New update lets users chop the Moto X in the air to enable the flashlight. James Martin/CNET Motorola on Friday began pushing out an Android software update to its current flagship smartphone, the second-generation Moto X . This isn’t just any old update, mind you, but one with a cool new feature. Related Links Moto …
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Now playing: Watch this: The newest free movies online 1:46 Sony’s free Crackle service pumped up its catalog for May. Since comic book movies are all the rage, you might want to watch the documentary “An Evening with Kevin Smith,” where Kevin Smith recounts lots of stories including the failed “Superman Reborn” movie. The world is probably a better place …
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Yelp’s mobile app lets users read reviews and even scope around for nearby deals. Screenshots by Nate Ralph/CNET Is Yelp putting itself on the selling block? According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the go-to site for crowdsourced reviews on nearly every sort of consumer-focused business is exploring a sale. The company apparently has been working with investment …
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Matt Elliott/CNET When it was released in February, the Dropbox for Gmail extension for Chrome let you easily send files via Dropbox without leaving the compose window in Gmail. The extension just received an update that added a few useful features that makes it even easier to send large files from Gmail. For starters, you can now select multiple files …
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With the partnership between T-Mobile and BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Classic is more widely available for fans of the QWERTY keyboard. Josh Miller/CNET T-Mobile is adding the BlackBerry Classic to its lineup as part of its latest plan to conquer the business world. On Thursday, the two companies announced that the phone would be available on T-Mobile’s website starting May 13 …
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Flickr has added new ways to search for photos. Yahoo Yahoo wants to get more people using Flickr, its photo-sharing and storage service. To help it achieve that goal, the company has finally added features to the more than 10-year-old service that make it easier for people to manage and search for photos. The company on Thursday said users can …
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Dish Network’s Sling TV service offers live TV over the Internet, with the basic required package of more than 20 channels costing $20 a month. David Katzmaier/CNET Broadcast networks may claim to be the home of must-see TV, but Internet television service Sling TV won’t make you pay for them. Sling TV made “a key decision from the beginning” to …
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The LG G4 may soon have a lesser-powered counterpart. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Does “c” stand for “cheap”? That might be the case for the LG G4c, which looks like a smaller and less expensive version of its flagship G4 smartphone, according to German retail website 0815.eu. Related Links LG G4 review 2015 flagship smartphone specs compared With leather-clad G4, LG fashions …
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At Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. The company enjoyed a huge attention from its $25 billion IPO last year, but has struggled since with regulators and growth. Hong Wu/Getty Images Alibaba named a new CEO on Thursday in a surprise move, an apparent effort to right itself as its revenue growth and stock price have stumbled so far this year. …
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I used PhraseExpress to insert the image credit below. Why type the same thing over and over? Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Yesterday’s post about Norton Identity Safe, the surprisingly good free password manager, got me thinking about other great freeware — the utilities I use daily and, frankly, couldn’t live without. And I don’t know about you, but sometimes I …
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