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Well, look at that: Spotify launches video

Now playing: Watch this: Spotify launches video streaming 1:52 NEW YORK — Spotify is changing its tune — from “listen up” to “look here.” In a move to appeal more broadly to consumers, the Sweden-based music service showed off new features Wednesday including video, podcasts and specialized experiences for people like runners. During the event, Rochelle King, Spotify’s vice president …

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Olloclip adds ultrawide

Olloclip Olloclip’s latest iPhone camera lens will have you capturing more of a scene in a single shot. The mobile-photography-accessory maker is adding the Active Lens to its series of slide-on camera lenses for the iPhone 6/6 Plus. It’s an ultrawide-angle lens that expands the iPhone camera’s field-of-view giving you something akin to what you’d find on an action cam …

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Huawei’s LiteOS looks to play central role in Internet of Things

The Internet of Things is coming on strong in China, thanks to Huawei. The Internet of Things Consortium China’s Huawei Technologies is ramping up its claim on the Internet of Things market with a new operating system, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker announced Wednesday. Dubbed LiteOS, the operating system is designed to run on products that have traditionally not …

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Your ears will love ’em: Oppo PM

The Oppo PM-3 headphones Oppo The Oppo PM-3 headphones knocked me for a loop: they look and feel great, sound like a more expensive pair, and they’re really comfortable to wear. As for build quality, they’re way ahead of similarly priced Beats, Bowers & Wilkins, HiFiMan, Sony or V-Moda ‘phones. The PM-3’s thick metal parts and sumptuously padded headband and …

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Share URLs by sound with Google Tone

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Sharing a link to a Web page with a friend is as easy as copying and pasting the link into an email, IM or text and hitting Send. If that friend is seated right next to you, it’s even easier with Google Tone. Google Tone is a new Chrome extension that lets you share a link …

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First Apple Watch update available now with improvements to apps, fitness tracking

Sarah Tew/CNET Apple on Tuesday released the first update to the Apple Watch . The update, which measures 51.6MB, addresses many of the complaints users have had since the smartwatch launched in April. One major area addressed with the update is the performance of third-party apps, which up until this point have been sluggish to open. Additionally, Apple is making …

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Spotify rival Deezer launches podcasts, questions freemium services

Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO of Deezer Deezer Music streaming company Deezer announced today that its users will be be able to listen to podcasts and radio shows through its service, in an attempt to differentiate itself from competitive freemium services like Spotify. Deezer listeners in France, the UK and Sweden can now listen to over 20,000 podcasts, following the acquisition of …

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