The latest build of Windows 10 improves the Mail app and screen options. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has rolled out a new version of its Windows 10 Technical Preview that shows further promise as the company races to finish the final product by this summer. Released on Wednesday, Build 10061 is available only for …
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An Apple Watch could be in your hand — or, rather, on your wrist — sooner than anticipated. Apple has consistently been telling buyers of its new smartwatch , which officially launches Friday, that they may need to wait to receive their device. But the company has ever-so-slightly changed its tune. According to a statement that Apple sent to CNET …
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Is your website mobile-friendly? Google is setting some new standards you’ll have to meet. Google Google is making changes to the machinery of its mobile searches that will reward websites deemed mobile-friendly and penalize those that are not. As of Tuesday, Google is updating the way it looks at the design of mobile websites as a way to determine how …
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The YouTube app will no longer be accessible on certain older devices. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Google is nixing support for its YouTube app for certain older devices, including TVs and Blu-ray players, iPhones and iPads, and devices that run older versions of Google TV. Fans of YouTube can access the popular video service through a dedicated app or through …
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Microsoft has another set of patches for Windows users this month. CNET Microsoft is making a rare move by rolling out a second batch of software patches in April. A Microsoft support page lists 34 patches in total for today. All of them are optional, which means they don’t address critical security problems, and won’t be installed automatically. To grab …
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Correction, 4:35 a.m. PT April 21: The launch date of the phone has been fixed. It will go on sale on April 29 in South Korea. LG’s successor to the G3, which is shown here, will go on sale April 29. Josh Miller/CNET LG’s new G4 phone will reach consumers on April 29 — at least those in South Korea, …
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Windows 10 will hit the market in late July, according to a comment from the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices. During a conference call on Friday to discuss AMD’s first-quarter earnings, CEO Lisa Su was asked about guidance for the second quarter. After answering that question, Su injected this comment, as posted in a transcript by Seeking Alpha: What we …
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How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? CNET Boosted by the iPhone 6 lineup, Apple smartphone sales in the first three months of 2015 are likely to show a big jump over those from a year ago. In an investors note released Friday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster pegged iPhone sales for January through March — Apple’s second fiscal …
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Apple Pay may land in Canada this year if Apple can negotiate a deal. James Martin/CNET Apple Pay may be setting up shop in Canada later this year. Apple is currently chatting with Canada’s six largest banks about a possible November rollout of Apple Pay, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal for a story published Friday. …
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Google Chrome isn’t deserting XP users, at least not yet. Google Windows users who still can’t say goodbye to the ancient Windows XP will at least be able to browse safely the rest of the year using Google Chrome. In a blog posted on Thursday, Google Chrome director of engineering Mark Larson said the company had previously announced that support …
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