Google’s shares are on the rise after a stronger-than-expected showing in mobile. Adam Berry/Getty Images Google shares skyrocketed on Friday after stockholders expressed hope that the company’s efforts in mobile advertising are starting to pay off. Google shares surged nearly 15 percent to $664.88 on Friday after shareholders got their first chance to trade the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Cure diseases and find alien life with your computer… 2:09 Volunteer computing is a way for people to get their computers or phones to link up to solve complicated modeling and calculations to aid in research projects. What’s being volunteered is your machine’s spare processing power. When multiple computers are a part of the same project, …
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Amazon Prime members in Chicago, Indianapolis can now buy a product have this box on doorsteps in a couple hours. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Amazon’s Prime Now, the company’s same-day-delivery offering, is now available in two more cities. Prime Now has launched in Chicago, Illinois and Indianapolis, Indiana, Amazon announced on Thursday. The service will allow Amazon Prime members to …
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Nicole Cozma/CNET Until yesterday, Twitter didn’t offer a way to view a log of the devices, apps, and IPs connecting to your account. It’s important to be able to view this information in order to make sure the security measures on your account are working correctly. Now there’s a new dashboard that lets you check these connections. Here’s how to …
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Prior to iOS 9, the only way to access files stored in your iCloud Drive account was by using a specific app for a specific file type. iOS lacked a dedicated app to view your files as a whole, and it was a frustration point for many. iOS 9, however, offers an optional iCloud Drive app. The app services as …
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Windows 10 is looking good a couple of weeks before its official launch. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET For the longest time, I could not get audio to work in the Windows 10 preview build. No sound. No microphone. No verbal access to Cortana, Microsoft’s voice assistant. Despite trying a number of fixes and workarounds, I couldn’t resolve the issue. Other …
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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. TaoTronics There’s no single set of headphones, earbuds or earphones that’s perfect for every occasion. Indeed, if you’re the sporting type, you probably don’t want wires bouncing around, and you certainly don’t want …
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Voat.co’s mascot is a goat. Because, the Internet. Voat With all the drama surrounding Reddit, from debates over free speech to its messy game of musical chairs among executives, it’s understandable some users might want to leave. Now they’ve found a place to go. It’s called Voat (rhymes with goat), and it says it’s fixed all those things people don’t …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge could get a larger sibling soon. Josh Miller/CNET The big, curvy rumor that Samsung will release a larger version of the Samsung Galaxy S6 is gathering some cred. According to The Android Authority, a handset widely purported to be the Galaxy S6 Edge+ has now cleared the FCC, the first action that must be passed …
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T-Mobile, helmed by CEO John Legere, will need to dip into its cash to pay an FCC fine. Josh Miller/CNET The fourth-largest carrier in the US has been hit with a fine over emergency services outages that affected its network last year. T-Mobile has agreed to settle a complaint from the Federal Communications Commission over two 911 service outages in …
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Sigma Editors’ note, July 16, 2015: Updated with price and availability information. Sigma’s 18-35mm f1.8 excellent lens was a gift for folks with APS-C dSLRs; now the company is trying to replicate that feat with a the 24-35mm F2 DG HSM Art lens for full-frame photographers. The company’s A series of lenses historically deliver great value for a reasonable price, …
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One thing I’ve long admired about MacBooks: Apple’s super-cool, super-logical MagSafe, the power connector that pops on and off with magnetic ease. Indeed, I’ve often wondered why the company didn’t bring this tech to iPhones. Third-party developers to the rescue! Znaps is a MagSafe-style magnetic adapter for smartphones — and not just iPhones, but also Android and other Micro-USB-powered devices. …
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For years, Reddit has been a free-wheeling, nearly anything-goes collection of Internet forums run primarily by volunteers and users. What is Reddit? That’s the $50 million question the company and the 164 million people who visit the site each month are grappling with. The company’s co-founder and new CEO, Steve Huffman, on Thursday laid out a set of new policies …
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Supply of the Apple Watch has caught up with demand for the most part. Apple Those of you in the US who want to order an Apple Watch through the company’s website won’t have to wait long for it to reach your doorstep. A tour through the Apple Watch online store shows that most models are now in stock, meaning …
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Apple got first dibs at HBO Now, but that was then. HBO HBO’s Now app is no longer tied to Apple devices and Cablevision’s Optimum service. Starting Thursday, Amazon said its Fire tablets will have access to the premium cable channel’s standalone streaming service. Its Fire TV devices will get HBO Now soon after. More announcements like this from competitors …
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