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Send photos and videos straight to the cloud with Camra

Enlarge ImageLights, Camra, action! Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Mega-megapixel sensors, 4K video, Live Photos — camera features like these seem great until you get the bill: big files that quickly eat up all your phone’s storage. Even standard-resolution photos and 1080p video can put a serious dent in your available space. Sure, you can manually …

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The five best deals from Dell’s Black Friday sale

Black Friday is here, with a deluge of deals and limited-time offers. Scanned images of what’s purported to be Dell’s upcoming Black Friday promotion have emerged, and — if the leak is accurate — there are quite a few deals to be had. That caveat is important, of course: We don’t know if the leaked promotions are final, or if …

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Apple fishes for apps for updated Apple TV

Apple is seeking apps for its overhauled Apple TV streaming-media box. The updated Apple TV , which runs Apple’s new tvOS software, goes on sale October 30. Apple put the word out to software developers on Wednesday it’s now accepting app submissions. The company also published guidelines on design for large screens and on compatibility with the touch-sensitive panel on …

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AT&T profit up as mobile, video ambitions start to play out

AT&T made a $49 billion bet that consumers are still willing to pay for a traditional package of television channels. AT&T said it added 2.5 million wireless customers and 26,000 new DirecTV subscribers. CNET/Marguerite Reardon It’s counterintuitive thinking, with many industry watchers conceding that more folks are shedding their cable and satellite TV packages in lieu of video found online …

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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. Enlarge Image Epic There’s a “Netflix” for everything nowadays: music, books, magazines, videogames, Lego — you name it. Epic is like Netflix for children’s e-books and audiobooks, offering unlimited reading and listening for …

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How to enable the notification light on Nexus 5X, 6P

Google’s new Nexus devices, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, are both equipped with an RGB LED notification light. The small light is a convenient way to remind or alert you of pending notifications. However, you’ll need to enable the small blinking light before you can begin using it. Enabling it takes a few taps: Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason …

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How to log in to Windows 10 with a local account

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10 fully embraces its identity as a universal operating system. This includes Microsoft strongly suggesting you use a connected Microsoft account to log in to your computer, so you can fully take advantage of Windows 10’s new connected features (such as settings syncing). But there are some downsides to using a Microsoft account — for one …

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