Late last week, Android Police discovered Google had enabled the ability to send directions from Google Maps on a computer to an Android device. The feature was recently made available to iOS users. Unlike the iOS equivalent, Android users don’t need to enable anything within the app itself as long as you’re running the latest …
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13 July
Apple Pay set to launch outside the US tomorrow, UK bank lets slip
Apple Pay launched in the US in October 2014 and is poised to hit UK shops this week. James Martin/CNET Apple Pay is set to start paying off in the UK on Tuesday. UK bank HSBC appears to have inadvertently confirmed the date that you can start using your iPhone to pay for stuff in British shops. The UK is …
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13 July
Save files straight to the cloud with Ballloon for Chrome
With Ballloon for Chrome, you can easily save Web stuff to your cloud service of choice. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET These days nearly everyone uses at least one cloud-storage service. But are you still jumping through the same old download-upload hoops? In other words, if you want to archive, say, a file or image, do you first download it to …
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11 July
Tweet of Thrones: Who’s going to be the next Twitter CEO?
Who will Twitter choose as its next CEO? CNET What does it take to move Twitter out of Facebook’s shadow? That’s one of the existential questions facing a growing list of possible candidates for the top job at Twitter. The list, debated among industry insiders and analysts alike, includes those who work inside the struggling social network and outsiders who …
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11 July
How to get better sound from your speakers and headphones for free (or next to nothing)
Here’s one way to get better sound from your speakers that won’t cost you a penny, get closer to them. The logic is easy to grasp, the closer you are to the speakers the more direct sound you’ll hear. Close up listening minimizes the destructive effects of room reflections and reverberation that interfere with the sound. That’s why sitting closer …
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10 July
After user revolt, Ellen Pao is out as Reddit interim CEO
Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigned over differences with the social-news site’s board members. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao has stepped down after controversy involving a political firing of a key staffer and debates over free speech on the popular Internet message board. Pao resigned after reaching a mutual decision with the company’s board of directors, Reddit …
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10 July
Use Microsoft Tossup to quickly get group feedback
Where/when shall we meet? It’s a Tossup. Microsoft Ever try to get a group of people to agree on something? Like the best day and time to hold a meeting, or where to gather for lunch? Heck, unless you’re all in the same room, just getting everyone to chime in can be a struggle. Enter Microsoft Tossup, a new app …
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10 July
Feel like the Hoff behind the wheel with this ‘Knight Rider’ car charger
Thanks to ThinkGeek’s new car charger, your ride can give you attitude or moral support. But probably attitude. ThinkGeek Every American kid in the 1980s wanted a talking car thanks to the show “Knight Rider” and the world’s chattiest Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am. It didn’t matter whether it was a clunker that couldn’t make it around the block or a Porsche …
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10 July
Classic Yamaha synths get a modern makeover (and an app, natch)
The Reface DX (centre) is a revamped version of the popular DX7 keyboard from the 80s. Yamaha Yamaha has given some of its vintage synth keyboards a modern lick of paint, downsizing four classic electronic instruments into compact versions, dubbed Reface. The new line takes four of the company’s most famous electric keyboards from decades past, and squashes them into …
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10 July
YoVivo puts all your photos in one place on iOS
Jason Cipriani/CNET The problem with having photos spread out across various services and apps is that you’re often forced to bounce between them in order to find a particular photo. YoVivo is new app that’s throwing its hat in the ring as a one-stop shop for all of your photo needs. Within the app, you can access photos stored in …
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