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5 tips for Google+ Collections

Nicole Cozma/CNET Google+ Collections allows users to start categorizing their posts, photos, and videos by topic. Collections differ from Pages or Communities, in that you are the only person modifying the content, and the posts will appear in your profile stream for followers. This feature is currently available for the Web, Android, and iOS. To …

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Save 25 percent on all Lazy

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. Enlarge Image Look, ma, no thumbs! Lazy-Hands Before you laugh, before you scoff, hear me out. The Lazy-Hands is a finger-loop gripper thingie you stick to the back of your phone, tablet, or …

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Rumored Moto X Force could be ‘shatterproof’

The Moto X Pure Edition is Motorola’s standard bearer for 2015. Josh Miller/CNET Just when you thought we were done with new Motorola smartphones for 2015, another device has landed on our rumor radar. According to Twitter source @upleaks, the Moto X Force will reportedly make its debut some time in December — with a “shatterproof” build. Whether this is …

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Smartphone upstart Xiaomi could get into laptop game, with Samsung’s help

Enlarge Image Xiaomi achieved quick success with its smartphones. Aloysius Low/CNET Xiaomi has managed to take a big bite out of Apple’s market share in China thanks to its Mi line of smartphones. Now, four years after its inception, the Chinese smartphone powerhouse looks to bring the fight to Apple in the laptop market. According to a Bloomberg report out …

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Trade

Gazelle says it will beat the trade-in deal offered by Apple or your carrier for your old iPhone. But you’ll still want to shop around. CNET Gazelle, which offers cash back for trading in your used electronic devices, is offering a new, limited-time deal in which it’s vowing top dollars for your existing iPhone. Running from now through September 9, …

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Intel’s Skylake chips to power PCs as thin as tablets, with big battery boost

Enlarge Image Intel’s Kirk Skaugen talks up the company’s new Skylake processors during an event at IFA in Berlin. Shara Tibken/CNET BERLIN — Intel on Wednesday officially took the wraps off its new Skylake processor family and showed off computers that use the chips. More than 800 systems will be launching around the world starting Wednesday, said Kirk Skaugen, senior …

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Acer unloads Predator gaming rigs, Chromebooks, convertible notebooks, and more at IFA 2015

Acer took to IFA Berlin to push a full lineup of new gaming rigs, Chromebooks, convertible notebooks, desktops and monitors, kicking things off with the company’s Predator gaming product line. The company was joined at the conference by its sponsored e-sports team, TeamAcer, whose members provided early customer feedback, as well as research and development for the following products. Acer’s …

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