File this one under “Another thing I didn’t know Siri could do.” Siri offers a better way than blindly scrolling through your photo library on your iPhone to find photos from a past vacation or taken in places that aren’t your usual stomping grounds. If your iPhone photo library is as organized as mine, which …
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New on Amazon Prime Video for January 2016
Amazon’s January lineup has me psyched for one reason: “Thundercats.” Volumes one and two of the original series are hitting Amazon. That should be a lot of episodes. A word of warning if you haven’t watched “Thundercats” since it first ran in 1985, the characters talk very slowly. I didn’t realize it as a child, but as an adult it …
Read More »Best Buy offers free HDTV with certain Samsung smartphones
Want a Samsung TV along with your Samsung smartphone? Best Buy has a new deal for you. Buy or lease a Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ or Note 5, and Best Buy will give you a free 32-inch Samsung LED HDTV, a TV that normally retails for $230. Available both online and at Best Buy retail stores, the …
Read More »Bring out your creative side with Colorfy for Android, iOS
Whether you’re hosting or attending parties, spending time with in-laws, or finding the perfect gift, the holidays can be a stressful time. Maybe it’s time to give yourself a chance to relax. Coloring books for adults are not a new thing, but they have become more popular this year. By ditching the need to carry around a book and a …
Read More »Free movies and TV shows available in January 2016
Sony’s Crackle.com has a bunch of new stuff streaming in January. “The Net” comes back to the service after being gone for a little while. You can also catch Monty Python’s “And Now for Something Completely Different,” a collection of the comedy troupe’s best sketches from their TV series. A couple of underrated television shows arrive on Crackle in January. …
Read More »The fastest Android gaming tablets
Editors’ note: This list was originally published on April 26, 2013, and is updated periodically. If you’re looking for an Android tablet that can deliver impressive graphics, we’ve got you covered. We gathered every high-performance Android tablet we could find in the CNET Labs and put them to the test. Below are our top five. We’ve listed each tablet with …
Read More »Facebook, Google apps reign over 2015
Facebook’s app, by far, outranked any other in the US this year, according to ratings service Nielsen. The social network’s app reached the pinnacle with 126.7 million unique users on average each month from January through October, Nielsen said late last week. The figure was an 8 percent bump from 2014. A far second was YouTube’s app with an average …
Read More »How to free up space in iCloud
Now playing: Watch this: Free up space in iCloud 2:10 Apple’s iCloud storage service can be used to stash away photos, videos, device backups, and more in the cloud. The company offers users 5GB of space for free, however because it’s 5GB of space per Apple ID and not per device, you may find yourself running out of space faster …
Read More »Why Amazon built a warehouse inside a Midtown Manhattan office tower
Go past the modern, brightly lit lobby of a Midtown Manhattan office building and take the elevator to the fifth floor. There you’ll find Amazon’s secret weapon for drawing in last-minute holiday shoppers. It’s not a fancy delivery drone or slick new electronic device. It’s a 50,000-square-foot warehouse filled with tens of thousands of consumer products. The busy workspace seems …
Read More »How I upgraded Office 365 Personal to Office 365 Home for $10
Microsoft Office is a need for some, a preference for others. In both cases it’s an expensive proposition, with the one-user Office 365 Personal edition costing $69.99 and five-license Office 365 Home costing $99.99 — per year. However, there’s a way to game the system, to turn a Personal subscription into a Home subscription for a one-time charge of $9.99. …
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