Facebook could be partnering with The New York Times and other publications for news content. James Martin/CNET The world’s largest social network is already a source for all kinds of user-generated content, but it might soon become a hot spot for professional news stories. Facebook has partnered with The New York Times, BuzzFeed and National …
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An Apple invention may one day help you track others minute to minute. Apple/USPTO Apple’s current Find My Friends feature could one day expand into more of a Track My Friends feature. Granted to Apple on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, a patent called “Sharing location information among devices” describes a process that would let you view …
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The Amazon Fire TV Stick plugs into the back of your telly for online services on the bigger screen. Sarah Tew / CNET Stick this in your telly and fire it up: Amazon is launching the Fire TV Stick in the UK, and there’s a heavy discount if you get in there quick — if you’re prepared to fork out …
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The uniquely designed LG G Flex 2 arrives at U.S. Cellular. Josh Miller/CNET U.S. Cellular on Tuesday confirmed the LG G Flex 2 will soon join its smartphone portfolio. Arriving on March 26, the self-healing handset will be offered in Platinum Silver. Related Links LG G Flex 2 review Best phones of 2015 2015 Android smartphone specs compared Introduced in …
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Vessel hopes exclusive windows on video will entice people to pay for clips that they’ll often be able to see free three days later. Vessel YouTube may have 300 hours of video uploaded every minute, but new service Vessel believes there’s room for more. Vessel, an online service for short videos, launched Tuesday as the HBO to YouTube’s massive public …
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No HBO Now yet, but Apple TV has three other new channels for you to watch. Rick Broida/CNET A couple of weeks ago, Apple lowered the price of Apple TV to $69 from $99. Today, the set-top box gained three new channels: TED, Tastemade and Young Hollywood. Apple TV’s TED channel in action. Rick Broida/CNET Of these, TED is perhaps …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Maybe your co-worker played a prank on you, or maybe you were (recklessly) fooling around with the language settings on your PC. Now your entire computer is in Japanese and you have no idea how to fix it. Here’s how to change your language settings back to English — even if you can’t read enough Japanese to …
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Caught on video: Oppo’s upcoming bezel-less R7. Screenshot by Aloysius Low/CNET Chinese smartphone maker Oppo appears to be doing some magic with the design of its upcoming Oppo R7 phone, if this leaked video appears to be true. The Android-powered handset alleged comes with almost non-existent bezels, with the large screen taking up the entire sides of the device, as …
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Anil Dash/Twitter/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Twitter is rolling out an option that can hide offensive tweets from your view. Revealed in a tweet posted Monday by ThinkUp CEO Anil Dash, the feature known as “quality filtering” is intended to “remove all Tweets from your notifications timeline that contain threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content, or are sent from suspicious …
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Pay for Netflix. Pay for Hulu. Pay for HBO. And now… Vessel? Watch CNET Update below to learn about Vessel, a new video site that aims to be a premium version of YouTube. It’s $3 a month to get early access to some content, but Vessel is free for a year if you sign up by Thursday: Now playing: Watch …
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Creating an animated image of your Mac’s screen isn’t a new idea. I covered CloudApp’s feature when it was released late last summer. It worked well enough, and I still struggle to find a fault with it (other than I forget it’s there and never use it). GifGrabber is another app, sans the cloud-sharing service CloudApp’s GIF feature is built …
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Asus What do you need from a laptop? For many a modern user, the answer is simple: a keyboard. See, a smartphone or tablet can sub in for a lot of everyday tasks — Web, Facebook, Twitter and so on — but if you need to tap out more than just a few words, it’s hard to beat a full-size …
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Facebook’s developer conference is being held in San Francisco on Wednesday. Facebook is set to kick off its annual F8 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, and as in years past the confab will be more focused on developers than the people who actually use the service. The world’s largest social-networking company is expected to discuss a variety of topics …
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Google reportedly wants to let people pay their bills using Gmail. Getty Images People use Google’s Gmail to firm up brunch plans with a friend, exchange notes with colleagues and say hi to their mom. Now, Google wants to add another use to that list: Paying bills. The search giant is building a service reportedly called “Pony Express” that will …
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Sarah Tew Editors’ Note: The original version of this story mistakenly reported that the Fire TV Stick would get Bluetooth headphone support and USB storage expansion capability. Those updates will be reserved for the Fire TV box only. Amazon’s Fire TV Stick has always been a great bargain, but a free software update coming over the next couple of weeks …
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