Starting Friday, we’ll officially have our first social media president. Sure, Barack Obama’s ascendancy aligned with the rise of social networks. He broke onto the national political scene in 2004 with a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, the same year Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in a Harvard dorm room. But while Obama’s victory …
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19 January
Selfie obsessives will rejoice at this dual front
You might not have heard of phone maker Vivo, but if you’re seriously into your selfies, then its latest phone, the V5 Plus, could be just the thing for you. It packs a 20-megapixel image sensor on the front, and right alongside is an additional 8-megapixel sensor. The smaller sensor captures depth information about the scene, allowing it to create …
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19 January
What does a Trump presidency mean for tech?
The eight-year bromance between Barack Obama — who appointed the first chief technology officer for the US — and Silicon Valley is over. Now what? That’s the question the tech industry has been asking since a real estate mogul turned reality TV star, with a spotty reputation on technology, was voted in as 45th president of the United States. President …
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19 January
How to organize your channels in the new Roku app
Yesterday Roku rolled out version 4.0 of its Android and iOS apps. Among the new features: an onscreen remote that more closely resembles the real thing, a “What’s On” tab for finding stuff to watch and, arguably best of all, a Channels screen for quick, one-tap access to your favorites. As you may notice, that screen more or less duplicates …
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19 January
Sundance and tech: Like a trip into ‘Black Mirror’
No need to hunt for the geeky pockets at Sundance — they’re front and center this year. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night in Park City, Utah, with a science-based call to arms as its opening-night movie. “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” revisits the crusade against climate change a decade after “An Inconvenient Truth” became one of …
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19 January
It’s time for the Apple Watch to support Android
The smartwatch race should be over. Apple should have won, but that hasn’t exactly been the case. While the Cupertino company remains the leading smartwatch maker, shipments of the Apple Watch have fallen and its market share is slowly diminishing due to increased competition from Samsung, Garmin and traditional watchmakers such as Fossil. Apple’s market share could be further disrupted …
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19 January
What is Meitu? The kawaii anime makeover app goes viral
Now playing: Watch this: Meitu blazing up the app store charts, but the code makes… 1:36 Meitu is the latest selfie craze to hit social media. It combines facial recognition with anime-like filters to make you look like a rejected Sailor Moon. The free photo-editing app, available for iOS and Android, lets you take selfies or upload pictures from your …
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19 January
Neko Atsume’s trailer proves we are all crazy cat ladies
Move over Angry Birds, you’re not the only mobile game to transition to the silver screen. The first trailer for the live-action film adaptation of Neko Atsume was released this week ahead of the film’s late-2017 release in Japan. But what’s Neko Atsume, you ask? Neko Atsume is in many ways a distillation of the internet. The super-popular Japanese mobile …
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19 January
Get a Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer for $169.99
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. Enlarge Image Monoprice The universe is weird sometimes. Yesterday I was searching the interwebs for a part I needed for my Micro 3D …
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19 January
Here’s why we’re not downloading Meitu, the red
Now playing: Watch this: Meitu blazing up the app store charts, but the code makes… 1:36 Meitu is a viral sensation. Who wouldn’t want to instantly give themselves or their favorite politicians and celebs a Japanese-anime inspired makeover, and share the hilarious results with the world? That’s why the face-recognizing photo app is currently rocking the charts. But before you …
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