Matt Elliott/CNET Perhaps the current and ongoing winter we are experiencing in the Northeast inspired the title of Weather Underground’s new iOS app, Storm. The app is free and universal, though it’ll cost you $1.99 | £1.49 | AU$2.49 a year to get rid of the banner ads that run along the top. Storm puts …
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Meerkatting is all the rage on Twitter. (Well, until the next video-streaming app comes along.) Watch this episode of CNET Update to learn the secrets of the Meerkat app. There’s also news regarding a different species of video streaming: HBO Now and Sling TV. Also, it’s time to dust off the plastic guitars… Rock Band is back. (OK Google, I’m …
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BARCELONA — By any measure, 2015 was a banner year for the world’s largest and most important mobile show. Mobile World Congress drew in over 90,000 attendees and roughly 1,900 exhibitors, all vying to make their mark. It’s a lot to digest, which is why we break down the most significant news, impressive gadgets, kooky startups and biggest themes below. …
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BBM for Android has reached 100 million downloads. BlackBerry BlackBerry’s mobile messaging application BBM for Android has reached a new milestone. But it might not be time to pop open a champagne bottle just yet. BBM for Android has reached 100 million downloads in the Google Play store since that application hit the marketplace a year-and-a-half ago. BlackBerry also said …
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CNET Editor Roger Cheng controlling an excavator in Sweden — while at a conference in Barcelona. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Thanks to Ericsson, I can check off operating heavy machinery from my bucket list. No, the telecommunications equipment manufacturer didn’t have a massive excavator in its booth at the Mobile World Congress trade show here. But it had the next …
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Microsoft says its goal is to make the software look and feel more like Office for Windows, while not losing the styling that makes the suite feel like it’s built for Mac OS X. Microsoft Five years after rolling out Office 2011 for Mac, Microsoft has made a first public preview of its successor, Office 2016 for Mac, available to …
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With Apple Pay gaining steam and Samsung releasing its own system at Mobile World Congress 2015, called Samsung Pay, mobile payments are getting mainstream. In the coming years I’m betting that nearly every phone will let you quickly check out without grabbing for your wallet. More about mobile payments Everything you need to know about NFC and mobile payments Samsung …
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The Facebook logo as seen on a tablet screen. Getty Images Facebook is changing how it counts “likes” across its Pages for celebrities and businesses. The social networking giant said Thursday it will no longer include likes from people who have deactivated their accounts or who have died. Facebook likes are an important measure of a Page’s popularity and are …
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Mobile World Congress 2015 was chock full of cool new gadgets and the CNET TV team was on the scene in Barcelona getting hands-on coverage of the latest and greatest tech. Samsung strutted a fresh pair of flagship phones, wearables made a fashionable appearance, and cutting-edge VR headsets blew us away. If you missed any of it, check out the …
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Apple Watch will lead the smartwatch market this year, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple The highly anticipated Apple Watch will soon dominate the smartwatch market, says research firm Strategy Analytics. Apple will ship 15.4 million Apple Watch units in 2015, giving the company 54.8 percent of the global smartwatch market. All other smartwatch makers combined will ship just 12.7 million …
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Enlarge ImageKeys is available for pre-order now for $100 and will ship early this summer. David Carnoy/CNET In 2012, Opho, a San Francisco-based startup known back then as Incident Technologies, had one of the more successful Kickstarter campaigns, raising $350,000 for its digital guitar, gTar, on the crowdfunding site. Now it hopes to do even better with with the launch …
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Enlarge ImageOn March 9, Apple is expected to tell the world when its new Watch will go on sale and ship. James Martin/CNET With Apple’s ‘Spring Forward’ event on March 9 in San Francisco just days away, it’s time to look at — and recalibrate — our expectations for the occasion. We know that the event will focus on the …
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The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. James Martin/CNET Apple will be holding a special event on March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. As the time-themed invite suggests, the company is expected to announce the final details for its new Apple Watch , which was originally unveiled at …
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The tool only works in California for now, but Google plans to expand it to other states. Google Google may be experimenting with out-there projects like driverless cars and smart contact lenses, but it hasn’t forgotten about the prosaic. Case in point: the tech giant on Thursday launched a new tool that helps people compare automobile insurance quotes. The service, …
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Apple could launch iOS 8.2 on Monday, when it’s also hosting its Apple Watch event. Tim Stevens/CNET Version 8.2 of Apple’s iOS mobile operating system could launch as soon as Monday with new and improved health features in tow. That’s the same day the company is expected to unveil more details on its Apple Watch. The maker of the iPhone …
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