As if dominating the personal e-book market wasn’t enough, online mega retailer Amazon is targeting the lucrative school textbook trade too. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Amazon will learn this week whether its bid to supply e-books to New York City public schools will succeed. If approved by the NYC Board …
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This year is about virtual reality, but the future gets weirder. Magic Leap, the biggest mystery company in the embryonic world of mixed reality, hasn’t been nearly as forthcoming as Microsoft is with its HoloLens when it comes to letting people taste the future’s possibilities. But its videos are certainly cool. While Wired has a deeper look at Magic Leap’s …
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Denon has announced it’s refreshing its line of HEOS wireless audio products, differentiated by the Series 2 (HS2) specification, and which now includes features such as Bluetooth and hi-res audio support. HEOS is Denon’s proprietary wireless system that will play streaming services or networked music in a multiroom environment, in a similar way to Sonos or Bluesound. The new HS2 …
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May means lots of season finales of great television shows. If you haven’t been watching “The Last Man on Earth” starring Will Forte, start. The second season finale makes it way to Hulu on May 16. May 24 sees Fox’s biggest animated shows reach their season finales. “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” reach their 6th, 14th and 27th …
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It seems Siri knows what she’s talking about, at least when it comes to when Apple’s annual developers conference will be held. Apple said Monday that its Worldwide Developers Conference will officially kick off in San Francisco on Monday, June 13, and run through Friday, June 17. That announcement confirmed the answer you get if you ask Apple’s personal digital …
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We all love the Internet because it can constantly keep us connected to people. We also hate the Internet because it keeps us constantly connected to people. The joys of talking to a long-distance friend can be overshadowed by reply all emails and trolls on social media. Don’t you wish you could silence all of those annoying people? Well, here …
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High dynamic range (HDR) is the TV industry’s hottest buzzword this year, and Netflix is getting involved in a big way with over 100 movies and TV shows boasting the standard coming in the next few months. The content will be available in both Dolby Vision and HDR, and so will be compatible with Sony and Samsung TVs, and includes …
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Only three journalists have ever seen Magic Leap and lived to tell the tale. None have been allowed to share precisely why its secret technology is amazing enough to have raised $1.4 billion. But if you read between the lines of Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly’s epic 8,500-word feature story on Magic Leap — published today — there are a …
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Nexus users, it’s time to open the Play store and update the Google Camera app. Among other enhancements, today’s update brings back the ability to snap a photo while recording video on your Android device. The same feature was spotted in the second update to the Android N developer preview shortly after its release last week by Android Police. Once …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Cheeps! So sorry about the fast sellout yesterday of that Dell printer. But kudos to the clever readers who found it selling for …
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The writing may have been on the wall for a while, but Intel on Tuesday acknowledged that sliding PC sales would force the company to go through a major restructuring. The world’s biggest chipmaker said it will cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its global workforce, by the middle of next year. The job cuts will help Intel shift …
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Now playing: Watch this: More speed, better battery life for Apple’s 12-inch MacBook 1:29 If you’ve been holding out for a new MacBook, Apple’s finally answered your call. Maybe. The 2016 update to the 12-inch MacBook that debuted last year is now available to buy, but note that it’s more of a spec bump than anything else. Apple’s new MacBook …
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Wayfair has turned itself into a go-to place to buy big and bulky home furnishings online. But, what if you don’t know how to install that remote-controlled ceiling fan or put together that 60-inch double bathroom vanity piece? Hoping to make it easier for folks to do home renovations using the Web, the Boston e-commerce company on Tuesday teamed up …
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New iPhone? Take a peek at its settings. So many categories, so many options within those categories. It’s enough to make your head swim. And you might find yourself wondering, are Apple’s factory settings ideal? Right out of the box, is the iPhone really configured for optimal performance, productivity and battery life? Not so much. Here are the iPhone settings …
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The Internet is full of photos and videos of “Doctor Who”-themed wedding proposals. Brad Trechak, an IT developer from New Jersey, saw an opportunity to raise the bar and give his girlfriend Missy Levy the ultimate wedding proposal for a pair of hard-core Who-vians, short of something that involved breaking the laws of time and space. Trechak proposed to Levy …
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