Would you want a Galaxy S5 Mini with the S6 around the corner? Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung is offering the Mini edition of its Galaxy S5 through AT&T just ahead of its launch of the Galaxy S6. Available through AT&T online and in stores starting Friday, the Galaxy S5 Mini will sell for $100 via the …
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The Windows 10 Technical Preview. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Windows 10 will apparently let you download updates from computers other than Microsoft’s own servers. The latest build of the upcoming OS, leaked online over the weekend, reveals a new option for getting updates from more than one place, The Verge reported Sunday. Specifically, you can choose to download updates for …
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Apple is said to be planning a fall launch of a subscription TV service that would work on all iOS devices, inlcuding the Apple TV. Apple Apple’s much-hinted-at subscription TV service may become a reality before the end of the year. The iPhone maker is in talks with TV programmers to offer a Web-based subscription TV service that would launch …
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Acrobat Fill and Sign, one of the new mobile apps, looks like one of the most useful aspects of the update. Adobe Add Acrobat to the growing list of Adobe products relying on the software as a service model. Subscription Acrobat isn’t new, but now that entire end of Adobe’s business follows another big step down the road its design- …
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Facebook Facebook has updated its community standards to clarify the content that people are and aren’t allowed to share. In an update Sunday, Facebook said it has rewritten much of the language of its community rules, offering “more detail and clarity on what is and is not allowed.” The company said the revised community standards will offer more guidance for …
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T-Mobile is rollout its Data Stash program to more subscribers. T-Mobile T-Mobile prepaid customers with a Simple Choice plan will soon be able to carry over their unused data. Data Stash lets you roll over any unused data from month to month, in effect giving users a bonus after a month of light usage. Launched in January, the program was …
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The Skype for Business Developer Preview works like the consumer edition. Microsoft You’ve probably used Skype to chat with your family and friends. Now you can use it to chat with colleagues and co-workers as part of your official workday. Unveiled Monday, the Skype for Business Technical Preview will give you a chance to try out the workday edition of …
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White is arguably the snazziest color for the original Pebble. Pebble Words to live by: Cheap things come to those who wait. The original Pebble smartwatch, for example, was already a pretty decent deal at $150, especially in light of recently announced Apple Watch prices (barf). Then the company dropped it to $99, making it arguably the single best smartwatch …
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HBO will launch its online-only streaming service through Cablevision before the “Game of Thrones” season premiere. HBO Apple’s exclusive launch of HBO Now just became a little less exclusive. HBO and Cablevision said Monday they would launch the premium network’s online-only streaming service HBO Now through the cable provider’s Optimum Online Internet service. That means more people than just Apple …
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Twitter is cooking up something to compete with Meerkat. In this CNET Update, learn how Twitter is choking off the video-streaming app Meerkat after buying rival app Periscope. And Twitter isn’t the only social network making acquisitions: Now playing: Watch this: Twitter declaws Meerkat, but the app won’t give up 2:53 Featured in this tech-news roundup: Facebook buys shopping app …
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