Matt Elliott/CNET The humble Notes app in OS X received an update with El Capitan, getting a toolbar along its top edge and welcoming more types of media files. Let’s start with my favorite new feature of Notes, which can be found in its new toolbar. The Checklist button will be met with open arms …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Spotlight has expanded its reach with OS X El Capitan and has a greater ability to understand you, both welcome developments. The search agent for OS X now pulls in results for weather, sports and stock information, and it can also perform Web searches for Vimeo and YouTube videos. In addition, it lets you use natural language to …
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The ELAC Debut B6 (left), and Debut B5 (right) speakers Steve Guttenberg/CNET I regularly receive emails from readers requesting reviews of affordable speakers. I would love to do more, but great-sounding budget speakers are pretty rare. When I find one, I jump on it! When I first reviewed the Andrew Jones-designed, seriously affordable Pioneer speakers back in 2011 they blew …
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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 TigerDirect Hey, is it Black Friday already? Sure feels like it, because… For a limited time, and while supplies last, TigerDirect has the HKC Innoview 24-inch LED monitor for $79.99, plus …
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Enlarge Image Forcite Alpine There have been plenty of developments this year that have been making our homes smarter, but now an innovative Australian company is bringing new tech to the snowfield. On Wednesday, Forcite Helmet Systems launched a Kickstarter, which it hopes will raise $200,000 to help develop and manufacturer a line of “smart helmets” for snow sports. The …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Safari takes a page from Chrome with pinned tabs and showing you at a glance which tabs are playing audio. It also borrows a trick from iOS to play nice with Apple TV for YouTube videos and the like. Safari finally serves up pinned tabs. I have near permanent pinned tabs in Chrome for Gmail and …
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LG has taken the wraps off a new smartphone that sports a second screen and offered a peek at a new smartwatch that can be used as a phone. The company will show off the devices at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET Thursday in New York. CNET will have an exclusive live-stream of the event here. The V10, the first …
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Jack Dorsey could once again become full-time chief of the company he co-founded. Mike Blake/Reuters/Corbis Twitter’s interim CEO, Jack Dorsey, is about to become its full-time chief, according to a report Wednesday from Recode. If true, then Dorsey — who also serves as CEO of payments company Square — would join a rarified circle in the tech industry. Steve Jobs …
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Google Google is holding an event in San Francisco in just a few hours. The search giant is expected to announce two new Nexus smartphones and an updated Chromecast streaming dongle. We may even see a new premium Android tablet from Google. Here’s everything you need to know: Tuning in: When: Today, September 29 What time: San Francisco: 9 a.m. …
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Executives from Verizon, video studio AwesomenessTV, and media company Vice and actress Zoe Saldana spoke about Go90 on a panel. Joan E. Solsman/CNET NEW YORK — Verizon’s mobile-only video service Go90 will be available to the masses Thursday, after an invite-only launch three weeks ago. “We’ve all been talking mobile first, but really, it’s mobile only,” Verizon executive Brian Angiolet …
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