Done drinking your KFC coffee? Eat the cup

KFC is rolling out a new coffee cup later this year to celebrate its 50th anniversary, but instead of traditional coffee cup materials, the new Scoff-ee Cup is made out of a cookie. Yeah, you read that right. Now playing: Watch this: RippleMaker prints on your cup of coffee 1:06 At select KFC restaurants in …

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BlackBerry Classic to arrive at Verizon online Thursday

The BlackBerry Classic is landing at Verizon. Josh Miller/CNET Verizon customers who still long for a physical keyboard will soon get a chance to buy a BlackBerry Classic phone. Selling for $100 with the usual two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate, the QWERTY keyboard-equipped phone will be available through Verizon’s online store starting Thursday. It won’t pop up …

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Quicklock padlock unlocks via app or NFC

Quicklock Here’s my problem: When I lock all my stuff into my gym locker, I leave my glasses in there as well. And because I have 46-year-old vision, I literally cannot make out the numbers on the padlock. That’s made for some rather embarrassing attempts to get it open. Sigh. One potential solution: Quicklock, a new padlock that supports both …

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Holy Shift! Perceptiv’s drone upgrade kit lets you add auto

Perceptiv Labs Having auto-follow capabilities on a drone means that it can chase after a subject without assistance from a pilot, essentially giving you your own private flying camera operator. We saw it featured a lot at CES 2015, but in its current state, it doesn’t allow for a lot of creative control — something Perceptiv Labs aims to solve …

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Sony app leaks Xperia Z4 Tablet ahead of MWC

Sony’s next tablet could come as soon as next week. Screen shot by Scott Webster/CNET Sony may introduce an Xperia Z4 Tablet at Mobile World Congress next week. Related Links Sony said to be slashing 1,000 more jobs in mobile division Sony Xperia E4g packs 4G LTE and epic battery life on a budget Sony’s Google Glass rival SmartEyeglass goes …

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Samsung parodies rumor mill with talk of ‘all

Samsung makes fun of the hype by releasing a picture of a hypothetical smartphone. Samsung As rumors surrounding the upcoming Galaxy S6 flare up, an unlikely participant has joined the fray to comically stoke the flames. Samsung on Wednesday published a page on its Norwegian site, called “Is this the next?” The page offers several “rumors” about its Galaxy handset, …

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Uber goes free in Seoul as pressure from city government mounts

Uber is now free in Seoul as the company tries to make things work with government officials. Uber Ride-sharing service Uber is once again offering customers in Seoul a free ride. Announced Wednesday, the move is the latest attempt by the company — which provides a car-hailing app that connects riders and drivers — to offer its service in a …

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LTE Broadcast promises to make over

Qualcomm’s demo of this Facebook installation shows LTE Broadcast at work. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET LTE Broadcast may not be a household term yet, but it’s one that will soon affect you either way. What is it? Also known as multicast, it’s a capability that carriers are working on (along with some of their partners) to use LTE spectrum to beam something …

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Jury orders Apple to pay $533 million in iTunes patent case

Apple plans to file an appeal. CNET Apple has been ordered to pay $533 million in damages after losing a patent lawsuit case tied to iTunes. A federal jury in Texas found Tuesday that Apple infringed on three patents held by patent licenser Smartflash, Bloomberg reported. The patents in question concern digital rights management and other inventions related to data …

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Reddit clamps down on ‘involuntary pornography’

Reddit has been criticized for allowing objectionable content to remain online in various forums. A new policy shift is designed to shield people from having personal imagery posted to the site. Reddit The wildly popular social news and networking site Reddit is updating its privacy policy to protect victims of so-called “involuntary pornography.” The change is set to take effect …

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Google Play Music now lets you add 50,000 of your own songs

Google If you’re still carrying around an MP3 player to listen to your song files, Google’s got some good news for you today. The company announced that starting now, you can upload 50,000 of your own music files to Google Play Music, so you can stream them on your Android phone or iPhone. The limit used to be 20,000 songs, …

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With ‘Android for Work,’ Google hopes you’ll use your phone on the job

Google on Wednesday unveiled Android for Work. Google SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s Android operating system powers more than 80 percent of the world’s smartphones. Now the tech giant wants to help Android owners use their phones in the workplace. Google on Wednesday launched Android for Work, an initiative that tries to bring Android devices up to par with the needs …

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Meyer Sound’s advanced tech takes concert sound into the 21st century

Wynton Marsalis, right, on trumpet; Dan Nimmer, piano. Steve Guttenberg/CNET Say what you will about big venue concert sound systems, but one thing’s for sure, they can play incredibly loud. I’m more interested in systems that sound really good. I was thinking about all of that the night I went to hear a private demo of the Meyer Sound Constellation …

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