Cinephiles, start your iPhones. ScenePast is an iOS app that helps you discover different locations from movie and TV history. From the oddly retro start screen, you can search for locations by year, ZIP code, or choose from five popular destinations: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, or San Francisco. You can also just tap …
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Pebble Wouldn’t it be great if wearable gadgets all played nicely with each other? The Pebble watch and Misfit Wearables seem to be doing just that: a new partnership has put the Misfit Shine activity tracker’s fitness ecosystem on Pebble’s watch. The Pebble watch and Pebble Steel are waterproof, run apps, and work with both iOS and Android, but they …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET With the arrival of an AOL video channel on the Apple TV set-top box Tuesday, Apple is now bringing a wide array of free, ad-supported video across the deep moat it has built around its $99 streaming-media device. The “AOL On” network will add more than 900,000 videos to Apple TV, predominantly short clips not only from AOL …
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Google kicks off its developer conference Wednesday in San Francisco. James Martin/CNET Google, after failing to score a hit with its prior TV projects, hasn’t given up on the living room just yet. The Mountain View, Calif., company is working with partners to produce several television set-top boxes that run its Android software, people familiar with the matter said. The …
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The Samsung HU7250 is part of a new curved series of 4K televisions Samsung Samsung has announced a bevy of new 4K TVs, with six new models and two new series. They include an 85-inch screen, a curved series, and a selection of smaller sized televisions. Prices range from $999 to ten times that amount. The non-curved UN85HU8550 ($9,999, shipping …
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The TCL UH9500 series features a 4K resolution and HDMI 2.0 inputs TCL As one of the first brands to debut a 4K television for under a grand, TCL has returned with not one, but three televisions under the magical $1,000 barrier. The Chinese company has five models in total, from 40 inches up to 85 inches, and all feature …
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Apple getting ready to up its screen size? CNET Apple plans to begin production in China next month of two new iPhones sporting larger screens, according to a Bloomberg report. The models, expected to ship to retailers in September, will feature screens measuring 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, respectively, and be rounder and thinner than its current models, sources told …
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Virgin Mobile I’ve been mostly satisfied with Virgin Mobile service on my iPhone 5S , especially the $30-per-month price tag for nearly unlimited everything. But there’s one feature I’ve missed: mobile hotspot. Thankfully, the carrier now offers that capability, as $5 buys you a day’s worth of using your handset as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five devices. (And …
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Yahoo’s custom launcher is now available to all Android users. Yahoo After spending a few months toiling about in a limited beta release, Yahoo’s custom app launcher for Android, Aviate, is now available to all users. You can download the home screen replacement from the Google Play Store. Yahoo’s launcher comes quickly on the heels of competing Android launchers created …
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Now playing: Watch this: Google I/O to showcase new smartwatches 2:55 This episode of CNET Update will prep you for what news to expect at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday. One focus will be around smartwatches and the Android Wear operating system. CNET has learned that Samsung will use the event to debut its first Android Wear smartwatch. You …
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Sarah Tew/CNET If you’re wearing Google Glass , you can name that tune in one — if you’re in the UK. Popular music recognition app Shazam was named today as one of a raft of new services for the high-tech specs, but only for British Glass-wearers. Shazam is a smartphone app that listens to the music playing wherever you are …
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Part of the DVF|Made for Glass collection. Google Google’s new high-fashion line of Glass wearables went on sale for the first time Monday, giving anyone with about $1,500 lying around a chance to own the digital headsets. The line, created in collaboration with American fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, was first introduced earlier this month as a way to bring …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at an event in Chicago. CNET/Sarah Tew CHICAGO — Sprint wants to be the go-to carrier for fitness buffs. At an event here Monday the company announced starting July 25 that it will offer the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport , a version of the popular Samsung smartphone that is water resistant and dust proof. It’s …
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Angela Ahrendts serves as head of Apple’s online and physical retail stores. Apple Angela Ahrendts may be the new kid in town at Apple, but she’s already sharing some tips she’s learned. The executive, who took over as head of Apple’s online and retail stores nearly two months ago, on Monday posted advice on LinkedIn for people starting new jobs. …
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This 2-year-old Samsung phone is still king of the Androids. Josh Miller/CNET Based on all the hype and sales numbers, you might presume that the world of Android users is dominated by folks with a flashy Samsung Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S4 in their hands. The truth seems to be that the public is much slower to upgrade to the …
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