Flickr finally makes it easier to search and sort through photos

Flickr has added new ways to search for photos. Yahoo Yahoo wants to get more people using Flickr, its photo-sharing and storage service. To help it achieve that goal, the company has finally added features to the more than 10-year-old service that make it easier for people to manage and search for photos. The company …

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Sling TV may add broadcast networks but won’t force you to buy them

Dish Network’s Sling TV service offers live TV over the Internet, with the basic required package of more than 20 channels costing $20 a month. David Katzmaier/CNET Broadcast networks may claim to be the home of must-see TV, but Internet television service Sling TV won’t make you pay for them. Sling TV made “a key decision from the beginning” to …

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LG G4c tipped as cheaper take on flagship variant

The LG G4 may soon have a lesser-powered counterpart. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Does “c” stand for “cheap”? That might be the case for the LG G4c, which looks like a smaller and less expensive version of its flagship G4 smartphone, according to German retail website 0815.eu. Related Links LG G4 review 2015 flagship smartphone specs compared With leather-clad G4, LG fashions …

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Alibaba names new CEO following shaky start to the year

At Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. The company enjoyed a huge attention from its $25 billion IPO last year, but has struggled since with regulators and growth. Hong Wu/Getty Images Alibaba named a new CEO on Thursday in a surprise move, an apparent effort to right itself as its revenue growth and stock price have stumbled so far this year. …

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Three free utilities to make your computing life easier

I used PhraseExpress to insert the image credit below. Why type the same thing over and over? Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Yesterday’s post about Norton Identity Safe, the surprisingly good free password manager, got me thinking about other great freeware — the utilities I use daily and, frankly, couldn’t live without. And I don’t know about you, but sometimes I …

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How to change the minimum file size limit for OS X Mail Drop

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Mail Drop is an incredibly useful tool when emailing large attachments with the Mail app in OS X. It kicks in when you attempt to send an attachment larger than 20MB (and up to 5GB) and uploads the file to iCloud, where it’ll sit for up to 30 days for your recipient to download at his …

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Fitbit takes first steps toward initial public offering

Fitbit’s Surge smartwatch was one of 10.9 million devices the startup sold in 2014. Sarah Tew/CNET Fitbit is on track to be the first wearable tech-focused company to go public. In a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 8-year-old startup — a leading maker of fitness- and health-tracking gadgets based in San Francisco — is seeking to …

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How to change the name of your Apple Watch

When you first set up your Apple Watch, Apple assigns a default name to it. For my watch it was “Jason’s Apple Watch.” Yours is likely something similar, only with your name, not mine. Some people, like me, prefer to give our devices a name of our own instead of a standard affair. To change the name assigned to your …

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Apple tries to resuscitate iPad sales with new ad campaign

Will Apple’s new ads cook up more iPad buyers? screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET With Apple tablet sales dwindling, the company is hoping a new series of iPad ads will draw in more buyers. Dubbed “Everything changes with iPad,” the new ad campaign attempts to explore the many ways that people can use the tablet. Displayed on Apple’s website, a 90-second …

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​Microsoft rips old IE technologies out of its new Edge browser

Showing just how serious it is about giving its Web browser a fresh start, Microsoft has detailed exactly how much of Internet Explorer’s technology the company has removed from its new Edge browser — and it’s a lot. Microsoft’s browser has accumulated hundreds of features and abilities over the years. Whatever their merits when introduced, they’ve become a burden to …

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Citrix to launch iOS

Now there’s a scene you don’t see every day: an iPad and a mouse! Citrix Can an iPad really take the place of a laptop? For many a business user, there’s one key element missing: a mouse. Sure, you can use a fingertip for things like selecting text and dragging and dropping spreadsheet cells, but that’s nowhere near as precise. …

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Linqapp brings crowd

Linqapp Linqapp, a social translation app that connects translators and native speakers with people in need of a quick translation, is making its debut this week for Apple’s iOS. The app aims to match users in need of translation with Linqapp users who speak the language to provide a variety of answers. The app sends a push notification to native …

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Showtime’s version of HBO Now to launch in ‘coming months’

CBS CEO Les Moonves said Showtime will launch its online offering in a few months. David McNew/Getty Images Cord-cutters desperate to watch “Masters of Sex” and past episodes of “Dexter” will get their chance soon. CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said Thursday that the company’s premium cable network Showtime will launch a streaming video offering direct to consumers “in the …

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