Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Revisions for Dropbox is free in the Mac App Store, and it’s basically like turning on track changes for your Dropbox account. It’s great for individual users who have come to rely on Dropbox to manage their files, and it’s a boon for workgroups that use Dropbox to collaborate. Dropbox itself …
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CBS would join Apple’s TV service, if price is right
CBS CEO Les Moonves said he’s having an ongoing conversation with Apple about an Internet-delivered TV service from the computer maker. Asa Mathat for Re/code CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves teased the possibility of a deal with Apple to use its programming for an online-based service — provided the world’s most valuable company pays up. “Apple TV is trying to …
Read More »Facebook updates Messenger app’s payments feature
Facebook says it’s now even simpler to send cash to friends via its Messenger app. Facebook Facebook says it has made it even easier for friends to send money to each other through its Messenger app. The world’s largest social-networking service announced Wednesday it is updating the app’s peer-to-peer payments feature first introduced in March. Previously, Facebook friends who used …
Read More »What you need to know about voice dictation on Pebble Time
Pebble Time voice reply interface. Jason Cipriani/CNET It’s time for Pebble to begin shipping the fruit of its second successful Kickstarter campaign, the Pebble Time. The new smartwatch offers a color screen, a redesigned casing, a new operating system and, for the first time, a built-in microphone. A microphone makes it possible to give voice commands or reply to messages …
Read More »Samsung stumbles as Apple creeps up in smartphone game
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge could help slow the bleeding for Samsung in Q2. Josh P. Miller The worldwide smartphone market was up again in the beginning of 2015, but someone needs to tell Samsung. Samsung saw a decline in both smartphone sales and market share during the first quarter of 2015, research firm Gartner reported on Wednesday. The …
Read More »Jawbone lawsuit accuses Fitbit of trade secret theft
Jawbone accuses Fitbit of stealing valuable trade secrets. Competition in the fitness tracker business was already intense. Now, it just got nasty. In a strongly worded lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco, activity tracker Jawbone accused its larger rival Fitbit of strategically luring away its employees in a deliberate attempt to steal vital Jawbone business plans. The lawsuit comes almost …
Read More »How to change your keyboard in Windows 8
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Your PC probably came with a standard English QWERTY layout, but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with it. Switching between keyboards in Windows 8 is a cinch, once you’ve added the keyboards you want to toggle between. Here’s how to add additional keyboard layouts in Windows 8, so you can switch up your language or try an …
Read More »Get a Dymo thermal label printer for $115.99
Dymo This almost turned into an all-bonus-deals post, because as you’ll see below, I’ve got four extras that didn’t quite merit the main stage, but were definitely too good to pass up. Anyway, first order of business: I’m always on the lookout for products I haven’t featured before, even if they’re not guaranteed to appeal to everyone. Today only, and …
Read More »Why you should try an alternative keyboard layout
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET The standard QWERTY keyboard layout may not actually be your friend. According to popular legend, the QWERTY keyboard was created in the 1860s by a man named Christopher Latham Sholes in response to a very specific problem: Early typewriters jammed up when they were used too quickly, and so a special inefficient keyboard layout had to be …
Read More »TiVo tries again with $399 all
CNET After a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it $299 deal on the TiVo Roamio OTA recorder several weeks ago the company is trying again with a limited-time offer of $399 with lifetime service. The Roamio OTA is a DVR that combines over-the-air antenna TV recording with a nice array of online streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant. Compare the $399 …
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