Searching “family friendly” on YouTube is not a good way to find children’s programming. Trust me. Google is launching a YouTube Kids app just for kid-appropriate videos. Youngsters haven’t had a parent-approved portal on YouTube before, but video streaming these days is all about the kiddies: Now playing: Watch this: YouTube can babysit your kids …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I’m writing this one with my wife in mind, who has been using a work-issued laptop with a broken trackpad for nearly a year. She has adapted by using a wireless mouse, but since she also has a work-issued iPhone 6, she could use that instead of the old mouse I gave her and carry one less item …
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Now playing: Watch this: Make your own microphone 0:53 In the following guide, I’m going to show you how to make and use a simple microphone that will allow you to hear everyday objects in new and interesting ways. If you love having fun with sound, this project is for you. Contact microphones, or piezo mics, come in all shapes …
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HDGuru.com The Vizio P series broke new 4K TV pricing ground in 2014 starting with a 50-inch model for $999. Now leaked pricing indicates the company’s new 2015 M series of 4K TVs as even cheaper. HDguru.com cites industry sources in leaking the prices, release dates, specifications and model numbers of the 2015 Vizio M series — information we don’t …
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Divoom Congratulations to Patrick D. of West Olive, Mich., for winning a Martian Notifier smartwatch in last week’s giveaway. This week, we’ve got a cute little portable speaker that does more than just play music. The second-generation Divoom Bluetune-Bean speaker, released just this week, adds a selfie remote shutter on the side for snapping selfies and group photos. It also …
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Oh, hey T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Looking good! Screenshot by Anthony Domanico/CNET A guy named Steve Wozniak (no, not that Steve Wozniak) released an extension for the Google Chrome Web browser, and it seriously might be the best and worst thing on the Internet. Called Googlifier, the Chrome extension adds googly eyes to every image on a particular website as …
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Google is facing another antitrust probe, this time from Russia. CNET Google must now contend with yet another antitrust investigation. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has launched a formal probe into Google over potential violations of antitrust law, Reuters reported Friday. The investigation was initiated following a request by Russia-based search engine Yandex, which has accused Google of forcing …
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Matt Elliott/CNET With a recent update, Dropbox has made it quicker and easier to work with shared links on an iOS or Android device. Now when someone emails you a Dropbox link and you tap on the link to open the file in your default mobile browser, you are offered a button to Open in app. This change means you …
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A limited-time deal sees Sprint offering more data than competitors, and at a lower cost. Screenshot by Scott Webster/CNET Sprint introduced a new, limited-time rate on Friday as part of its Family Share Pack rate plans. Available immediately, customers can share up to 12GB of high-speed data for $90 per month. Also included in the deal, of course, are unlimited …
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Pebble Steel with text templates loaded. Jason Cipriani/CNET Pebble recently pushed an update for its Android users that brings full Android Wear compatibility to the smartwatch. While the wording may leave you with the impression of being able to run an Android Wear app on your wrist, it really boils down to being able to take action on notifications from …
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YouTube Kids will be coming to Android devices next week. YouTube When it comes to streaming video, these days it’s all about the kids. YouTube, the world’s biggest online video service, said it will launch a new free app called YouTube Kids on Monday. The app initially will be available only on devices running Google’s Android operating system. It will …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere had a lot to celebrate at the end of 2014. Screenshot by Claudia Cruz/CNET T-Mobile ended the year on a high note. For the fourth quarter, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier posted a profit of $101 million, or 12 cents a share, reversing a year-ago loss of $20 million, or 3 cents a share. Revenue rose …
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Adobe’s Photoshop graphics-editing software came out 25 years ago today, February 19, and as part of the company’s ongoing celebration of the milestone, it’s released an incredible short video featuring elaborate artwork created using the tool. Related Links Checking out Photoshop for Chromebooks: Network-computing revived What’s Darth Vader doing riding a bus? The video is set to Aerosmith’s “Dream On,” …
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Now playing: Watch this: The newest stuff to watch online 1:36 It may be the end of February and while some greats are disappearing, there’s still a lot of fun video to be found online. Hulu will have the 87th annual Academy Awards on February 26, the day after it airs live on ABC. Additionally, Hulu will premiere the second …
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Uploading a photo using the Dropbox share extension. Jason Cipriani/CNET The ability to upload nearly any file to Dropbox on your iOS device has been sorely absent. Outside of the dedicated app allowing you pick and upload a photo from within the app, uploading files was near impossible unless a third-party app supported Dropbox. A recent update to the Dropbox …
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