Photos… from… spaaaaaaaace. I’m going to assume you’ve checked out satellite photos of your house. Why wouldn’t you, right? Depending where you live, the image resolution might be high enough for you to make out the car in your driveway. DigitalGlobe is one of the main purveyors of satellite photos, pictures taken with telescopes in …
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Apple may have a solution for short battery life on the Apple Watch. Put the battery in the band. An Apple patent application dated today illustrates a battery on the strap of a wearable device, presumably the Apple Watch. The proposed patent also shows that watch’s circular face, which is a different shape than the Apple Watch’s usual rectangular display. …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Josh Miller/CNET It’s weird: All of a sudden my kids aren’t happy with their Chromebooks. One wants access to Steam so he can …
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The wait is over. You can now download Nintendo’s third big mobile release*, Fire Emblem Heroes, in app stores around the world. It’s a free download for Android and iOS smartphones, and you’ll find the download links to the iTunes App Store and Google Play right here: Click me for iOS Click me for Android But what is Fire Emblem, …
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Ready to give your old computer a new lease on life? Even if it’s several years old and slow as molasses, you don’t have to consign it to the junk heap. Instead, install a new operating system and put it back into the rotation. Forget Windows, though: Linux is an open-source (and free) OS that’s just as capable, but with …
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Tech titans and pundits agree: The future of TV is apps. Comcast and Roku take another step toward the future today. The Xfinity TV app for Roku is now available in beta form. It allows Comcast subscribers to watch live and on-demand TV, as well as cloud DVR recordings, without having to use the cable box. Instead, that content can …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 things we learned about Snapchat from its IPO 1:29 It’s official: Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is going public. First, the basics of the IPO. The company is said to be valued at $20 billion to $25 billion, and is looking to raise $3 billion in the offering. It will list on the New …
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Blind users of Facebook just got an upgrade in the social network’s ability to explain photos to them — and the same technology helps everyone else, too. In brief, Facebook’s artificial intelligence technology now uses verbs, not just nouns, in the photo captions that computers can read to blind people. “Until recently, these captions described only the objects in the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 Two big battery mistakes are probably enough for Samsung to change its ways. Samsung is reportedly switching its battery supplier to a new Japanese manufacturer for the Galaxy S8, according to Korean news site Han Kyung. Samsung received a major blow after its premium Galaxy Note 7 …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. The Samsung Gear IconX employs a carrying case that also recharges the ‘buds. Samsung You’ve heard of Apple‘s AirPods ($165 at eBay), right? …
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