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Leica M camera gets pared down and prettied up

Leica’s taking camera customization to a whole new level. Sure, Pentax paved the way for the rainbow of on-demand custom color combinations, and Leica’s always offered custom engraving on its cameras, but Leica’s taking personalization a step further and allowing you to select specific features for the Typ 240 full-frame interchangeable-lens camera with its new a la carte program. In …

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Google Fit update adds support for strength training, diet and sleep tracking

Google on Thursday announced an update to its Fit app on Android. The health-tracking software will now provide real-time information on your walks, runs and bike rides. The Google Fit app will record your speed, pace, route, elevation and more using only your smartphone. This on top of its ability to already track steps, distance, active minutes, and calories burned …

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Get two pair of ShareMe Bluetooth headphones for $56.98

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. Enlarge Image One, good. Two, better. Xfire Sorry about yesterday’s Xbox debacle. I’m honestly not sure if I made a mistake or Amazon …

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Why 4K TVs aren’t stupid (anymore)

Once the hallmark of the high-end, 4K TVs are now coming down in price. In the US on Black Friday, for example, you can get a 60-inch Vizio 4K TV for $800. At the same time, many of the top picture quality technologies, like that Vizio’s multi-zone local dimming, are becoming increasingly rare in non-4K, (aka 1080p) TVs. So what …

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LG joins Apple, Google in creating its own mobile payment system

Just when you thought there couldn’t be more tech companies tackling the notion of mobile payments, in walks LG. The South Korean electronics conglomerate said Thursday it plans to launch LG Pay, a service that will presumably turn its smartphones into digital wallets. LG is the latest company looking at mobile payments as the next big service. While the idea …

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