October, 2015

• 5 October

  Facebook to beam free Internet to Africa

  

  Facebook is tapping into satellites to provide Internet access to parts of Africa. Facebook Facebook is trying to spread free Internet access to regions of Africa via satellite. On Monday, the popular social network announced a deal with French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, to get more people in Africa online by creating a system employing …

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• 5 October

  Ozon gesture ring concept from 16Lab lets you wrap all your devices around your little finger

  

  TOKYO — As our devices shift and shrink and we find ourselves relying less and less on keyboards and mice and more and more on touchscreens to go about our work and play. In some situations, this makes interactivity a challenge. Voice is a potential solution for some situations, but gesture control looks equally promising and 16Lab has what it …

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• 5 October

  Get a 13.3

  

  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 CNET I don’t know how long these will last, so I’m going to skip my usual amusing anecdote, personal history, razor-sharp insight or other throat-clearing and just get right to the …

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• 5 October

  Adobe tightens integration among Creative Cloud tools, debuts Photoshop Fix app

  

  As we’ve come to expect from Adobe, among its fall 2015 updates to its traditional and Web Creative Cloud applications there are a few new completely new features, a bunch of “it didn’t do that already?” additions, enhancements to existing features and a reworking of its mobile apps. Plus the continuing sad news that updates to Bridge are not among …

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• 5 October

  Jack Dorsey takes on second act as Twitter CEO

  

  @Jack is back. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was appointed CEO of the social network on September 30, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Monday. The move ends three months of confusion at the socially influential but slow-growing company. It also marks a round trip for Dorsey, who was fired from Twitter’s top job seven years ago but …

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• 5 October

  Verizon scraps its exclusive Sony phone before it even launches

  

  The Xperia Z4v was supposed to be Sony’s flagship smartphone for the US market. Sony The Sony Xperia Z4v phone never even had a chance to fail. Sony and Verizon Wireless said on Monday that they had decided to not introduce the Xperia Z4v into the US market. The surprise move deals a big blow to Sony’s ambitions to establish …

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• 5 October

  Cheers! Vodafone boosts rural phone signal with mobile hubs in country pubs

  

  Enlarge ImageThe Royal Oak in Rhandirmwyn, named Carmarthenshire Pub Of The Year 2015. The Royal Oak When you want to get more bars, Vodafone wants you to go to the bar. The UK phone network has launched a new pilot scheme in country pubs to improve mobile phone signal as you sup your pint. Internet connection and phone signal in …

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• 4 October

  Why I ditched Apple Music for Spotify

  

  CNET Apple Music debuted in June, with an assertion of that it is the music service to end all music services. It has a few good things going for it; it includes hand-curated playlists, has an exclusive live radio station and it’s already installed on iOS gadgets. In the months since its launch, however, Apple Music’s reception has been lukewarm, …

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• 4 October

  Smartphone

  

  The war over camera megapixels has moved from the back of the phone to the front as smartphone-makers like Samsung, Apple, Asus and now LG scramble to outfit their handsets with clever and capable tools to make vanity shots look as good as they can on a typically weaker, cheaper front-facing lens. Selfies, the common slang for self-portraits taken with …

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• 3 October

  The Turntable Station Kickstarter project, nice, but this stand isn’t just for turntables

  

  Great, you have a nice stereo, but the components are scattered around your room. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the whole rig in one spot? Or you have a turntable, but it’s sitting on a rickety table or on a shelf that’s not even close to level, so you’re not getting the best possible sound from your LPs. Maybe …

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