Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Safari takes a page from Chrome with pinned tabs and showing you at a glance which tabs are playing audio. It also borrows a trick from iOS to play nice with Apple TV for YouTube videos and the like. Safari finally serves up pinned tabs. I have near permanent pinned tabs …
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LG has taken the wraps off a new smartphone that sports a second screen and offered a peek at a new smartwatch that can be used as a phone. The company will show off the devices at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET Thursday in New York. CNET will have an exclusive live-stream of the event here. The V10, the first …
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Jack Dorsey could once again become full-time chief of the company he co-founded. Mike Blake/Reuters/Corbis Twitter’s interim CEO, Jack Dorsey, is about to become its full-time chief, according to a report Wednesday from Recode. If true, then Dorsey — who also serves as CEO of payments company Square — would join a rarified circle in the tech industry. Steve Jobs …
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Google Google is holding an event in San Francisco in just a few hours. The search giant is expected to announce two new Nexus smartphones and an updated Chromecast streaming dongle. We may even see a new premium Android tablet from Google. Here’s everything you need to know: Tuning in: When: Today, September 29 What time: San Francisco: 9 a.m. …
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Executives from Verizon, video studio AwesomenessTV, and media company Vice and actress Zoe Saldana spoke about Go90 on a panel. Joan E. Solsman/CNET NEW YORK — Verizon’s mobile-only video service Go90 will be available to the masses Thursday, after an invite-only launch three weeks ago. “We’ve all been talking mobile first, but really, it’s mobile only,” Verizon executive Brian Angiolet …
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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. You know the old saw: If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Today’s deal sounds too good to be true. And, yet, although there are a couple small caveats, …
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HTC’s invitation to its online event. HTC Minutes after Google debuted its two new Nexus phones, HTC issued an invitation of its own. The sparsely worded email announced that the phone maker will unveil its first HTC One handset running Google’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow software on October 20. Rather than host a live show with an opportunity for hands-on time …
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The Nexus Protect program is an add-on to new smartphones. James Martin/CNET Google on Tuesday unveiled Nexus Protect, a two-year extended warranty program designed to cover your broken smartphones. The program costs $69 for the Nexus 5X and $89 for the Nexus 6P, the two new smartphones shown off at the Internet giant’s event in San Francisco on Tuesday. With …
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Enlarge ImageThe several poses of the Pixel C. CNET Google has unveiled a new tablet called the Pixel C, with hopes that the productivity-focused device can revive the sagging tablet market. The Internet search giant unveiled the 10.2-inch Pixel C (the “C” stands for convertible) and its removable keyboard Tuesday at a press event in San Francisco. Like other devices …
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James Martin/CNET Households that listen to different kinds of music can now enjoy their own tastes using a shared Google Play account for the family. At Google’s Nexus press event in San Francisco today, the search giant announced a new plan that gives up to six people access to the Google Play Music library for $14.99 a month. Music streaming …
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Every since I updated to iOS 9, my iPhone has been spying on me. OK, maybe not “spying,” but it seems awfully interested in where I’m going. Or where it thinks I’m going. Because now, whenever I’m out and about, the Maps app coughs up notifications about traffic. In other words, after I’m done at, say, the post office and …
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Google has tripled the number of devices its Project Fi wireless service supports, a move the company hopes will spur adoption of the Wi-Fi-driven service. James Martin/CNET The Internet giant on Tuesday took the wraps off two new phones in its Nexus line of smartphones: the 5.2-inch Nexus 5X, made by LG, and the 5.7-inch Nexus 6P, made by Huawei. …
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Android Wear watch owners can now use Skype, at least some of the key features. Skype Owners of certain Android smartwatches can now tap into several features of Skype. Released on Monday, Skype for Android version 6.4 now lets you manage your Skype conversations directly from your Android Wear smartwatch. No, you can’t carry on a Skype phone call from …
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Google recently rolled out an update to the Google Now Launcher on Android. Among the changes is a searchable and vertically scrolling app drawer, topped with a dynamic shortcut box. During the press event Google held today, it was explained that this shortcut box works by learning which apps you use at specific times of day and in what order. …
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Enlarge ImageBox CEO Aaron Levie (left) and Apple CEO Tim Cook chat about enterprise technology. Josh Miller/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — That dream for a touchscreen Mac running iOS may never come true. Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday dismissed the assumption that Apple will merge its iOS mobile software with its OS X computer software — which means iPads and …
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