Meerkat is teaming up with GoPro. Meerkat Some GoPro users will now be able to stream video live from their action cams, Meerkat announced Thursday at the VidCon online video convention in Anaheim, California. The move is the latest in a war against Twitter’s rival live-streaming app Periscope. Meerkat enjoyed enormous popularity in the month …
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Apple Music is a subject of concern for Sen. Al Franken and for the group Consumer Watchdog. James Martin/CNET Apple’s streaming-music service may have debuted only a few weeks ago, but already one senator is concerned that the iPhone maker could become a dominant, anticompetitive force. US Senator Al Franken on Wednesday issued a letter to the US Federal Trade …
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Australian shoppers could soon pay more on overseas purchases from the likes of eBay and Amazon. eBay Australian shoppers are set to start paying GST on online purchases from overseas after the country’s state and territory leaders offered “in principle” support for the move. The change would see a 10 percent goods and services tax charged on all purchases valued …
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Warning: This clip is a bit gruesome, and definitely not safe for work. Only click the play button if your work is awesome and cool with you watching videos of sharks tearing a human apart. Winter is no longer coming! ✌️ #Sharknado3pic.twitter.com/ISlOlvIpGq — Sharknado (@SharknadoSyfy) July 23, 2015 Season 5 of HBO’s hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” ended in …
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Matt Elliott/CNET A Chrome for iOS update in April introduced pull-down gestures that made it easy to open a new tab or close the current tab when browsing on your iPhone. That was, however, the extent of Chrome’s gestures for the iPhone. Chrome still forced you to tap the forward- and back-arrow buttons to navigate pages while Safari let you …
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AT&T can make the case that it isn’t necessarily a phone company anymore. CNET/Marguerite Reardon The Dallas telecommunications giants said on Thursday that it added 2.1 million net new customers in the second quarter. But nearly all of its growth was driven by tablets and connected cars — it added 1 million of them in the period. The results underscore …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Pebble Time users have an OS update waiting in the Pebble Time app. The update, firmware version 3.2, brings with it some much-needed features and tweaks. Two of those tweaks give Pebble Time owners control over the system font size and vibration intensity. Before either of the mentioned settings will be available, you’ll need to ensure that your …
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Tour the icy surface of Mongolia’s Khuvsgul Lake via Google Street View Google I can’t say I’ve ever thought about visiting Mongolia. But now with Google’s latest Street View journey, I can at least make a virtual visit. In October 2014, the Google Street View team journeyed to Mongolia, an Asian country sandwiched between China and Russia. Equipped with a …
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ABC/Working Dog Productions The US-based streaming service has bought the US, UK and ANZ rights to the highly acclaimed “Utopia,” the Aussie political comedy made by Working Dog Productions. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, season one of “Utopia” will be made available on the US and UK versions of the Netflix service later this year. A separate deal between …
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki addressed online-video creators at VidCon, a yearly conference expected to have 21,000 attendees. FilmMagic ANAHEIM, Calif. — YouTube wants to serve you better on the go and in virtual reality. Google’s gigantic video site has redesigned its mobile app to include new notifications and offer more control over uploaded clips on the go. It also plans …
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Disney and other films studios may be facing legal trouble in Europe. Disney Disney and several other US film studios are under investigation by the European Union for possible antitrust violations. On Thursday, the EU’s European Commission announced that it sent a Statement of Objections to pay-TV provider Sky UK and six US film studios: Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, …
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Salsa lets Republic Wireless users hop from cell tower to Wi-Fi for coverage. Republic Wireless Republic Wireless, a service provider that prides itself on transitioning calls from Wi-Fi to cell tower, is about to pull an about-face. Its newly launched “Salsa” lab aims to do the reverse, taking calls from cell towers back to Wi-Fi. Related Links Motorola Moto E …
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Walmart is expanding its online presence in China, thanks to its Yihaodian acquisition. Walmart Walmart is expanding its footprint in China’s e-commerce industry, the company announced on Thursday. Walmart has acquired the 49 percent stake it did not previously own in China-based Yihaodian, giving it full control over the fast-growing online marketplace. Walmart didn’t say how much it paid for …
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Amazon, led by CEO Jeff Bezos, has for years been forgoing profit in the pursuit of growth. CNET For Amazon, Prime is the gift that keeps on giving. The company’s $99-a-year membership service, which offers unlimited two-day deliveries and other perks, helped contribute to a surprise profit for the three months ended June 30. “We are getting very good top …
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Dish Network may see $3.3 billion tacked on to the price it paid for spectrum in a recent government auction. Dish Network The satellite TV provider has confirmed that it met with Federal Communications Commission officials on Wednesday to discuss FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to deny a credit the commission gave to two of Dish’s affiliates in the last …
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