Now playing: Watch this: Google targets busy travelers with Trips app, Waze update 1:32 Enlarge Image Planning a day in Barcelona. Google While it’s true that traveling has gotten much easier now that planning can be done entirely online, it can still be a headache. Looking up places to go, finding your tickets and scheduling …
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Olympus extends its lens line with something for everyone
Olympus went all out with the accessories this Photokina, revealing three new key lenses and a new flash unit. The most intriguing is the 12-100mm f4 IS Pro, which looks like an excellent general-purpose option for advanced Micro Four Thirds photographers. It’s about the same size as the 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens — 5 inches/117 mm long and 20 oz/561 …
Read More »iPhone 7’s display is ‘visually indistinguishable from perfect,’ says testing firm
The Apple iPhone 7 has the best display of any smartphone made to date, according to testing firm DisplayMate. In a Technology Shoot-Out spotted Monday between the iPhone 6 and iPhone 7, DisplayMate President Raymond Soneira found that although the two phones have the same pixel resolution, the 7’s new dual color gamuts are not only 25 percent brighter than …
Read More »How to use MacOS Sierra’s picture
Now playing: Watch this: Try these MacOS Sierra features 1:54 Apple’s new desktop software, MacOS Sierra, offers a way to watch a video while you continue to go about your business on your Mac — and it’s substantially better than attempting to resize a browser window just so. With Sierra’s new picture-in-picture (PIP) feature, you can pop out a video …
Read More »Get a Canon EOS Rebel T6 dSLR kit for $394
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: Canon’s T6 is a dSLR for penny-pinchers 1:22 It’s been a long while since I shared a camera deal, …
Read More »Hoppy news: Cartoon bunnies Max and Ruby’s parents aren’t dead after all
There are many unanswered questions in the cartoon world. How come Goofy can walk and talk like a human, but Pluto can’t, even though they’re both dogs? Why does “The Jetsons” theme song do nothing but recite the family’s names? How could Wile E. Coyote afford all those Acme products? And where are Max & Ruby’s parents? That last question …
Read More »7 iOS Message apps you should try right now
Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: Best free apps to try in Messages 2:24 Don’t look now, but Messages just became the hub of your iPhone. Thanks to changes in iOS 10, you can now use the app to send money, play games, trade stickers, find and discuss dining and entertainment, manage travel and much more. Oh, yeah: It still …
Read More »How to get your drone license (and legally make money)
Aerial photography. Real estate tours. Drone burrito delivery. Imagine the money you could make (and fun you could have!) if you flew for profit. Sadly, drone businesses aren’t legal in the United States unless the government makes an exception for you — or unless you get your own drone license under the FAA’s brand-new rules. Starting Monday, August 29, you …
Read More »Twitter sued by shareholder over growth projections
Twitter is being sued by a shareholder who claims the social network misled investors about its prospects for growth, causing wild swings in the company’s stock price. The suit, filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges Twitter and its executives misled shareholders in November 2014 when they promised an increase in monthly active users to 550 million in …
Read More »iOS 10: Release date, features and everything else you need to know
Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 iOS 10 is here. Even though it looks just like iOS 9, a lot — and we mean a lot — of features are radically different. Messages is a lot more like Facebook Messenger, the lock screen packs a lot more info, and you can finally delete Apple’s …
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