“I’m not going to teIl you I’m proud of losing the kind of money we’re losing,” Intel Chairman Andy Bryant said at an investor event. Screenshot by Ben Rubin/CNET Intel has been having a hard time trying to claw its way into smartphones and tablets, losing billions of dollars along the way. But it’s not …
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Photo editors on iOS have come a long way since the App Store first opened in 2008. Along with Apple providing better lenses and processing power with each successive iOS device, developers have moved far beyond the simple filters and basic edits we used to use in early photo editors. While I personally think it’s crossing a line when I …
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While winter is very decidedly here for much of the Northern Hemisphere, we’re all still bracing ourselves for the winter that is Telltale Games’ episodic ” Game of Thrones,” which should land sometime before the end of the year. On Thursday, Telltale Games posted a teaser trailer for the first episode of the six-episode game, and it looks to deliver …
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Yahoo just scored a major victory in deal with Firefox. Yahoo is becoming the default search engine for Firefox browsers, replacing Google. Watch CNET Update below to learn how this changes things in the search world. We also look at the changes coming to Amazon warehouses. Amazon is enlisting a fleet of robots to help get holiday gifts out in …
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Motrr The Motrr Galileo is a cool robotic iPhone dock that, when paired with one of more than a dozen apps, can be used to create high-resolution 360-degree panoramas and smooth time-lapse sequences among other things. To further expand its usefulness, Motrr made a mount that holds a GoPro Hero3, 3+ or 4 camera that squeezes in where you would …
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The latest generation of phone-protecting Gorilla Glass is here, and who better to test it out than the Mythbusters. Here comes the pane! In new videos made by US glassmaker Corning to promote Gorilla Glass 4, the ever-enthusiastic Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” TV show claim we live in the “glass age”. The video adverts talk …
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Amazon uses Instagram to promote its new Snapchat account. Screenshot by Donna Tam/CNET Snap up these deals before they’re gone in 10 seconds. Literally. Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer by revenue, hopes to boost sales with a new take on social shopping — using a Snapchat account to send gift ideas, recommendations and exclusive deals that disappear in seconds. …
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Behold, an endless supply of custom watch faces for your Android Wear. Screenshot by Scott Webster/CNET Ask around and you’ll undoubtedly hear that one of the best features about Android is its endless customization. Be it wallpapers and widgets or custom ROMs and launchers, Android is downright flexible. The same can already be said about Android Wear. Related Links Five …
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Sarah Tew/CNET You’ll have a lot of tablets and e-readers to choose from this holiday season, but Barnes & Noble are betting a little early financial incentive might steer you in its direction. As part of its Discovery Weekend, November 21 through 23, the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet will be $149.99 after a $50 instant rebate, while …
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In a major departure for both Mozilla and Yahoo, Firefox’s default search engine is switching from Google to Yahoo in the United States. “I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into a five-year partnership with Mozilla to make Yahoo the default search experience on Firefox across mobile and desktop,” Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said in a blog post Wednesday. …
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Taesoon Jun, Samsung’s chief architect on Tizen, explains the benefits of the operating system last week during Samsung’s developer conference in San Francisco. Shara Tibken/CNET In February 2013, a group of heavy-hitting companies led by Samsung held a glitzy evening event in Barcelona. Complete with freshly shucked oysters and made-to-order crepes, the event marked the debut of the Tizen mobile …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Xiomara Blanco/CNET TVs probably aren’t the first (or second or third) thing to come to mind when you hear Dell. Neither are fitness trackers or gaming consoles. But you can expect to find those and more with nice discounts come Thanksgiving. For example, come 6 …
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BitTorrent Sync 2.0 will arrive in early 2015 with advanced features to take on the biggest cloud storage providers. BitTorrent BitTorrent wants to make it easier for you to control your data. The company, best known for helping people share large files incredibly fast, is now applying the technology to syncing very large files across devices. BitTorrent announced Wednesday a …
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Studio Proper Studio Proper is an industrial design studio based in Melbourne and is best known for its X Lock and M Lock range of phone cases and mounting systems, both mechanical and magnetic. But that could change, with Studio Proper wanting to make a move from mechanical mounts to Bluetooth speaker systems, with the PA2. Studio Proper The flying-saucer-esque …
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Kik has raised more than $70 million to date. Kik Kik Interactive, which makes a popular messaging and chat app, has raised a new sum of cash, the company said Wednesday. The startup has raised $38.3 million in a round led by hedge fund Valiant Capital Partners. Millennium Technology Value Partners and SV Angel, among others, also participated in the …
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