Matt Elliott/CNET Like iPhoto before it, Photos for Mac groups all of your photos in a large library file. In order to break photos out of their database prison to open in another application or upload to the Internet, you will first need to export them or use one of the built-in sharing options. And …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Released earlier this year as part of Yosemite , the new Photos app for Mac OS X further blurs the lines between Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems. Its simplified organizational tools look a lot like those on the iPhone Photos app, but it adds powerful editing features that are geared for the desktop. Since it replaces both …
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An Apple Watch could be in your hand — or, rather, on your wrist — sooner than anticipated. Apple has consistently been telling buyers of its new smartwatch , which officially launches Friday, that they may need to wait to receive their device. But the company has ever-so-slightly changed its tune. According to a statement that Apple sent to CNET …
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Accessing the camera on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is possible by quickly pressing the home button two times. The camera app will open upon the second press, even if the screen of the device is off. But this also leads to mistakenly launching the camera app when you’re trying to unlock the device, or readjusting your thumb in …
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YouTube now attracts more than 1 billion users a month. James Martin/CNET Ten years ago today, a startup called YouTube uploaded its first video. Co-founder Jawed Karim, in a private test of the fledgling service’s capabilities, posted a short video of himself at the San Diego Zoo. The 18-second clip shows Karim unenthusiastically noting how elephants have “really really really …
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the company’s cloud services business is still growing fast. CNET Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been one of the industry’s big spenders as he strives to make the company all things to all people, fashioning Amazon as a grocery store, entertainment producer and device maker. The company on Thursday reported results for the first three …
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Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group, wants to build trust in the Chinese brand. Stephen Shankland/CNET Apple Watch, schmapple watch. Launching the TalkBand B2 , Huawei reckons that if you “ask people which one they prefer, it’s ours.” At the UK launch of the TalkBand B2 smartwatch and P8 smartphone, CNET caught up with Richard Yu, CEO of …
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The latest build of Windows 10 improves the Mail app and screen options. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has rolled out a new version of its Windows 10 Technical Preview that shows further promise as the company races to finish the final product by this summer. Released on Wednesday, Build 10061 is available only for Windows 10 users on the …
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Facebook knows the phone numbers for a majority of its users. And now it’s turning that data into a form of caller ID: Now playing: Watch this: Facebook Hello brings caller ID, call blocking to Android 2:57 This is CNET Update, learn about the Facebook Hello app and what info it shares with callers. While Facebook expands its mobile reach, …
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No Time Warner Cable for you, Comcast? Joe Raedle, Getty Images Comcast may be giving up on its $45.2 billion bid to buy fellow cable provider Time Warner Cable after meetings with regulators indicated they may oppose the deal, according to a report from Bloomberg. The news service said that the announcement could come as early as Friday. Regulators have …
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