July, 2015

• 28 July

  ‘Telstra TV’ Roku box for Telstra broadband only

  

  Telstra has announced a new partnership to bring Roku to Australia. Telstra Telstra has confirmed it will bring a new media streaming box to Australia in partnership with Roku, but only Telstra home broadband customers are going to be able to get their hands on the device. The company announced the news today in a …

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• 28 July

  ‘Less is more’: LinkedIn cuts emails to users by 40%

  

  Your inbox won’t be infiltrated by so many LinkedIn emails any longer. LinkedIn LinkedIn users are apparently tired of receiving so many emails from the professional social network. Now, the site is responding. LinkedIn has cut emails sent to users by 40 percent, Aatif Awan, the company’s senior director of product management, wrote in a blog post on Monday. For …

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• 28 July

  Amazon proposes a slice of the sky for commercial drones

  

  Amazon, Google and others are pushing to give drones, like this Parrot device, a bigger piece of the sky. CNET Amazon on Tuesday laid out a proposal for how to regulate commercial drones in the US, suggesting that the government set aside a 200-foot-high stretch of the sky for the devices. The concept, presented at a NASA-hosted conference in the …

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• 28 July

  Microsoft promotes Windows 10 with new launch site and tutorial guide

  

  Microsoft is trying to excite the masses about Windows 10 through an official launch site and quick guide touting its new OS. The new Windows 10 launch site reminds us all that the new OS will officially start rolling out on Wednesday, July 29. Microsoft has dropped a series of hints on the site trying to explaining why Windows users …

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• 28 July

  Windows 10: Nine things you need to know

  

  Now playing: Watch this: These are the Windows 10 features you need to know about 1:23 Windows 10 has arrived. I’ve spent the last nine months running the Windows Technical Preview on desktops, laptops and tablets, watching it evolve from interesting concept to my primary operating system. If you’re new to the party and have questions, I’ve got some answers …

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• 28 July

  Send self

  

  Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Wish you hadn’t just hit send on a email? Gmail’s Undo Send feature gives you 30 seconds to put a stop to a regrettable email. Really, all it does delay the sending of any email — up to 30 seconds. Chrome extension Dmail provides an alternate way to pull back an email, though it doesn’t cover …

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• 28 July

  Microsoft fixes Windows 10 crash bug ahead of July 29 launch

  

  Microsoft has rolled out another update to fix a bug in Windows 10 in time for the official launch. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has squashed a new Windows 10 bug just in the nick of time. The problem was that an update rolled out on Saturday had contained a bug that caused Windows’ Control Panel to crash if you …

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• 28 July

  Facebook shares its diversity training course with all

  

  Facebook is sharing diversity training it provides to its employees with the outside world. Facebook Facebook, the world’s largest social network, wants to eliminate “bias” in the hiring process — and not just at Facebook. Facebook on Tuesday launched a new page called “Managing Unconscious Bias,” which features a training course and several informational videos aimed at improving diversity in …

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• 28 July

  Amazon takes Prime Music streaming international with UK launch

  

  Prime Music launched in the US last year, and is now branching out. Amazon Amazon is today bringing its Prime Music streaming service to the UK, in a bid to battle Apple Music and Spotify on an international level. Amazon, which started life as an online book retailer 20 years ago, has today grown into an online behemoth, selling streaming …

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• 28 July

  Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA will let heavy users buy more data

  

  Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA customers who go over their monthly data limits have their connection dramatically slowed to dial-up-like levels. Boost Mobile For heavy data users who tend to hit their limits, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA have a new option to get you back up to speed. Customers of the prepaid wireless services who exceed their …

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