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Two ways to share your Google Photos

Nicole Cozma/CNET Google decided to create a standalone Photos service that didn’t need to run inside of Google+. Unfortunately, some of the sharing issues present in Google+ Photos also made their way to the Web version of the new service. Read on to learn about both sharing methods, and which one is right for you. Official sharing feature Using the …

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Alienware Alpha updates its custom gaming PC with improved ‘HiveMind’ interface

Now playing: Watch this: Alienware Alpha updates its custom PC interface with… 0:50 Dell is hitting reset on the software bundled with its Alienware Alpha gaming desktop . The console-like desktop is ditching its Alpha UI user interface for a new version, called HiveMind, which adds extra multimedia functionality and many more customization options. Packing gaming components into a small …

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Taylor Swift’s rebukes are the best ads streaming music can’t buy

Taylor Swift’s reprimands of streaming services may have the opposite effect of her intentions: increasing their mainstream popularity. ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Taylor Swift, subscription services will be singing your praises. Swift, arguably the planet’s biggest mainstream music artist today, warned Sunday she would keep her hit album “1989” off the Apple Music subscription service because of a royalty loophole: …

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Google Play Music goes free, partly

Google Play Music, a $10-a-month music-streaming service, hasn’t offered a free tier previously besides free trials. James Martin/CNET Google is taking on Pandora, Apple Music and Spotify, adding a free radio element that opens a door for people to try a bit of Google Play Music without having to pay. Google Play Music launched a free, ad-supported radio product in …

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What is Amazon’s Treasure Truck?

One of a handful of tweets about the Treasure Truck. Via Twitter A few folks in Seattle on Monday started tweeting sightings of something called the Treasure Truck, a large boxy Amazon truck driving around the streets of their city. One picture on Twitter shows a rolling digital sign on the truck, saying “What’s on the truck today?” Enlarge Image“What’s …

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