Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australian electronic program guide IceTV has been placed into voluntary administration, with the future of both its continued service and the Skipp PVR, its first foray into hardware, remaining unclear. IceTV was founded in 2005 as an independent electronic program guide for Australia. The subscription service worked with compatible personal video …
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Mobile phone installment plans are proving popular among the public. CNET/James Martin Mobile phone installment plans seem to be a growing hit among consumers, according to research from Kantar WorldPanel ComTech. During the three months ending August 31, 47 percent of the smartphones sold in the US were linked to installment plans, Kantar research chief Carolina Milanesi said on Wednesday. …
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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. Price clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club are all well and good, but they charge an annual membership fee. Plus, whenever you want to stock up on laundry detergent, toilet paper and Starbucks …
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Enlarge ImageThe Surface Pro 4. Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft yesterday launched a salvo of gadgets in the battle for your Christmas cash, with a slew of new products announced at a Windows 10 event in New York. These include its latest “laptop-replacement tablet”, the Surface Pro 4 , and an updated fitness-tracking wearable, the Band 2 — both of which are …
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Singer Rita Ora performs at Pandora’s 2014 “Summer Party” in Los Angeles. Mike Danenberg/Press Line Photos/Corbis Music fans, Pandora and Ticketfly have a love song dedicated to you. Wednesday, streaming radio provider Pandora said it would buy online ticketing company Ticketfly for $450 million in cash and stock. The CEOs of both heralded it as transformational because it marks the …
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US Cellular gives customers a price break on its data plans. US Cellular on Tuesday shook up its Shared Connect plans, effectively giving customers more data for less money. Starting today, the new options are available to both new and existing subscribers. Related Links Boost Mobile debuts ‘Growing Data’ rate plans Sprint will hike its unlimited data plan by $10 …
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The Lumia 950 is a premium new smartphone from Microsoft with futuristic tech, like a glance screen, two antennas and liquid cooling. Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft is once again going with a single carrier to launch its flagship smartphone. The Redmond, Washington, company earlier Tuesday unveiled the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, which are positioned as the flagship smartphones using …
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With a 12-megapixel camera, 4K video recording, and a new kind of photo that bursts into life when you press down on the screen, it’s natural to think that photos on the new Apple iPhone 6S might use up more space than its predecessors. But you might not be prepared for just how big the impact on your storage space …
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Enlarge ImageThe Omni S6 is one of the new products to support DTS Play-Fi. Polk New additions to DTS’ Play-Fi ecosystem announced today bring a new user interface, a selection of new hardware partners and support for further streaming services. The US surround-sound company has announced new partners Martin Logan, McIntosh, Paradigm and UK company Arcam, which join existing Play-Fi …
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[Editor’s note: This event is now over.Here’s a summary of everything Microsoft just announced.] Microsoft is holding an event in New York City in just a few hours. The software giant is expected to announce a new Surface Pro tablet, two new Lumia smartphones and a new fitness tracker. We may even here some news about Windows 10 and the …
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Google’s Pixel C has entered a crowded, confusing marketplace. It’s the first Android tablet made and designed by Google, and it’s built to showcase everything that Android 6.0 Marshmallow has to offer. Pick up the optional full-sized keyboard, and you’ll have a compact office package. But Android 6.0 Marshmallow is a mobile operating system: unless you’re already enmeshed in Google’s …
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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. BYO phone and speakers. PricePlunge Boy, you’d think Google just about reinvented the wheel with all the fuss over Chromecast Audio, a little gadget that plugs into traditional speakers to allow wireless music …
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If you have a smartwatch, you’ve probably seen it spend a lot of time with its charging system. Most of those wearables are meant to sit on your nightstand, recharging every night in order to have enough juice to the survive the day. Forget to charge it and you’ll have to deal with a dead watch. The Looksee Labs Eyecatcher …
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You can trim, filter and add music to your videos via the app. YouTube Google has updated its YouTube iOS app for people who create videos as well as those who watch them. Released on Monday in the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, YouTube version 10.38 includes a basic set of in-app editing tools. You can …
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Enlarge ImageAdobe’s Project Comet is geared for people designing app user interfaces. Adobe Systems It’s a measure of Photoshop’s flexibility that a program originally for editing photos now is used for designing Web pages and mobile apps. But Adobe Systems on Monday revealed plans for a new tool called Project Comet that it thinks will be better. The software, due …
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