Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive Samsung has announced that Samsung Pay, its mobile payment system, is about to roll out, but Australians might not want to hold their breath. Samsung Pay will begin operation in Korea on August 20 and in the US on September 28 but there’s no firm date for Australia except “in …
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Check out all the places we’ve been on CNET’s Road Trip 2015. On the 21st floor of New York’s Woolworth Building, the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1913, there’s a new structure that’s on track to break records. David Etherington, the chief strategy officer at municipal advertising giant Titan, is helping to create a structure …
Read More »Streaming stars: From Angelina Jolie to Woody Allen, the superstars signing to Netflix and Amazon
Angelina Jolie is one of the stars with their sights set on streaming their next project. Vera Anderson/WireImage/Getty When Netflix show “House of Cards” won a hat-trick of Emmys and Amazon’s “Transparent” took home a brace of Golden Globes, it served official notice that some of today’s best TV isn’t even on TV. As the streaming services vie to win …
Read More »Samsung debuts Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+; teases next smartwatch
Samsung on Thursday took the wraps off its latest jumbo-screen smartphones in a bid to win back customers who’ve defected to Apple and to other Android vendors. It also detailed plans to launch its mobile-payments service Samsung Pay and teased its next smartwatch. The Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ go on sale in the US and Canada on …
Read More »Apple Music gets a few fixes with iOS, iTunes updates
Apple released a slew of updates today to iOS and iTunes, aimed at improving Apple Music and fixing a few key problems. The updates are available to download now for iOS devices and iTunes on Windows and Mac. The company also pushed out an update to Mac OS X that fixes a few minor issues related to Mail, Photos and …
Read More »With Dell’s help, Google pushes Chrome
The Dell Chromebook 13 is a premium Chrome OS laptop geared for business users. Prices range from about $400 to $900. Stephen Shankland/CNET MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google’s high-end, high-priced Chromebook Pixel laptop became a market success in its creators’ eyes on Thursday — by influencing the design of a more affordable competitor from Dell. The $1,299 Chromebook Pixel from …
Read More »Apple’s Boot Camp now supports Windows 10
Mac users who want to run Windows 10 can now do so through the latest release of Apple’s Boot Camp. Dong Ngo/CNET Mac users can now officially run Windows 10 through an updated version of Apple’s Boot Camp dual-boot utility. An Apple support document posted late Wednesday lists the Mac and iMac models that support dual booting with Windows 10 …
Read More »Samsung offers glimpse of round Gear S2 smartwatch coming soon
Enlarge ImageSamsung teased its next smartwatch on Thursday. The company will reveal full details of the wearable in early September at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Screenshot by CNET NEW YORK — Samsung offered a brief glimpse Thursday of its next smartwatch, a round device it hopes will lure consumers away from the Apple Watch. The company played a …
Read More »All the movies you can watch online for free in August
Now playing: Watch this: The best free movies to catch online in August 2:43 You look like someone who needs to watch many movies about leprechauns who terrorize humans. You’re in luck! Six “Leprechaun” movies arrived on Crackle just for the month of August. In case you are not a leprechaun-phile, some great titles are arriving include “Jerry Maguire,” “District …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ vs. Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Apple iPhone 6 Plus and LG G4
Enlarge ImageSamsung’s new Galaxy Note 5. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s new Galaxy handsets, the Note 5 and the S6 Edge+ , roll out globally on August 21, and while both devices strut a similar look to the current company flagship , Samsung did make a few tweaks and improvements to their hardware. Both phones, for instance, have a higher capacity battery, …
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