Facebook Messenger appears to have made it to the big time. The social media company said Wednesday its messaging app now has 1.2 billion people actively using the service every month — that’s a big chunk of the world’s 7.5 billion population. “I keep on hearing powerful stories about how our product is becoming a …
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12 April
Amazon adds Parent Dashboard to track your kid’s web diet
My 4-year-old daughter often nabs my wife’s iPhone and disappears for hours into the YouTube Kids app. We intermittently check on what she’s watching, but it’s hard to keep track of every video. Since lots of parents deal with this issue, Amazon decided to roll out a new way to check on your kid’s digital diet. It’s a service for …
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11 April
How to switch from iPhone to Samsung
Now playing: Watch this: The easy way to switch from an iPhone to the Samsung… 1:45 Are you ready to give Samsung another shot after last year’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 scandal? The troubled electronics giant just released its newest flagship phone, the Samsung Galaxy S8. If you’ve taken an iPhone detour while Samsung worked out its issues and are …
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11 April
Roku TVs now track what you watch to suggest streams, target ads
Roku TVs are CNET’s favorite entry-level televisions, with the best built-in streaming platform on the planet and good-enough picture quality for the price. I also love how they keep getting updated with new features and functionality, such as a recent add-on that lets antenna users pause live TV, no DVR required (seriously, it’s pretty cool) and listen to TV audio …
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11 April
Microsoft Windows says hasta la Vista
Now playing: Watch this: Hasta la vista, Vista: Microsoft kills the ancient OS 1:23 Out with the old, in with the new. On Tuesday when Microsoft released its Windows 10 Creators Update, it also said goodbye to Windows Vista. The company has officially ended support for the much-maligned operating system, which was released in January 2007. “Microsoft has provided support …
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11 April
Windows 10 Creators Update: The 10 best features
On April 11, Microsoft released the next major update to Windows 10. Dubbed Creators Update, the free download includes new 3D apps, VR capabilities and 4K game streaming among its flashier features. (But it’s going to a staggered rollout and not everyone will be able to download it immediately, especially if you’re using Windows’ automatic update feature. If you want …
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11 April
Instagram Direct messages just became more like Snapchat
Instagram took another page from the Snapchat playbook on Tuesday when it announced that it’s bringing disappearing photos and videos to its messaging platform, Instagram Direct. That means you can now send photo and video messages in addition to text. What’s more, these visual messages are only visible for a short amount of time before your contact can’t access them …
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11 April
Get a Lenovo Ideapad 110S 11.6
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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: Lenovo Ideapad 110S is a simple, chic budget laptop 1:39 I’m often asked for cheap laptop recommendations. Whoops, let …
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11 April
How to get the new Windows 10 Creators Update
“We don’t just hit a button, 400 million machines update and we break the internet,” says Microsoft spokesman David Dennis. No, the Windows 10 Creators Update won’t be nearly that fast. Microsoft heard you loud and clear when you said you didn’t want updates shoved down your throat — so even as the company promises a long list of improvements …
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11 April
Facebook hosting Communities Summit this summer in Chicago
Looks like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is trying to make good on his word to help users of the social network have more face-to-face interaction. Facebook will hold its first “Communities Summit” in Chicago on June 22-23, the company said Tuesday. The goal is to have a few hundred Facebook Groups administrators — the people who run community pages on …
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