April, 2016

• 14 April

  Your GoPro is about to get a lot more powerful

  

  Is your GoPro gathering dust in a drawer somewhere? The action camera maker hopes you’ll pull it out again to use new applications and solutions created by third-party developers. The BMW M-laptimer app will be available this summer. Lexy Savvides/CNET Although the program has been underway for a year, GoPro’s developers program was officially announced …

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• 14 April

  How to watch the Hillary Clinton

  

  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take the stage tonight in Brooklyn. This will be the first time the two candidates have faced off in more than a month and comes only a few days before the increasingly important New York primary. The debate will be hosted by CNN and local news station NY1. It will be …

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• 14 April

  You can finally get that six pack with Google Calendar Goals

  

  Achieving your goals isn’t always as easy as it seems, but Google wants to help with that. In the most recent Google Calendar update, it added a new feature called Goals, which exists alongside events and reminders. Choose an area in which you want to improve or an activity you wish to schedule more time for, choose how often you …

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• 14 April

  Computer

  

  Meet Sofia. She is 7 years old and standing in a rubber boat with water up to her knees. She is cold and afraid. Only she isn’t real. She’s computer-generated and animated in 3D. UNICEF Sweden created Sofia from images of 500 real children facing emergencies around the world. Places like Ethiopia, Ukraine and Fiji. The hyper-realistic girl appears in …

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• 14 April

  Three

  

  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: My apologies regarding yesterday’s very short-lived Corel video-editor deal. Still not sure if that was a price mistake or what, …

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• 14 April

  Think smart TV is dumb? Samsung aims to change your mind by controlling your gear

  

  “Gee, Samsung, what are we going to do tonight?” “The same thing we do every night, TV viewer. Try to take over the house!” The biggest TV maker in the world has little in common with the most ambitious mouse in cartoon history, but Samsung and The Brain do share one burning desire: to control more stuff. The company’s 2016 …

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• 14 April

  Apple peels the green with ‘Apps for Earth’

  

  If you use an iPhone or iPad, you may have noticed the Apple App Store is looking a little greener than usual. Apple’s fresh hue is due to “Apps for Earth,” a partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise money for environmental preservation. Toward that effort, Apple will donate revenue from sales of selected apps during …

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• 13 April

  Go inside the ‘Game of Thrones’ opening in stunning 360

  

  The Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones” title sequence is renowned for its stunning animations, frequently shifting destinations (which vary depending on the cities that will appear in any given episode) and compelling musical score. Until now, it’s always been a decidedly 2D affair, but a new 360-degree virtual version of the “Game of Thrones” title sequence lets you soar through Westeros …

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• 13 April

  USB Type

  

  The folks behind the USB Type-C standard have a new approach to keep sketchy cables from zapping your laptop or evildoers from hacking your phone. USB Type-C brings new perks to the mundane chore of connecting devices to each other and to chargers, but problems have cast a shadow — notably when Google employee Benson Leung’s effort to flag faulty …

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• 13 April

  Sling TV’s new $20 package gets Fox channels, 3 streams, but no ESPN

  

  Cord-cutters who want live TV can now watch American Horror Story, The Simpsons, and maybe even local Major League Baseball games for $20 a month. As long as they’re willing to give up SportsCenter. Today Sling TV, the first major nationwide provider of live TV channels delivered over the Internet without a cable subscription, now has Fox. A new base …

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