Apple headphones Steve Guttenberg/CNET It’s a fair guess that sound quality isn’t a big priority when you only listen in your car, or with a Bluetooth speaker, free earbuds, a boom box, or a cheap speaker or headphone. In 2015, music sounds perfectly fine for most people, most of the time, so seeking out better …
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The Pirate Bay made a defiant return Saturday, seven weeks after a police raid shut down the infamous file-sharing website. On the revived site, a defiant pheonix rising from the ashes has replaced the usual Pirate Bay logo of a buccaneer’s ship. Screenshot by CNET The site, which allows users to download television shows, movies, games and other files, had …
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No update yet for the HTC One M8. CNET HTC One owners waiting for an update to the latest version of Android will have to practice a bit more patience. The company said late Friday that it would miss its goal of bringing Android 5.0, also known as Lollipop, to the carrier versions of the HTC One M8 and M7 …
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Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also obeys your commands. I want to come with you to …
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Magic Actions Cinema mode. Bloom by Pogo on YouTube The YouTube site has gone through many redesigns over the last few years. Each time, features are added and taken away, which may not suit your preferences. If you want to view videos with fewer distractions, or stop the new autoplay feature, Magic Actions for YouTube has you covered. Magic Actions …
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Reddit received 218 requests last year to remove specific content, complying with 68 of them. Reddit Reddit has joined the likes of Google and Facebook in releasing its first transparency report that details requests for user data and for the removal of content. In a blog post Thursday, the social news site said it regularly gets requests from government agencies …
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iTunes Widget. Jason Cipriani/CNET On Thursday Apple released an update to iTunes, bringing the version number to 12.1. In addition to improving sync performance with iOS devices, the update also introduces an official widget for iTunes for OS X Yosemite users. You can download the update by launching the Mac App Store and selecting the “Updates” icon. Process for adding …
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US Cellular drops its prepaid prices to remain competitive. Screen shot by Scott Webster/CNET US Cellular has become the latest wireless provider to tweak its prepaid rate plans. Today sees the carrier dropping prices for most of its Simple Connect Prepaid rate plans. Related Links Cricket upgrades ‘All-In’ plans, hands out 2.5GB data for $35 per month Boost Mobile rewards …
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Speeds will hit a “few hundred megabits per second” by 2020, BT says. BT BT is plotting a new broadband technology for the UK, with trials due to start within the year. The ultrafast broadband is called G.fast, which is a technology that serves as an upgrade to existing DSL copper phone lines, promising speeds of up to 500Mbps. BT …
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Samsung It was just the other day that I was touting a refurbished HP Chromebook, singing the praises of its non-Windows operating system and seriously low price. Ah, but that was a 14-inch model, bigger and heavier than some users prefer. If you’re looking to travel light, you might want something smaller and slimmer. Like this: today only, and while …
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Now playing: Watch this: Rid your Android quick settings menu of oddball toggles 1:17 The release of Android 5.0 Lollipop brought a new look to the Android operating system. One area that saw improvement was the Quick Settings menu and Notifications bar. A simple swipe down from the top of the screen reveals notifications from texts, emails and other apps, …
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The ZTE Grand X Max+ is one of Cricket’s latest handsets. Josh Miller/CNET Cricket updated its rate plans on Friday to increase the amount of 4G LTE data it’ll provide its prepaid customers. The plans span $35 per month at the low end to $60 a month for the highest bucket of data. All plans include unlimited talk and text …
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Uber has been sued in the US over alleged rape. Uber A woman who says she was assaulted and raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi last month has sued the car-sharing service in the US. The woman, who remains unidentified, is suing Uber for unspecified damages, saying that the alleged assault stemmed from the company failing to implement …
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Vine Kids features looping 6-second child-friendly videos. Screenshot by Michelle Meyers/CNET Kids are known for having short attention spans and it appears Vine is banking on that with a new app that should also help put parents at ease. The Twitter-owned video-sharing company rolled out Vine Kids on Friday to let children watch looping 6-second Vine videos that have been …
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Google has promised to improve its privacy policy in the UK. CNET Google has agreed to play ball with UK regulators to change how it collects user data in the country. In a notice released Friday, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that Google will “make further changes to its privacy policy to ensure it meets the requirements of …
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