If you upgraded to MacOS Sierra, then you are likely familiar with its headlining features, whether you are using Siri to speak to your Mac, unlocking it with an Apple Watch or cutting and pasting from your Mac to your iPhone or vice versa with the universal clipboard. You might also be using iCloud to …
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10 November
Protests over Donald Trump rage on social media
The backlash to Donald Trump’s presidency is hard to miss, what with protests across city plazas and social media. Hashtags against Trump are trending on social media as people vent their frustrations with the Electoral College and the president-elect’s stances on immigration. There are other trending topics on social media, such as the Marines and the Wu-Tang Clan, but even …
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10 November
Black Friday deals start today at Best Buy
Best Buy is starting its Black Friday celebration early. The electronics retailer is offering savings on everything from 4K TVs, laptops and tablets to drones, streaming boxes and fitness trackers. There are even some deals you can snag right now. The best ones we noticed include a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with the keyboard dock for $599 (down from $999), …
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10 November
Huawei’s P9 passes 9 million in sales
Despite not being as recognisable as Apple and Samsung, Huawei once agains proves itself to be a big player in the mobile game. On Friday, the Chinese company announced the P9, a premium phone released in April, has sold over 9 million units worldwide. Those sales helped Huawei retain its position in Q3 2016 as the global No. 3 phone …
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10 November
Snapchat Spectacles are here! If you can find them… (The 3:59, Ep. 139)
Snap Inc.’s first piece of hardware goes on sale today. But, following the company’s nontraditional style, the Spectacles glasses can only be purchased at vending machines that will pop up in new locations around the US every day. That means Snap, formerly known as Snapchat, may only be treating Spectacles as an experiment for now. Also on the show, we …
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10 November
Share your Instagram stories with specific people
Instagram on Thursday added the ability to call out specific people within its photo story feature. In a move to outdo the functions of competitor Snapchat, Instagram now enables users to share photos and videos they’ve stitched together and tucked inside their app’s personal stories profile. Like many social media tools, you target individual friends and followers by typing an …
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10 November
LG wallpaper OLED TV may stick to your wall with a magnet
Want a TV thin and light enough to stick to the wall like a poster? You might not have to wait long. A leak seems to indicate that LG could begin selling its futuristic “wallpaper” OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV next year. As reported by flatpanelshd, the website of the WiFi Alliance has revealed what appear be all of LG’s …
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10 November
Google won’t build ad
This year, the Opera browser added an option to block online ads. The newer Brave browser goes farther, blocking them by default. But Google would rather fix the problems with ads than strip them off websites. “We feel like there are a lot of challenges in advertising. There are a lot of wrong ways,” Darin Fisher, vice president of Chrome …
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10 November
LeEco wants to be the next Amazon in the US. Genius or bust?
You’ve probably never heard of LeEco. But the Chinese company, an unconventional mashup of Apple, Amazon, Paramount, Tesla and Netflix to millions of consumers in China, has plans, big plans, to dominate your home. That’s why it hosted a splashy coming-out party in the US last month at which it unveiled phones, TVs, a smart bike and even a trailer …
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10 November
Get 25 PlayOn Cloud credits for $17.50
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. Cheeps! Today’s deal is all about something old mixed with something new — indeed, a marriage of sorts, and I’m curious to hear …
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