October, 2015

• 14 October

  Set custom replies for Facebook Messenger on Apple Watch

  

  Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Last week Facebook released its Apple Watch app for Messenger. With the app, you can compose new messages, use stickers and send voice notes. Of course, the new functionality means you can now reply to messages from the watch. Facebook includes a six predefined text replies which can be customized to …

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• 14 October

  Launch multiple programs with one shortcut in Windows 10

  

  Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET There are some programs that you always run together. For me, it’s Google Chrome and Microsoft Word (hey, I’m a writer), for you it might be Skype and Steam. Maybe there are a few programs that you open every time you start up your computer. What if you could open multiple programs with just one (double) click? …

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• 14 October

  Samsung’s second Tizen

  

  Enlarge ImageSamsung’s Z3 runs on homegrown software. Samsung Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its second phone powered by the company’s own Tizen software, an alternative that so far hasn’t made much headway against Google’s more widely used Android. The Samsung Z3 is due to go on sale in India on October 21 for 8,490 Indian rupees ($131), following the release of …

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• 14 October

  Social media crowns a winner in the Democrats’ presidential debate

  

  While political pundits gave former First Lady Hillary Clinton the victory in the first Democratic presidential debate, her main challenger, Bernie Sanders, was the clear winner on social media. The Vermont senator was the most mentioned candidate on Facebook and Twitter, according to social media analysis platforms Wayin and Brandwatch. He also was the most searched candidate on Google by …

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• 14 October

  Mobile

  

  Mobile-payments company Square on Wednesday revealed its plans to go public, putting in motion what should be one of the biggest and most-anticipated tech initial public offerings of the year. The 6-year-old maker of credit-card reading devices was expected to make such a move for months. Reports came out over the summer that the San Francisco-based company filed confidential paperwork …

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• 14 October

  Get four phone lines and 40GB for $120 per month

  

  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. 4 lines, 40GB, $120 per month. Yes, please. T-Mobile Last February, I wrote about why I ditched T-Mobile and switched to Cricket Wireless. Today I’m going back. Make no mistake, Cricket’s been fine …

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• 14 October

  Twitter names former Google exec Kordestani as new chairman

  

  Twitter has named former Google business chief Omid Kordestani as the social network’s new chairman. James Martin/CNET It didn’t take long for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to find someone to replace him as chairman. The social network named Omid Kordestani, Google’s former chief business officer, as its new executive chairman, Dorsey announced in a series of tweets Wednesday. Kordestani’s responsibilities …

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• 14 October

  Designer Yves Behar talks smart locks, wearables and Apple (Q&A)

  

  SAN FRANCISCO — Yves Behar, one of the most famous industrial designers of the past two decades, has a lot to say not just about the way products should look, but what problems they should solve. Since beginning design house Fuseproject in 1999, Behar has worked with companies such as Apple, General Electric, Herman Miller, Movado, Prada and Samsung. He …

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• 14 October

  California launches site to help victims of revenge porn

  

  More than 50 major tech companies have helped put together California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ online tool for victims of revenge porn. California State Department of Justice California is ramping up its war on revenge porn by giving victims new tools for fighting back. State Attorney General Kamala Harris said Wednesday that her office has partnered with tech companies and …

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• 14 October

  Electric Jukebox aims to bring online music to people who find streaming too ‘niche’

  

  The Electric Jukebox streamer plugs into your TV’s HDMI port. Andrew Hoyle/CNET LONDON — How can you persuade older people to ditch their hi-fi and get hooked on streaming music? A new service from a UK startup thinks the answer is to plug into their TVs. The Electric Jukebox is a music-streaming service designed for people in the US or …

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