YouTube Kids will be coming to Android devices next week. YouTube When it comes to streaming video, these days it’s all about the kids. YouTube, the world’s biggest online video service, said it will launch a new free app called YouTube Kids on Monday. The app initially will be available only on devices running Google’s …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere had a lot to celebrate at the end of 2014. Screenshot by Claudia Cruz/CNET T-Mobile ended the year on a high note. For the fourth quarter, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier posted a profit of $101 million, or 12 cents a share, reversing a year-ago loss of $20 million, or 3 cents a share. Revenue rose …
Read More »Fantastic Adobe video spotlights 25 years of Photoshop artistry
Adobe’s Photoshop graphics-editing software came out 25 years ago today, February 19, and as part of the company’s ongoing celebration of the milestone, it’s released an incredible short video featuring elaborate artwork created using the tool. Related Links Checking out Photoshop for Chromebooks: Network-computing revived What’s Darth Vader doing riding a bus? The video is set to Aerosmith’s “Dream On,” …
Read More »The newest stuff to watch online
Now playing: Watch this: The newest stuff to watch online 1:36 It may be the end of February and while some greats are disappearing, there’s still a lot of fun video to be found online. Hulu will have the 87th annual Academy Awards on February 26, the day after it airs live on ABC. Additionally, Hulu will premiere the second …
Read More »How to save a file to Dropbox from anywhere on iOS
Uploading a photo using the Dropbox share extension. Jason Cipriani/CNET The ability to upload nearly any file to Dropbox on your iOS device has been sorely absent. Outside of the dedicated app allowing you pick and upload a photo from within the app, uploading files was near impossible unless a third-party app supported Dropbox. A recent update to the Dropbox …
Read More »Stan brings Community season six to Australia
Yahoo “Community,” the fan favourite show staring Joel McHale about life at Greendale Community College, will be coming to Australia via TV streaming service Stan. Stan, a joint venture between Fairfax and Nine Entertainment, began operations on Australia Day, offering an array of local and international content for AU$10 a month. The show’s latest season launches on March 17 in …
Read More »How to enable Spartan’s Edge Rendering Engine in Windows 10
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET In January, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 will ship with a brand-new browser, code-named Project Spartan. Spartan is a modern, lightweight browser that Microsoft hopes to deploy across multiple devices to give you a “single browsing experience,” similar to Google Chrome. Spartan is also faster than Internet Explorer, thanks to a new rendering engine called “Edge.” While …
Read More »Microsoft joins with Mozilla in bid for fast Web apps
In Windows 10, Microsoft will support Mozilla’s asm.js technology for fast JavaScript apps. In a partnership that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, Microsoft has strongly endorsed Mozilla’s asm.js technology for bringing graphically intense games and other performance-critical software to the Web. During the last 10 years, much of the work that in the ’90s would’ve been handled by …
Read More »LG G Flex 2 bounces into Sprint March 13, pre
It’ll bend, but not break. This flexible phone bounces back. Josh Miller/CNET Sprint customers won’t be able to get their hands on the curvaceous LG G Flex 2 until March 13, the carrier announced on Thursday, but thirsty fans of the flexible Android phone can pre-order the device as soon as February 20. It’ll sell in “volcano red” and “platinum …
Read More »Microsoft offers trade
Microsoft’s hope: out with the old, in with the new. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Surface tablet owners looking to upgrade to a Surface Pro 3 can take advantage of a temporary trade-in offer through Microsoft. Valid until March 8, the deal offers up to $650 in credit for trading in your existing Surface tablet. You can then apply that credit …
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