October, 2016

• 4 October

  5 tips for selling on Marketplace, Facebook’s version of Craigslist

  

  Facebook wants to get into the local buying-and-selling game with its new mobile classifieds section, Facebook Marketplace. The new Facebook Marketplace — not to be confused with the old Facebook Marketplace — lets you put up Craigslist-like ads for everything from furniture and clothing to cars and housing. The new Facebook Marketplace lets you sell …

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• 4 October

  #VPDebate between Kaine, Pence stirs social supporters

  

  Though not as splashy as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine faced off Tuesday in the only vice presidential debate of the election season, and within 10 minutes they prompted campaign watchers to tweet out more than 56,000 comments using the hashtag #VPDebate. The hashtag was eventually mentioned more than 2.1 million times, according …

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• 4 October

  This vibrating hair clip could help the deaf feel the beat

  

  Sometimes the best ideas come in small packages, and that’s definitely the case here, with a tiny device that could change the way the deaf interact with the world. Called Ontenna, it’s a simple concept device that’s been developed by Fujitsu. Were someone to hand it to you without explanation, you’d probably think it was some sort of clunky, shapeless …

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• 4 October

  Google Pixel phones and Daydream View VR headset head to the UK

  

  Google’s two brand new, own-brand phones are coming to the UK and are available for preorder online immediately. The smaller of the two devices, the Pixel, will start at £599 for the 32GB model, rising to £699 for the 128GB model. The Pixel XL is a pricier beast, starting at £719 for the 32GB model, going up to £819 for …

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• 4 October

  Here’s what you’ll pay in Australia for everything Google just announced

  

  Google took to the stage in San Francisco this morning to announce a new range of Pixel phones. But wait, there’s more! The search giant also unveiled a new, 4K-capable version of the Chromecast media streamer and the Daydream VR headset. If you want the full run down on everything they announced (and the “Silicon Valley” cameos at the event …

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• 4 October

  Google Pixel phones keep all your pixels online for free

  

  If you get a new Google Pixel or Pixel XL phone, you’ll never run out of storage for photos and videos. At the company’s event on Tuesday, Google announced it will offer all owners of the Pixel phones unlimited photo and video storage at full resolution. Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones 2:03 You …

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• 4 October

  Donald Trump to live

  

  If you’re looking for a reason to pay attention to Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate rather than say the American League Wild Card game, Donald Trump might have the best reason. The Republican candidate for president said Tuesday he will be live-tweeting the debate between his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, and Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine …

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• 4 October

  How Google hopes its Pixel camera will win over iPhone fans

  

  If you look at the top cameras used on the Flickr photo-sharing site, you’ll see four out of five of them are Apple iPhones. But with new camera technology debuting in its Pixel and Pixel XL phones on Tuesday, Google hopes to find a place in the hearts of photographers. In an exclusive in-depth look at the new phones’ cameras, …

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• 4 October

  Get the high

  

  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: The crowd-pleasing Coolest is the Swiss Army knife of… 2:02 For a couple of years I wrote a series …

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• 4 October

  AT&T promises gigabit broadband to 11 more cities

  

  AT&T is hitting the gas on plans to deliver ultra-high-speed broadband to more homes, apartment buildings and businesses. The Dallas-based phone giant on Tuesday said it plans to bring the newly branded “AT&T Fiber” service to 11 additional metro areas, which include Gainesville and Panama City, Fla.; Columbus, Ga.; Central Kentucky; Lafayette, La.; Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., and Northeast Mississippi; Wilmington, N.C.; …

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