Microsoft Operating Systems Group chief Terry Myerson unveils the initial Windows 10 road map in September. The company still plans a launch for the latter part of next year.Screenshot of Microsoft YouTube video by ZDNet I get a lot of questions about when Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 10. I’m sure Microsoft executives do, …
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Call+ lets you do a little bartering to earn free international calls. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Most smartphone apps that offer free voice calls require the person at the other end to use the same app. That’s fine for calling the friends and family members you can cajole into installing that app, but what if you want to reach, say, …
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Microsoft’s Cortana is expanding its language skills. CNET Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant is traveling to more countries so it can chat in more languages. Slated to roll out on Friday, an update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone Developer Preview will see Cortana support French, Italian, German and Spanish. But the new languages won’t be available to the average Windows Phone 8.1 …
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What features will the successor to the Galaxy S5 sport? Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s next Galaxy phone will up the screen size and resolution over the S5, assuming a new round of leaked specs are accurate. A screenshot leaked by Chinese website CNMO from the database of benchmarking site AnTuTu allegedly displays some of the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S6. …
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Zillow Digs, the real estate aggregator’s new app for home improvement information. Zillow Real-estate search site Zillow has been hit with a lawsuit by a former employee who claims to be a victim of ageism. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, Jennifer Young, “a forty-one year-old single mother of two” hired …
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Women’s clothing store Bebe has become the latest retail hacking victim in a breach that exposed credit and debit card information, the company announced on Friday. Between the period of November 8 and November 26, Bebe believes that hackers gained access to its payment-processing systems and were able to nab credit and debit card data. The hackers could get cardholders’ …
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The new iPhone may have sucked in enough Android users to impact mobile Web traffic. CNET The iPhone 6 gave a small shot in the arm to Apple’s mobile Web traffic in the US after the smartphone hit the market in mid-September. Specifically, the share of mobile Web traffic from Apple iOS devices in the US crept up to 61.4 …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t too fond of Tim Cook’s recent comments. James Martin/CNET Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently disagrees with Apple CEO Tim Cook’s claim that free services which are supported by ads turn people into products. “A frustration I have is that a lot of people increasingly seem to equate an advertising business model with somehow …
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If you’ve never adjusted the settings on your TV, it’s a good bet it’s not performing as well as it could. While it’s possible to get the picture settings close just by using your eye, the better option is a Blu-ray setup disc. Beginner to expert, there’s one for every skill level. All will get your TV performing much better …
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Daniel Terdiman/CNET The US National Security Agency has the ability to target cellular networks around the world and collect information at will, a new report from The Intercept claims. Dubbed Auroragold, the previously undiscovered NSA program allows the clandestine agency to exploit security vulnerabilities — and even to introduce new ones — in cell networks to help it eavesdrop on …
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Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscriptions reached 2.81 million in the third fiscal quarter of 2014. Stephen Shankland/CNET When Adobe Systems unveiled its CS6 software, back in May 2012, it wasn’t yet clear that the release would be the end of the line for software like Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. But now Adobe updates those products only through its Creative Cloud …
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The new Amazon Elements lineup speaks to consumers who want in-depth information about where products come from. Amazon/Screenshot by CNET Parents of infants know two things for sure: they’re facing a relentless demand for diapers, and they’re not going out to dinner like they used to. Now Amazon has a pair of new offerings that address both of those predicaments. …
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Photo art is everywhere these, popping up on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. You used to need solid Photoshop skills to add a text overlay or manipulate a background in your photos, but in the smartphone age, there are many apps that can do the hard work for you. Different from a regular photo editor, photography art apps can turn a …
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HTC’s next smartphone could pack an octa-core processor. Sarah Tew/CNET Just a day after first hearing rumors about the HTC One M9 flagship phone with a camera that’s rethought from the one in today’s One M8 , a conflicting rumor points to an even more powerful handset with a different name. Related Links First HTC One M9 rumors suggest ‘ultrapixels’ …
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A new system will let Starbucks customers order and pay before they get to the store. Starbucks Starbucks customers across the US will be able to place and pay for their orders via an iPhone before they even reach the store. A new program, called Mobile Order & Pay, has already kicked off in Portand, Ore., on Wednesday as a …
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