A decade and then some past its heyday as an Internet pioneer, Yahoo will spin off its core business after failing to convince people that its products are still worthwhile. The Sunnyvale, California, company said Wednesday it will scrap its plans to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, worth more than $30 …
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9 December
Facebook tabulates its top topics of 2015
Facebook isn’t all about baby pictures, birthday greetings and amusing memes. People also turn to the social network to delve into serious subjects such as terrorism, marriage equality and politics, according to Facebook’s release Wednesday of the site’s most popular topics worldwide in 2015. The US presidential elections took the top spot, followed by the November terrorist attacks in Paris, …
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9 December
How Cortana can be useful on iPhone and Android
The Cortana app for iPhone and Android doesn’t come with most of her Windows powers, but you may find some perks to the app. (Just don’t bother trying to text anyone.) Watch CNET Update below to learn the good and bad of the new Cortana apps. Meanwhile, Google says goodbye to the Nexus 6 smartphone, and Mozilla will let Firefox …
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9 December
Google puts the kibosh on the Nexus 6
Looking for a Nexus 6 smartphone? You won’t find one through Google anymore. The Nexus 6 page on the Google Store says the phone is no longer available for purchase. Google apparently sent the device to the great beyond Tuesday, according to blog site DroidLife, which discovered that the phone was no longer up for grabs. The decommissioning of the …
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9 December
New Walmart Pay app adds to mobile payments fray
Walmart is jumping into the mobile payments business, the first US retailer to make its own push for consumers to use their smartphones as mobile wallets. The world’s largest retailer on Thursday announced the launch of Walmart Pay, a proprietary mobile payments system for use in its stores. The app, which is getting its start at stores near the company’s …
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9 December
Create a new Apple Music playlist the logical way
The natural order of things is to find a song and then start a playlist with that song and not the other way around where you first start a playlist and then find the first song to add to it. With the iOS 9.2 update, you can now create a new playlist without needing to take the initial step of …
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8 December
Apple: Our iPhone battery case gives you 25 hours of talk time
Bump. Bulge. Boost. Whatever word you pick, you may have had Apple’s new iPhone case in mind. Unveiled Tuesday, the iPhone 6S Smart Battery Case is the company’s answer to the enduring problem of smartphones that run out of juice far too soon for frustrated smartphone users. It also adds some heft to product known for its sleek design, along …
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8 December
Your smartphone will be faster in 2016, just not insane 5G fast
We’ve all been there. You pull out your smartphone to check out the trailer for “Batman v Superman,” and the loading icon spins. And spins. Sometimes, the cellular network just can’t keep up with your voracious appetite for Facebook updates, Snapchat messages and streaming video. Don’t worry, though, the carriers are working on it. You may have heard rumblings of …
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8 December
USB Type C is supposed to be the one cable to rule them all, but there’s going to be confusion first
USB, the workhorse port used for everything from phones to cars, is about to get even more useful. But consumers may find the changes puzzling at first. A new style of USB port called Type-C promises a lot. You can insert cables either way up so there’s no fiddling with the proper orientation. The port can also transfer data faster, …
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8 December
Want an Apple Watch? Try Best Buy to save $100
If an Apple Watch is on your holiday wish list, you might be due for a trip to Best Buy. The retail store is cutting the price of the Apple Watch by $100, starting Wednesday, December 9. The deal is available in stores and on Best Buy’s website. If you’ve been on the fence about Apple’s pretty, pricey smartwatch, $100 …
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