Google’s Pixel C has entered a crowded, confusing marketplace. It’s the first Android tablet made and designed by Google, and it’s built to showcase everything that Android 6.0 Marshmallow has to offer. Pick up the optional full-sized keyboard, and you’ll have a compact office package. But Android 6.0 Marshmallow is a mobile operating system: unless …
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6 October
Get a MusicAir Mini Bluetooth receiver for $6.99
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. BYO phone and speakers. PricePlunge Boy, you’d think Google just about reinvented the wheel with all the fuss over Chromecast Audio, a little gadget that plugs into traditional speakers to allow wireless music …
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If you have a smartwatch, you’ve probably seen it spend a lot of time with its charging system. Most of those wearables are meant to sit on your nightstand, recharging every night in order to have enough juice to the survive the day. Forget to charge it and you’ll have to deal with a dead watch. The Looksee Labs Eyecatcher …
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6 October
YouTube’s iOS app now offers built
You can trim, filter and add music to your videos via the app. YouTube Google has updated its YouTube iOS app for people who create videos as well as those who watch them. Released on Monday in the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, YouTube version 10.38 includes a basic set of in-app editing tools. You can …
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6 October
With Project Comet, Adobe adapts its tools to the era of phones and tablets
Enlarge ImageAdobe’s Project Comet is geared for people designing app user interfaces. Adobe Systems It’s a measure of Photoshop’s flexibility that a program originally for editing photos now is used for designing Web pages and mobile apps. But Adobe Systems on Monday revealed plans for a new tool called Project Comet that it thinks will be better. The software, due …
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Twitter’s new Moments spotlights events as they unfold
Twitter hopes lightning will strike its new Moments feature. On Tuesday, San Francisco-based Twitter introduced Moments, arguably the most important update to the service in its 9-year history. Moments, which was developed under the code name “Project Lightning,” points Twitter users toward discussions taking place across the social network, which has emerged as the go-to place to follow events as …
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6 October
Doomsday revision predicts we won’t make it to Thursday
Wednesday might be a good day to call in sick and go cross something off your bucket list — you know, just in case it’s your last chance. According to the E-Bible Fellowship, there is a “strong likelihood that October 7, 2015, will be the end of the world.” That’s right. You may never watch another football game, see another …
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6 October
Microsoft Surface Book vs. Surface Pro 4 vs. Surface Pro 3 vs. MacBook Pro
Enlarge ImageThe Microsoft Surface Book. Sarah Tew/CNET Earlier today, we showed you how the new Microsoft Surface Pro 4 compares to the other two most hotly anticipated tablet computers coming to market: the Apple iPad Pro , and the Google Pixel C . We also threw in a MacBook Air for good measure. That was a great comparison if you …
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6 October
Russia orders Google to stop preinstalling its own Android apps
Russian authorities have given Google a November 18 deadline to stop bundling its own apps with its Android software for mobile phones and tablets. By installing its apps on all phones that run Android, Google is abusing its dominant position in the Russian market, ruled the country’s Federal Antimonopoly Service in September. The Mountain View, California, company’s contractual requirements for …
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6 October
UnlimitedHand controller wants to add sense of touch to virtual reality
H2L The visual fidelity of virtual reality experiences is rapidly increasing, with designers creating worlds and experiences that inch ever closer to looking real. But Tokyo-based company H2L is trying to create a device that makes VR feel real. UnlimitedHand is a wearable controller that wraps around the forearm and gives you the sensation of touch within your virtual world. …
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