Motorola on Tuesday announced thats its Moto 360 Sport smartwatch will be available on December 18 in the UK and France. A few weeks later the fitness-focused smartwatch will arrive in the US, going on sale January 7 at Motorola’s website, followed by Best Buy stores on January 10. The Moto 360 Sport retails for …
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If you have friends who love to upload pictures to Facebook, chances are that you get tagged pretty often. But sometimes you don’t want others to be able to share pictures of you without prior permission. By default, Facebook lets friends tag you in posts, in photos that look like you, and check you in to places that you haven’t …
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One big reason the Roku 3 is my favorite streaming box: the remote. It has a headphone jack you can plug into when you want to watch TV without disturbing others. Wireless TV audio streamed right to the clicker: genius! Turns out there’s also an app for that. Tunity streams TV audio to your smartphone. It’s free, it works pretty …
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Samsung might be doubling down on software. The South Korean electronics giant said Dongjin Koh, who most recently ran Samsung’s mobile research and development operations, will take over day-to-day management of the company’s huge smartphone business. JK Shin, who has served as the head of Samsung’s mobile communications business since 2009, will remain CEO of the mobile division and focus …
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Holiday shopping is chaotic — but you can make it a little less chaotic with the help of automation service IFTTT. IFTTT, which stands for “If This, Then That” is a service that uses the Web to connect apps, devices and social networks together so you can automate actions. IFTTT lets you set up “recipes” — when something happens on …
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More people went shopping online than in retail stores over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation. Over 103 million people said they shopped online, the NRF said on Sunday, topping the 102 million who said they shopped in stores this past weekend. Among online shoppers, 41 million people surfed for bargains on Thanksgiving …
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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. Whew! Another Black Friday (OK, Black Entire-Month-of-November) on the books. Time to get back to business as usual — awesome deals every day, …
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AT&T customers stubbornly clinging to their old unlimited-data plans will have to pay a little more to keep them. The nation’s second-largest wireless carrier confirmed Monday that it is raising the price of its unlimited-data plan by $5, to $35 a month. The change, the first in seven years, will take effect in February. The increase was first reported by …
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In the past, we’ve recommended LinkBubble and Flynx to load URLs in the background on Android while you continue reading Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. Both applications create a floating button that represents the prefetched URL, similar to opening a link in a new tab without switching to it. When you’re ready to read the link, you can tap on the …
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Swatch has partnered with Visa on a watch capable of making smartphone payments with the swipe of your wrist. The Swatch Bellamy, scheduled to launch in early 2016, can be used anywhere contactless Visa payments are accepted, the companies jointly announced Monday. It looks much like any other Swatch watch, but has an NFC (near-field communications) chip inside, giving it …
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Early December brings several holiday gifts for Creative Cloud users. The video application features announced at the beginning of September should start appearing in your update notifications, and the Android version of Adobe Premiere Clip also rears its head in the Google Play store. It’s free but you have to sign up for an Adobe account (as many commenters complain). …
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Cricket Wireless has dropped the price of three Samsung Galaxy smartphones as part of a limited time promotion in honor of Cyber Monday. In reality, the extended deal lasts for a few days. With the holiday shopping season in full swing, wireless carriers are rolling out discounts to attract new customers. This is perhaps one of the most competitive times …
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If you held off until Cyber Monday to find the best holiday deals, you probably waited too long. The online shopping event this year reached $3 billion in sales, up 12 percent from last year, software giant Adobe reported late Monday, making it the largest online sales day in the US ever. The question is: Will this be the last …
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Cyber Monday is the time-honored tradition where savvy shoppers skip the Black Friday crowds, and buy products from the comfort of their couch. Where can you find a list of the products you’ll want to buy? Why, right here in this CNET post! We’re tracking all the Cyber Monday tech deals we find right here — and perhaps a few …
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A while back, Google ditched the slider that let you zoom in and out on Google Maps, keeping only the plus and minus buttons that acted as the slider’s termini. Perhaps you’ve grown accustomed to clicking the plus and minus buttons to control the zoom level in Google Maps or simply use a mouse or trackpad for your zooming pursuits. …
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