Simple.TV owners are getting another outlet for streaming their over-the-air TV. Chromecast support was added to Simple.TV’s app for iOS and Android today, enabling the ability to “cast” straight from the app to a Chromecast. The Chromecast joins Roku and Apple TV as supported living room devices, although Roku remains the only option with its …
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A popular Web series is becoming the first original series available exclusively on Vimeo, the video site announced on Thursday. “High Maintenance,” a popular Web series that launched in 2013 and follows a cannabis dealer delivering products to clients around the city they live in, will now be available exclusively on Vimeo On Demand. The show has already aired 13 …
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The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a steal at $149. James Martin/CNET When it comes to tablet bang for the buck, it’s hard to beat an Amazon Kindle Fire HD. With today’s deal, the needle shoots up to “impossible to beat.” Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET For a limited time, you can get a refurbished Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (16GB) for …
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These happy gentlemen just signed a $3 billion deal. From left: Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Beats co-founder Dr. Dre, and Apple SVP Eddy Cue. Apple Apple on Wednesday confirmed it’s buying Beats for $3 billion, giving the electronics giant a popular headphones business and subscription streaming music service. The acquisition — Apple’s biggest ever — includes …
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The acquisition of Jimmy Iovine (left) and Dr. Dre (second from right) is considered key to Apple’s deal for Beats. Apple Even after Apple confirmed long-standing rumors that it planned to acquire Beats on Wednesday, industry analysts lacked any harmony in their impressions of the deal, with some singing its praises and some cracking sour notes. Morgan Stanley came out …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen at a press roundtable session at the Consumer Electronics Show. Roger Cheng/CNET The always-candid BlackBerry CEO John Chen just upped his company’s chances for survival. Chen, speaking at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., said he gives BlackBerry an 80 percent chance for success. That’s a lot higher than his previous estimate, which he …
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Apple’s iTunes head Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, chat at the Code Conference. Asa Mathat/Recode Beats is about to get a big injection of steroids from Apple. Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of iTunes, and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, talked about the reasoning behind Apple’s plan to buy Beats and gave hints about what the two companies could do …
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Can you really get all your Bluetooth gadgets to play nice together? Sarah Tew/CNET I must confess I have a problem, or more precisely, I believe in technology that has caused me a great many of them. You see, I’ve become obsessed by an outlandish Bluetooth dream, one called Unified Communications, and despite a parade of glitches I’ll do almost …
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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Stephen Shankland/CNET Even SoftBank CEO and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son is a fan of T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “I highly admire John Legere,” he said at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Wednesday, eliciting applause and laughter. Legere, in an email to CNET, responded in kind: “That’s …
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A rumored 5.5-inch-class iPhone could come with a sapphire screen cover. Apple; screenshot by Brooke Crothers/CNET Sapphire production for future Apple products jumped five-fold in April, according to a report from UBS Securities. The research note (via Barron’s) from UBS Securities’ Steven Chin on Wednesday is centered on GT Advanced Technologies, which is a sapphire material supplier to Apple. Sapphire …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple will kick off WWDC on June 2. Apple It’s that time of year again, when the Apple faithful descend on San Francisco’s Moscone Center for the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant from June 2 to 6 will give …
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The NFC-enhanced Cliq case comes in your choice of five colors. Cliq Cases What’s your most commonly used app? Kindle? Calendar? Camera? Sure, you can put its icon on your home screen, but you still have to swipe through the lock screen, navigate to the home screen, and tap the icon. Whew! Exhausting! Related stories Hands-on with the Dimple NFC …
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HTC could go plastic with the One Vogue Edition smartphone. HTC Source HTC may soon deploy a polycarbonate version of its all-metal flagship One M8 smartphone , or so say the Android gossip hounds. Details of a so-called “Vogue Edition” have surfaced over the last few days suggesting HTC is set to debut the device as early as June. Related …
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LG’s G3. Nate Ralph/CNET LG turned some heads on Tuesday with the debut of its eye-catching new G3 . But in this game, a good — even great — smartphone simply isn’t enough. It’s the sad reality that unless you’re Apple or Samsung, it is extremely tough to make a dent in the high-end smartphone market. That’s especially true in …
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The LG G3 arrives in 170 countries in coming weeks. Nate Ralph/CNET The LG G3 popped out of the LG cake last night with a dazzling screen, laser-sighting camera and all the high-end features you could ever need — but as industry experts brand the G3 a “tough sell”, it’s been hit with a vote of no confidence from two …
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