June, 2015

• 30 June

  Europe to kill mobile phone roaming fees in 2017

  

  Europe is putting the kibosh on roaming charges come 2017. CNET In mid-2017, Europeans will no longer be saddled with roaming charges when they make mobile phone calls anywhere within the European Union. The European Commission announced on Tuesday the creation of a single telecommunications market across the continent, set to take effect June 15, …

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• 30 June

  Londoners can now order nappies in an hour with Amazon Prime Now

  

  Customers can order batteries, toys and sports equipment through Amazon’s Prime Now. Screenshot by CNET of Amazon.co.uk Amazon’s Prime Now rapid delivery service has made the jump across the pond. Starting Tuesday, people in certain London postcodes can start using the e-commerce company’s Prime Now mobile app, allowing them to order over 10,000 items for one-hour delivery. Orders can include …

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• 30 June

  How to delete comments on Instagram for Android

  

  Photo by Nicole Cozma/CNET When sharing photos on Instagram, you may receive either unwanted comments, or even spam messages (don’t click their links!). Whether you just want to remove a comment you don’t like, or you want to prevent a spammer from also spamming your followers, Instagram allows you to delete and report individual comments. Here’s how: Enlarge ImagePress on …

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• 30 June

  China’s Xiaomi breaks out of Asia with Brazilian beachhead

  

  Chinese vendor Xiaomi launched in Brazil with the Redmi 2 smartphone. Aloysius Low/CNET Fans of Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi are nothing if not devoted. It didn’t take long for Xiaomi to fill a 1,000-person theater in Sao Paolo for its Brazilian market launch event. Enough people showed up that Xiaomi held another session, essentially launching the brand in the country …

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• 30 June

  This ‘Star Wars’ TIE Fighter quadcopter is ready to crush the Rebellion

  

  We really enjoy French maker Olivier C’s awesome “Star Wars” quadcopter casings, and his latest build based on the Galactic Empire’s TIE Fighter might be one of his best yet. Related Links Ready, Red Leader? ‘Star Wars’ X-wing quadcopter takes flight New Millennium Falcon drone is a bigger, better hunk of junk Imperial Star Destroyer drone patrols the skies above …

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• 30 June

  Capture pop

  

  Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Microsoft is upping its screenshot game in Windows 10 with a slight improvement to its Snipping tool. The Snipping tool now features a time-delay shutter option, which lets you take cropped and uncropped screenshots of previously un-snippable items, such as pop-up menus. In earlier versions of Windows, the Snipping tool can only be used to capture items …

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• 30 June

  Here’s everything you need to know about the new GarageBand

  

  Eric Franklin/CNET Coming hot on the heels of the launch of Apple Music this morning, Apple also unveiled an updated version of GarageBand for both Mac (Mac App Store link) and iOS (iTunes App Store link). With the launches today, Apple seems to be doubling down on its commitment to the whole musical process. Now musicians can start a song …

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• 30 June

  Latest Windows 10 preview spruces up Cortana, Edge browser

  

  Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 build is looking good one month away from its official launch. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 with just one month left before the operating system’s official launch. Released on Monday, Build 10158 offers updates to the Cortana voice assistant and the Edge Web browser. It also stirs …

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• 30 June

  iOS 8.4, Beats 1 to launch with Apple Music on June 30, says Apple exec

  

  Apple plans to launch iOS 8.4 and the Beats 1 radio station with Apple Music on Tuesday, according to an Apple executive. James Martin/CNET Editors note (June 30, 2015, 8:09 a.m. PT): The iOS 8.4 update with Apple Music is now live and available for download. In an announcement that is literally music to Apple fans’ ears, an Apple executive …

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• 30 June

  Attention, shoppers: Pinterest rolls out ‘Buy It’ buttons

  

  Pinterest’s e-commerce “buy” buttons, long awaited by users, are out. The popular digital-scrapbooking site on Tuesday rolled out “buyable pins” for its iPhone and iPad apps. The feature will allow shoppers to purchase products directly from Pinterest by tapping a blue “Buy It” button and using Apple Pay or a credit card. Buyable pins, which will also be running soon …

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