Carcassonne. Just the name sounds impressive. Maybe that’s why this particular medieval castle was chosen as the inspiration for the popular tile-based board game, which, in turn, inspired an award-winning strategy video game for consoles and mobile devices. The real-life citadel is a sight to behold. Sitting atop a hill in southwest France, the Cité …
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Enlarge ImageAdobe users will be able to ensure that their PDF files are updated, shared and synchronized via Dropbox. Dropbox People who work with or share PDF files could benefit from a new collaboration between Adobe and file-storage site Dropbox. A partnership between the two companies announced early Tuesday is geared toward letting users of the Adobe Acrobat Reader app …
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Twitter is trimming around 8 percent of its workforce. James Martin/CNET Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is cracking the whip. The social network will lay off up to 336 employees, or about 8 percent of its workforce, as it looks to streamline its operations, Dorsey said Tuesday. This is Dorsey’s first major business move since being named permanent chief executive on …
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James Martin/CNET We’ve told you everything you need to know about iOS 9, but the iPhone 6s and 6S Plus bring some eye-catching new features you won’t find on another Apple device. You can shoot 4K video and you can use Live Photos, a feature that adds an extra couple of seconds of video and audio to your still photos. …
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Google Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer can make opening PDFs super-quick. Unfortunately, you don’t have access to all of the same tools you can use in apps like Adobe Reader. Thankfully, you can change one Chrome setting to make the process a bit faster: Open Chrome and type “about:plugins” into the omnibox at the top. Find Chrome PDF Viewer in the …
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Enlarge ImageThe “Force Awakens” promo poster by artist Drew Struzan. Disney/Lucasfilm The Force will awaken on Sky as the UK satellite broadcaster renews its deal with Disney to show Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars movies. Sky’s Movie channels have long had a stranglehold on new movies making their TV debut, including Disney films. That’s set to continue with new …
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Not the actual Pepsi phone. Pepsi What bold branding times we live in. Shortly after announcing that it will make a limited amount of the fictional drink Pepsi Perfect to celebrate ” Back to the Future Day” on October 21, Pepsi has confirmed it plans to release a smartphone. “Available in China only, this effort is similar to recent globally …
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Snapchat appears to have had second thoughts about producing its own original content. The Venice, California-based startup behind the popular messaging app of the same name told Deadline it has decided to shut down its Snapchat Channel, part of the startup’s plan to attract new users by offering original content. With the closure, a handful of recent high-profile hires brought …
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Back in my day, the only places to discover a new song or album were the radio and Tower Records. Today, I don’t have to look any farther than my phone thanks to Cymbal. This up-and-coming social music discovery app wants to help you find new music through recommendations from your friends, artists and the community of music fans. It’s …
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Now playing: Watch this: Share Live Photos 1:35 Once you’ve got the hang of creating Live Photos on your iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, the next step is to share your masterpieces with the world. Live Photos can be viewed on any iOS 9 device or a Mac running OS X El Capitan. To share between iOS devices simply transfer …
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Julia Wheeler/Veronika Laws/Corbis Australia’s consumer watchdog plans to strike down a new taxi-hailing app geared at taking on the likes of Uber and goCatch, saying that it is anti-competitive. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it intends to deny authorising a new app, known as ihail, that has been put forward by a joint group of companies from the …
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Acer is cutting prices on three of its PCs as it unveils new ones that tap into Windows 10. Acer Acer has trimmed prices on a few of its existing PCs, but the sale runs for only a week. Listed on Acer’s website are three PCs currently sporting a price cut. These include the Aspire Switch 11 V, the Aspire …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge features a wraparound display. Sarah Tew/CNET It may be six months before we see the Samsung Galaxy S7, but rumors are already appearing that it’ll have a screen similar to those in Apple’s new iPhones. According to an I Ice Universe account on Weibo, a popular Chinese social network, Samsung has tapped Synaptics to use …
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Enlarge ImageAdobe Lightroom lets people edit and catalog photos. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Adobe Systems has apologized for releasing a bug-plagued update to its Lightroom software but still faces customer wrath over changes to the program for editing and cataloging photos. The new Lightroom, version 2015.10 for Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscribers, or version 6.2 for those buying a perpetual license …
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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. Enlarge ImageOK, so spelling isn’t their strong suit. Betternet Let me start by saying I’m no security expert. In fact, I’ve often taken heat for suggesting that third-party anti-virus software is unnecessary so …
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