June, 2016

• 17 June

  Five ways to take better selfies (without the stick)

  

  It’s fun to make fun of selfies, and even more fun to make fun of the people taking them ( especially if they’re holding a selfie stick). But, let’s face it, front-facing photos are here to stay, so you might as well make them look as good as possible. That can be a challenge. For …

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• 17 June

  How to customize the look and feel of the OnePlus 3

  

  Now playing: Watch this: How to set up the OnePlus 3’s look and feel 1:46 After setting up your OnePlus 3, there are a few things you can do to make the device look and feel like you want it to. From changing the transparency of the Google search bar, or adding software buttons to the bottom of the screen, …

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• 17 June

  Get a Chuwi 12

  

  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 The keyboard and pen are not included, but they’re also not expensive to add. Chuwi Let’s get this out of the …

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• 17 June

  Twitter introduces emoji

  

  Hamburger, hamburger, taco, praise hands? Yes, we know you’re hungry by the emojis you tweet out, and now advertisers will too. Twitter has unveiled a new feature allowing advertisers to target specific users with splashy ads, all based on the emojis they tweet out with their daily musings. With more than 110 billion emojis tweeted out since 2014, this could …

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• 17 June

  Verizon Wireless lands exclusive on Asus ZenPad Z8 tablet

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Asus ZenPad Z8 is the affordable and portable Verizon… 1:14 Verizon Wireless customers in need of a small, powerful tablet have a new option as of today: the Asus ZenPad Z8. Running Android Marshmallow, the Z8 is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Asus tablet available in the US with Verizon Wireless. Designed for gobbling down all types …

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• 17 June

  Crave giveaway: Take our ‘Crowd Control’ quiz, enter to win a Parrot drone

  

  Editor’s note: Some giveaways require leaving a comment to enter, but not this one. We’ve turned off comments on this post to prevent confusion. We’re nearing the end of our groundbreaking crowdsourced science fiction novel, “Crowd Control: Heaven Makes a Killing,” with 18 installments published as of Friday on CNET and just a handful more to go before we reach …

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• 17 June

  Waze is slowly putting an end to left turns

  

  It’s almost undeniable that left turns are evil. Not only are poorly-managed left turns responsible for about half a million crashes and hundreds of deaths per year, but they’re also inefficient. UPS, the brown-truck delivery company, famously banned left turns for its drivers in 2004, and since then it’s avoided unnecessarily burning more than 10 million gallons of gas, cut …

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• 17 June

  Bill Gates throws his support behind Microsoft’s $26B acquisition of LinkedIn

  

  Bill Gates is a big believer in LinkedIn. The co-founder and former chief executive of Microsoft praised the business-oriented social network, and Microsoft’s planned acquisition of it, in an interview this week with Bloomberg TV. “I think it’s a great transaction. LinkedIn brings in a lot. I know Reid Hoffman, Jeff Weiner, the team there have build an incredible audience,” …

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• 16 June

  New version of Bluetooth promises more speed, greater range

  

  Get ready for your Bluetooth connection to get a big boost. Bluetooth 5, the next iteration of the widely used wireless standard, will quadruple the range and double the speed of links among devices such as mobile phones, fitness trackers, stereo receivers and cars, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group said Thursday. The new standard will also feature increased broadcast messaging …

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• 16 June

  Panasonic Leica DG Summilux H

  

  Panasonic has a new fast wide-angle lens to sell you, but its aperture isn’t the only thing that’s big. The H-X012 Leica DG Summilux 12mm f1.4 lens (a 35mm equivalent of 24mm) is brighter than the competing 12mm f2.0 lens from Olympus but comes in at $1,300 (approximately £900 and AU$1,800) compared with just $700 (£550, AU$850) for the Olympus. …

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