Enlarge ImageLights, Camra, action! Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Mega-megapixel sensors, 4K video, Live Photos — camera features like these seem great until you get the bill: big files that quickly eat up all your phone’s storage. Even standard-resolution photos and 1080p video can put a serious dent in your available space. Sure, you can manually …
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22 October
The five best deals from Dell’s Black Friday sale
Black Friday is here, with a deluge of deals and limited-time offers. Scanned images of what’s purported to be Dell’s upcoming Black Friday promotion have emerged, and — if the leak is accurate — there are quite a few deals to be had. That caveat is important, of course: We don’t know if the leaked promotions are final, or if …
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22 October
Apple fishes for apps for updated Apple TV
Apple is seeking apps for its overhauled Apple TV streaming-media box. The updated Apple TV , which runs Apple’s new tvOS software, goes on sale October 30. Apple put the word out to software developers on Wednesday it’s now accepting app submissions. The company also published guidelines on design for large screens and on compatibility with the touch-sensitive panel on …
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22 October
AT&T profit up as mobile, video ambitions start to play out
AT&T made a $49 billion bet that consumers are still willing to pay for a traditional package of television channels. AT&T said it added 2.5 million wireless customers and 26,000 new DirecTV subscribers. CNET/Marguerite Reardon It’s counterintuitive thinking, with many industry watchers conceding that more folks are shedding their cable and satellite TV packages in lieu of video found online …
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22 October
Facebook expands search so you know what everyone’s talking about
Facebook wants to turn your comments into a town square. Starting Thursday, the Menlo Park, California-based social network will roll out a function that allows its members to conduct a Google-like search through the more than 2 trillion posts they make each month. Facebook users can access the feature through a search bar on its website or mobile app. Type …
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22 October
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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. Enlarge Image Epic There’s a “Netflix” for everything nowadays: music, books, magazines, videogames, Lego — you name it. Epic is like Netflix for children’s e-books and audiobooks, offering unlimited reading and listening for …
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22 October
How to enable the notification light on Nexus 5X, 6P
Google’s new Nexus devices, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, are both equipped with an RGB LED notification light. The small light is a convenient way to remind or alert you of pending notifications. However, you’ll need to enable the small blinking light before you can begin using it. Enabling it takes a few taps: Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason …
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22 October
Google, now Alphabet, spells success with mobile, YouTube
Google has been expanding YouTube to get you to spend more time on the site. Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Corbis Google, reporting its first earnings as the new holding company Alphabet, said it owed its profit and sales success last quarter to having six products with more than a billion users apiece. They are search, the mobile operating system Android, the Web browser …
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22 October
How to log in to Windows 10 with a local account
Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10 fully embraces its identity as a universal operating system. This includes Microsoft strongly suggesting you use a connected Microsoft account to log in to your computer, so you can fully take advantage of Windows 10’s new connected features (such as settings syncing). But there are some downsides to using a Microsoft account — for one …
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22 October
Access Apple’s Find My Friends app on iCloud.com
Apple on Wednesday added Find My Friends, its iOS app used to track friends and family members, to iCloud.com. Originally spotted by 9to5Mac, the addition brings the feature to computers for the first time. With the release of iOS 9, Apple included has included the Find My Friends app in the operating system, instead of making it an optional install …
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