Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Keeping up with social media — even if you use only the big three (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) — can be very hard. In fact, you might find yourself spending so much time liking people’s statuses, tweeting your every move and Instagramming your meals that your actual social life is hurting. And …
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30 May
Getting started with Google Photos
Matt Elliott/CNET You can have your Android M, your Brillo, your Cardboard and any of the other products announced at Google’s I/O developer conference yesterday. I just need Google Photos , a product I’ve been waiting for to create order out of my sprawling photo library. I have used Picasa for years to share photos with family, but it wasn’t …
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29 May
Get a Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with keyboard for $179
Lenovo Is it a tablet with a keyboard or a laptop with a removable screen? Semantics, my friends, semantics. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Lenovo has the refurbished Yoga Tablet 2 10 with keyboard for $179 shipped. It fits the definition of a hybrid PC, and it sold new for $369.99 when it debuted just a few …
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29 May
How to install the Android M developer preview
Sarah Tew/CNET Google on Thursday unveiled Android M, the next version of its popular mobile operating system. The update will revamp app permissions, improve battery life, and make the Google Now personal assistant even smarter. Android M won’t be available until this later this year, but you don’t have to wait to give it a test right now. As it …
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29 May
Google teams with Levi’s on smart clothes
Google just made it possible to call your mom with your pants. In this CNET Update report, learn about Google’s Project Jacquard and how it’s weaving smarts into clothing with conductive yarn. The company also came up with a way to control devices with hand gestures. Why? As screens get smaller on smartwatches, touchscreen controls don’t do us much good. …
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29 May
Quit your job in a blaze of glory: Our favorite videos of the week
8 terrible ways to leave your job Go out in a blaze of infamy with these slick moves. Now playing: Watch this: 8 terrible ways to leave your job 1:38 Top 5: Luxury car technologies Brian Cooley runs down his Top 5 list of over-the-top technologies in cars that are all about luxury. Now playing: Watch this: Top 5: Luxury …
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29 May
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who went by the online handle “Dread Pirate Roberts,” was sentenced to life in prison for operating the online illegal-drug marketplace site. Ross Ulbricht/LinkedIn Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder of online illegal-drug marketplace Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentencing of the 31-year-old San Francisco man …
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29 May
MIT’s robo
MIT’s crazy and amazing robotic cheetah has learned a new trick. Now, the four-legged robot that can run and jump like a real animal can detect and jump over obstacles. A video posted to MIT’s YouTube channel on May 28 shows the Cheetah 2 robot running on a treadmill and in an indoor gym at a speed of around 5 …
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29 May
In shadow of Android Pay, Google Wallet evolves to stay alive
Android Pay may be Google’s next chance to get mobile payments right. CNET Remember Google Wallet? With all the fanfare surrounding Google’s new digital payments system, Android Pay, it’s easy to ignore the fact that Google already launched a different payments system — four years ago — called Google Wallet. That earlier service was unceremoniously snubbed during the Google I/O …
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29 May
Amazon gets grip on gadget for movielike smartphone videos
The IndieSolo, shown off at this year’s CES. CNET Grip Gear, which created a handheld gadget to steady smartphone videos, officially launched its first product, the IndieSolo, Friday on Amazon Exclusives. The device from the small Hong Kong startup made a splash at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, with its ability to let users pan, tilt and roll shots using …
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