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Cricket upgrades ‘All

The ZTE Grand X Max+ is one of Cricket’s latest handsets. Josh Miller/CNET Cricket updated its rate plans on Friday to increase the amount of 4G LTE data it’ll provide its prepaid customers. The plans span $35 per month at the low end to $60 a month for the highest bucket of data. All plans include unlimited talk and text …

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Delhi victim sues Uber in the US over alleged assault

Uber has been sued in the US over alleged rape. Uber A woman who says she was assaulted and raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi last month has sued the car-sharing service in the US. The woman, who remains unidentified, is suing Uber for unspecified damages, saying that the alleged assault stemmed from the company failing to implement …

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Vine goes child

Vine Kids features looping 6-second child-friendly videos. Screenshot by Michelle Meyers/CNET Kids are known for having short attention spans and it appears Vine is banking on that with a new app that should also help put parents at ease. The Twitter-owned video-sharing company rolled out Vine Kids on Friday to let children watch looping 6-second Vine videos that have been …

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How to unlock your Chromebook using an Android device

A Chromebook waiting to be unlocked using Smart Lock. Jason Cipriani/CNET Smart Lock may sound familiar to Android users with devices already updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop. The feature allows you to set specific locations as safe zones, or Bluetooth devices as trusted connections, both of which disable your device’s security screen. The theory is that since you’re in a …

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Jay Z splashes out $56 million on Spotify rivals WiMP and Tidal

Now playing: Watch this: Jay Z’s Tidal music service makes star-studded splash 1:14 Jay Z might have 99 problems, but a streaming service ain’t one. The rapper is splashing out $56 million on Swedish company Aspiro, which runs WiMP and high-quality audio service Tidal. Jay Z’s Project Panther has tabled a bid of 464 million Swedish crowns (around $56 million, …

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Nvidia G

Now playing: Watch this: Nvidia G-Sync is a smooth move for PC games 3:01 Playing video games on a PC versus a living room game console has numerous advantages, from better textures to higher resolutions to tighter mouse-and-keyboard controls. But even on a $3,000-or-more desktop gaming PC with the latest processors and graphics cards, games can still display annoying visual …

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A quick fix for your slow Chrome browser

Is using Chrome like watching paint dry? This tweak might help. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Calling all Chrome users: Does your browser seem slow of late? I may have a solution for you. First, a little back-story. I run a Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook with a Core i5 processor and Windows 8.1. I’ve had it about 18 months, and I …

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