August, 2015

• 17 August

  Clarkson and the ‘Top Gear’ team are ‘very, very, very expensive’ says Amazon boss

  

  Enlarge ImageRichard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May left the BBC’s “Top Gear” in controversial circumstances. Amazon Signing Jeremy Clarkson and the “Top Gear” team was “very, very, very expensive” for Amazon, says Jeff Bezos. But speaking to The Telegraph, the Amazon founder and chief executive boasts Amazon is part of “a golden age of …

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• 17 August

  QVC owner to buy Zulily shopping site for $2.4 billion

  

  Zulily will remain based in Seattle. Getty Images Liberty Interactive Corporation, the owner of TV shopping network QVC, is acquiring shopping site Zulily for roughly $2.4 billion in a move to create a “digital commerce powerhouse,” Liberty announced Monday. Focused on Internet-savvy moms, Zulily launched in 2010 offering flash sales that only last for a few days on high-end baby …

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• 17 August

  How Apple’s Force Touch could change the way you use your next iPhone or iPad

  

  Sarah Tew/CNET Pressure-sensitive screens, haptic feedback: Why should you care? Apple’s next iPhones should be announced next month, but this is an “S” year. That means — if Apple sticks to the pattern it’s adhered to since 2008 — that the 2015 iPhones will maintain the same basic design as last year’s model, and focus instead on “under the hood” …

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• 17 August

  Google’s Project Ara smartphone postponed until next year

  

  Google’s Project Ara test launch will be postposed until next year Lynn La/CNET If you’re eager to build your own smartphone, you’ll have to wait awhile longer. Google on Monday announced Project Ara, its effort to develop “modular” phones that you can put together piece by piece, would be postposed until some time in 2016. The reason: The company said …

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• 17 August

  Sprint tries out an easy

  

  Sprint is trying to one-up T-Mobile with its own anytime upgrade plan. Lynn La/CNET Sprint’s new iPhone Forever promotion promises to make it easier for you to always own the latest iPhone. As of Monday, customers new to Sprint, or existing Sprint subscribers eligible to upgrade, can buy a 16-gigabyte iPhone 6 for $22 per month. And through December 31, …

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• 17 August

  Enter for your chance to win* a Thonet & Vander speaker system

  

  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 ImageWin it! Thonet & Vander The Cheapskate is traveling this week (hello, California!) but fear not: I’ve left behind some great deals and, for today, a contest! Everyone knows that Bluetooth speakers …

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• 17 August

  Sprint CEO hints at plan to turn old iPhones into new customers

  

  Sprint still has a few more tricks up its sleeve as it works to regain its footing and take on competitors in the US wireless market, says CEO Marcelo Claure. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure hinted at upcoming announcements that will help accelerate Sprint’s turnaround. Marguerite Reardon/CNET On Monday the company announced a new iPhone Forever program that allows customers to …

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• 17 August

  Facebook tests revamped ‘notes’ to counter Tumblr and Medium

  

  Facebook is reworking one of its oldest features. Getty Images When politicians or celebrities want to have their minds heard these days, they don’t send out a press release or always call up a reporter. They post on social-networking sites and blogs. To help them out, Facebook is testing a new look for its “notes” feature, a service it began …

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• 17 August

  Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ Australian pricing and availability

  

  Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive After revealing its next generation of big screen phones in the US last week, Korean electronics giant Samsung has brought the two new models to Australia, with pre-orders available now ahead of a September 4 sale date. The two phones are the Galaxy Note 5 and the larger version of the Galaxy S6 Edge launched …

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• 17 August

  Every new movie and TV show on Amazon Prime for September 2015

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Every new movie and TV show on Amazon Prime in September… 1:59 In September, Amazon is set to unveil an original series called “Hand of God,” starring Ron Perlman as morally iffy judge-turned-vigilante after tragedy strikes his family. It looks like a very dark and violent drama, and may be a nice pick for people who …

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