Music and driving go hand in hand, and now so do two major music and driving apps. On Tuesday, Spotify and Waze announced new updates that let users of each app access features from either app. For example, if you’ve got both Waze, which is owned by Google, and Spotify installed on your phone, you …
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14 March
New York City sues Verizon over unfinished fiber rollout
No one likes it when the cable guy runs late, especially New Yorkers. Nine years after signing a contract with Verizon to bring fiber-optic internet and television service to the city’s 3.1 million households — and nearly three years after the 2014 deadline to finish the job — New York City officials are sick of waiting. The city filed a …
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14 March
Dave Chappelle’s Netflix stand
Dave Chappelle has been absent from the comedy scene for a very long time, but fans won’t have to wait much longer for new material. His triumphant return is scheduled to debut on March 21 on Netflix, and today the company shared a first glimpse of what to expect. The stand-up special, titled “Two Cities, One Event” features Chappelle performing …
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14 March
Sony’s first Atmos sound bar way more expensive than rivals
Three high-profile Sony audio products — the Sony’s HT-ST5000 Atmos sound bar, the HT-MT300 and the STR-DN1080 receiver — will be available from March. Sony Firstly, Sony’s HT-ST5000 is an Atmos sound bar with a wireless subwoofer, with a purported 7.1.2 channels — as an all-in-one bar, the surrounds are virtual. That said, the demo we heard at CES 2017 …
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14 March
Denon brings multiroom audio to mainstream receivers at last
Denon has announced its 2017 line of S-series receivers will now feature the company’s HEOS multiroom tech, which should make the company more competitive with Yamaha and Onkyo, and that it will be available at at an affordable price. Until now the the least expensive receiver to feature HEOS was the $1,500 AVR-X4300H, but the recent $1,000 HEOS AVR heralded …
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14 March
Google doodle marks the dawn of cricket test rivalry
Even if Americans don’t understand cricket, it hasn’t stopped one of the biggest US tech companies from celebrating the game. Google is doffing its baggy green to the great game today with a Google doodle celebrating the history of test cricket. The doodle marks the 140-year anniversary of the first officially recognised cricket test match, which kicked off on March …
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14 March
Google cracks down on inaccurate and offensive content
Google is the latest tech company to try to tackle the problems of fake news and offensive content. The search giant is cracking down on search results that are upsetting or inaccurate, according to a report Tuesday by Search Engine Land. It sounds like Google is taking a long-term approach to the problem. The company has introduced a new flag …
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14 March
Samsung’s new Android tablet may cost as much as iPad Pro
Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is a classy and glassy Android… 1:25 Samsung recently debuted its beautiful, all-glass iPad Pro competitor, the Galaxy Tab S3, without announcing price or availability. However, it looks like Best Buy just prematurely spilled the beans. A listing on Best Buy’s website shows the tablet priced at $600, the same starting price …
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14 March
How to post Instagram photos to a Facebook Page
As an admin of a Facebook Page, you may be tasked with posting Instagram photos to the page. But how? The Instagram app will always default to posting to your personal feed, both in Instagram and on Facebook. Thankfully, posting to a Facebook Page is a simple process once it’s set up. Here’s how: Enlarge Image Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET …
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14 March
The iPhone 8 may not get that curved screen, but it’ll still cost you
The rumored iPhone 8 may not feature that curved edge-to-edge OLED display that we’ve heard so much about after all (reported on here, here and here), according to some industry analysts. IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam says that Apple will stick to its flat-screen design, but still with an OLED screen versus the LCD technology found in today’s iPhones, according …
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