from your Gmail account. Should you start looking for a new job? Not if you’ve enabled Gmail’s Undo Send feature. …
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Shipments of wearable devices are expected to surge. Sarah Tew/CNET Smartwatches and fitness bands are finally catching the public’s eye, at least according to industry predictions. An estimated 72.1 million wearable devices are forecast to ship in 2015, market researcher IDC said Thursday. If so, that number would be a bounce of 173 percent from the 26.4 million wearables that …
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Skype Translator can now speak German and French. CNET Users of Skype’s Translator software can now chat with people in French or German. In a blog post published Thursday, Yasmin Khan, who handles marketing for Microsoft’s Internet-calling service, confirmed that Skype Translator is now able to handle real-time translation in French and German. That means the software can converse in …
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Sprint has put the kibosh on data throttling. Lynn La/CNET Sprint has stopped its data-throttling policy now that new Net neutrality rules are in place, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The carrier had been crimping data speeds for a certain percentage of users who consumed what was considered more than their fair share of data. But Sprint put the …
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BuzzFeed News tries to keep you abreast of the latest news items. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET BuzzFeed sometimes takes a ribbing for its infamous lists and quizzes like “22 Cute Animals Impersonating People You See at the Gym” and “Which Beyoncé Song Matches Your Zodiac Sign?” But now Buzzfeed is showing a more serious side to itself by introducing its …
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Americans love their mobile devices enough that 44 percent of households are now “wireless only.” Sarah Tew/CNET Mobile users in the US consumed 26 percent more mobile data last year than they did in 2013, according to a new report. Scoping out the mobile data landscape for 2014, the mobile industry trade group CTIA found that smartphones and tablet owners …
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You can now buy an Apple Watch at an Apple Store as long as you make an online reservation first. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple Watch buyers will now be able to reserve the wearable device and pick it up at a local Apple Store. On Wednesday, Apple’s new Reserve and Pick Up service opened for business at Apple online …
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