April, 2016

• 27 April

  Apple Pay targets another 5 million customers with Australian partnership

  

  Apple just snagged itself another 5 million potential Apple Pay customers, after the tech giant announced a new partnership with one of Australia’s largest banks, ANZ. The move firmly establishes Apple in the mature Australian market, where contactless and mobile payments already make up the majority of everyday transactions (60 percent of card transactions in …

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• 27 April

  Facebook profit soars, stock scheme cements Zuckerberg’s control

  

  When you think of wacky and innovative tech companies, Google is usually the first to come up. But Facebook is quickly becoming second. More people in Silicon Valley are talking about how Mark Zuckerberg is transforming Facebook from a way to share baby photos and updates about what we ate for breakfast to a company that wants to be an …

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• 27 April

  Comcast boosts broadband data cap

  

  Comcast broadband customers will no longer have to worry about busting through data caps while catching up on “Game of Thrones.” Enlarge Image Comcast customers are getting a healthy boost in their data caps. Comcast On Wednesday, the cable giant said it’s raising the cap on home broadband to 1 terabyte of data per month. That should let customers stream …

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• 27 April

  Get a 128GB wireless SSD for $59.50

  

  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. Quick housekeeping note: Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and an entire year of service! …

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• 27 April

  Music industry just recorded its best growth in the 21st century

  

  Remember 2015? When we all had bad blood and couldn’t feel our faces when we were uptown funkin’? Turns out 2015 was the most successful year the music industry has seen in 15 years, according to new figures. That’s in terms of growth, anyway: People don’t spend nearly as much on music as they did in the heady days of …

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• 27 April

  Put these apps in your Mac’s menu bar

  

  The OS X menu bar is a great spot to park lightweight apps for easy access. Here are my six favorite menu bar apps that I use each and every day. Itsycal There are more powerful calendar apps than Itsycal, but I prefer Itsycal for its simplicity. It installs an icon in the menu bar that displays the current date. …

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• 27 April

  Love is in the air: Get engaged with the help of a drone proposal kit

  

  If you want your wedding proposal to really soar, call in a drone. A new Wedding Proposal Package from UK drone retailer DronesDirect includes everything you need to get engaged in style (ring sold separately, of course). The kit includes rental of a DJI Phantom 4 and a DJI Inspire One with pilots — the Phantom 4 drone delivers the …

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• 27 April

  TiVo goes after cable cutters with more storage, no service fee

  

  TiVo has a new option for people looking to ditch their cable providers once and for all. The DVR maker unveiled on Wednesday the Roamio OTA 1TB for over-the-air programming. It can record up to four shows simultaneously from local networks available via an HDTV antenna. Its 1 terabyte of storage holds up to 150 hours of high-definition programs. To …

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• 27 April

  Perk up your ears with this sweet high

  

  I’ve totally lost count of how many Avalon Acoustics speakers I’ve heard since the early 1990s, but for one reason or another I haven’t reviewed one in at least 10 years. So when my friends at the Innovative Audio Video showroom in New York City suggested I check out the Avalon Idea speakers, I quickly agreed. Enlarge Image The Avalon …

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• 27 April

  Spotify snaps up photo

  

  Streaming-media service Spotify has acquired CrowdAlbum, a startup that collects photos and videos of performances shared on social networks. The acquisition is designed to help artists better “understand, activate, and monetize their audiences,” Spotify said Wednesday. CrowdAlbum’s staff will also assist in building new products for performers related to touring. Spotify is folding CrowdAlbum into its group responsible for Spotify …

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