Meh Here’s the problem with Sphero, the smartphone-controlled ball: It’s really cool, but once the novelty wears off, well, now it’s just a ball sitting idly in the corner. Ah, but if you make like Make magazine’s Christian Paulsen and hack your Sphero to become an adorable “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” BB-8 droid, now …
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11 June
Millennium Falcon multitool has it where it counts
The sharp-looking Millennium Falcon multitool TheFowndry We don’t normally promote products that are hunks of junk on CNET, but when we do, we’re usually talking about something based on Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon freighter from the “Star Wars” universe. UK-based retailer TheFowndry is now accepting preorders for a multitool that looks exactly like the Millennium Falcon, though fortunately on a …
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11 June
Move your old photos from Google Drive to Google Photos to save space
Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Over at Ghacks, Martin Brinkmann discovered by way of a tweet from Google Photos that the unlimited storage option of Google Photos is not applied retroactively to any photos and videos you may have previously uploaded to Google Drive. And I can add from my own experience that this policy also applies to any photos you …
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11 June
What to watch online this weekend
Now playing: Watch this: What to watch online this weekend 1:37 There’s some fun stuff landing on Netflix this week. On Friday, June 12, you’ll be able to marathon season 3 of “Orange is the New Black.” For Marvel fans, the second season of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” joins Netflix’s catalog June 11. Outside of Netflix, we found a few …
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11 June
How to beta test Medium for Android
Nicole Cozma/CNET Medium is a website that lets users read and share their thoughts on nearly any topic. The rules for writing on the site are brief, and the guidelines for content are fair. With an iOS app publicly available, it’s no surprise that the company is now working on an Android version. As AndroidCentral points out, the app is …
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10 June
Twitter adds sharing block lists to help limit harassment
Twitter is adding a new feature to block multiple users engaging in abusive behavior on the social network. Twitter users can now block out accounts of abusive users and share the list with others. Twitter The microblogging service said Wednesday users will now be able to share block lists with other users who may be being harassed by the same …
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10 June
How to install Windows 10 on your phone
Windows Insider app. Jason Cipriani/CNET Microsoft has made Windows 10 Mobile available for those who like to live life on the bleeding edge of tech and help troubleshoot issues found in the upcoming operating system. The Insider Preview is a beta of what will eventually make its way to consumer devices when it’s released this summer, but you can use …
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10 June
Microsoft’s Surface Hub goes big, Samsung screens go clear
Microsoft is giving offices a big reason to upgrade to Windows 10. The company is gearing up to sell giant Surface Hubs for conference rooms, replacing the need for most gadgetry typically used in meetings. Meanwhile, Samsung wants to wow retail stores with its transparent and mirrored screens, and a company called June is adding cameras to your cooking : …
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Share Internet from your iPhone using Apple’s Continuity feature for Mac and iPads. T-Mobile’s iPhone customers have one more goody to anticipate with the release of Apple’s iOS 9 . The carrier announced on Wednesday that Continuity will soon work on T-Mobile’s cellular network. Introduced with iOS 8, Continuity — a feature that can sync things such as Notes, Web …
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10 June
Get OS X El Capitan’s wallpaper while you await the OS’s release
Matt Elliott/CNET Tired of staring at Half Dome? If you’ve been using the default wallpaper for OS X Yosemite (or any wallpaper, for that matter), you can trade your current view of Half Dome for a stunning vista of El Capitan. Apple won’t release OS X 10.11 El Capitan until the fall (after a public beta in July), but the …
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