June, 2015

• 6 June

  Memo to Apple’s Tim Cook: Recorded music is worthless

  

  Steve Guttenberg/CNET I was thinking about all of this when I read about Apple’s coming pay-only streaming service. What a crazy idea; I guess Tim Cook thinks Apple can seduce the faithful to pony up $10 a month for music. Apparently, Cook hasn’t heard about how things are going with Jay Z’s Tidal, a pay-only …

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• 5 June

  Google Chrome targets Flash in hunt for better power usage

  

  Flash is getting some special — albeit negative — treatment in Chrome. Adobe Google’s Chrome browser is getting an update that promises better battery life — by limiting Adobe Flash. In the latest beta of Google’s Chrome browser, the tech titan has turned on a feature that automatically identifies Flash running on a Web page and pauses anything deemed unnecessary …

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• 5 June

  Easily switch audio devices on Windows

  

  Nicole Cozma/CNET If you’re watching a movie that’s playing through your speakers, and then decide to switch to your headset, the process of changing devices feels a bit clunky on Windows. As an alternative, the Audio Switch 2.0 app gives you a fast way to select an audio device. Here’s how to use it: Get a free copy of Audio …

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• 5 June

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  Samsung Samsung is slated to introduce a new, wallet-friendly Galaxy J7 smartphone in the near future, according to a listing on a Russian retailer’s website. Related Links Samsung gets back to dissing Apple in new ads First batch of Samsung Galaxy J1 details bubble up Samsung’s 5.5-inch Galaxy S6 Plus rumored to be coming soon First reported on by SamMobile, …

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• 5 June

  Top tips for great travel videos on your iPhone

  

  Andrew Hoyle/CNET Heading off on holiday this summer and want to make a video record of your trip to make your friends at home jealous? With almost every smartphone being able to shoot and even edit video, creating movies from your trip has never been easier. Still, if you want to get the best from your footage, there are a …

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• 5 June

  Apple Watch teardown reveals unique hardware and replaceable parts

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch (2015) 4:57 The Apple Watch may be beautiful on the outside, but how about on the inside? In this Cracking Open installment, we go inside the watch’s case for a look at the hardware that powers Apple’s new wearable. The Apple Watch comes in three different models, two different sizes and six different finishes. …

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• 5 June

  Apple removes option to buy iPhone 6 via AT&T’s two

  

  Apple is no longer sellilng the subsidized version of the iPhone for AT&T customers. CNET AT&T subscribers who buy an iPhone through Apple will no longer be able to get a subsidized version. A peek at the Apple online store now shows that AT&T’s Next installment plan is the only way you can pick up the iPhone 6 or iPhone …

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• 5 June

  Superman has beard, Batman is vampiric in new trailer for dark Justice League series

  

  Look — up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Superman with a goatee? Yup, that’s right. And in the just-released trailer for a new animated series called “Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles,” it’s not only the Man of Steel’s facial hair that’s changed. He’s also now the son of traditional House of El enemy General Zod …

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• 5 June

  HTC hits Apple, Samsung wall as smartphone demand slackens

  

  The new HTC One isn’t doing so great. CNET HTC is in a jam. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has long crafted critically acclaimed smartphones, only to have them ignored in favor of larger, flashier brands. The company’s troubles continued on Friday, when it cut its second-quarter revenue forecast and warned it would post a loss, breaking a streak of four …

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• 5 June

  Stop a text from sending by quickly turning on Airplane Mode

  

  Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET If you experience immediate regret after hitting Send on a text message on your iPhone, OS X Daily found a clever trick to stop the message from being delivered. Whether you suddenly discovered that you were texting the wrong person or just sending an embarrassing text to the right person, you can stop the message from …

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