The Kindle Voyage (front) and its predecessor, the Kindle Paperwhite (rear). Amazon The Kindle Voyage Wi-Fi has officially landed in Australia this morning, available from today from Dick Smith’s online store for a retail price of AU$299. The most recent e-reader from Amazon, the biggest player in the market, the Voyage offers several upgrades over …
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29 April
Book an Uber car with Outlook: Microsoft teams up with apps
Microsoft wants to win your love by working with the apps you already love. Order an Uber right from our Outlook calendar. Or look up the LinkedIn profile of someone inside your Outlook email. Microsoft is making it possible for third-party apps to tie into the Office suite — on the iPhone and iPad . CNET Update also looks into …
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29 April
Turn a favorite photo from your phone into a printed pillow
Sarah Tew/CNET Print-making site SnapBox uses its background in fine art reproduction to deliver high-quality, affordable prints for consumers. It started in 2012 with simple framed canvas prints and expanded its offerings last year to include fine art paper and peel-and-stick fabric posters. Now, it’s added pillows to the mix. Sarah Tew/CNET For $35, you can take your favorite photos …
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29 April
‘Jerry, Hello’
Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer will soon join the lineup on Hulu Plus. The video streaming service has cut a deal with Sony Pictures TV to stream all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld,” Hulu announced Wednesday at its “upfront” presentation. “Since Hulu began, we’ve gotten more emails, letters and text messages about one thing: a show about nothing,” Craig Erwich, head …
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29 April
Almost too good to be true: The Peachtree Nova65SE integrated amplifier
Peachtree Nova65SE Peachtree I love that the Peachtree Nova65SE integrated stereo amplifier doesn’t look like any other brand’s amplifiers or receivers. The Nova65SE’s 6mm thick aluminum faceplate and round cornered medium-density fiberboard cabinet, finished in gloss black, real cherry or rosewood veneers sets this amp apart from everything else. Beyond design considerations my reasons for selecting this particular Peachtree at …
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29 April
Facebook says EU’s privacy investigations hurt innovation, economy
Facebook is firing back in its battle with EU regulators. CNET The world’s largest social network has a message for the European Union: stay the course or risk hurting our users. In a lengthy editorial published Wednesday, Facebook’s vice president of public policy in Europe, Richard Allan, issued a retort to European regulators who have started investigations into the company’s …
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29 April
Qualcomm’s Jacobs: Samsung snub ‘a good wake
Qualcomm Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs says increased competition will help the company improve its game. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — Qualcomm, the world’s biggest maker of chips for mobile devices, is under a lot of pressure from its competitors these days. It’s seen its Snapdragon processor replaced by a Samsung-made chip in Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S6 phones — a switch …
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29 April
HTC has strong first quarter, but Q2 looks like a downer
HTC CEO Cher Wang talking about the company’s efforts beyond mobile. Lynn La/CNET HTC, the embattled handset maker that’s trying to reinvent itself with help from its newly appointed CEO Cher Wang shared a bit of a mixed bag with investors on Wednesday. HTC posted revenue during the first quarter of 2015 of NT$41.5 billion ($1.4 billion) — representing a …
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29 April
Twitter’s Costolo not worried about job security
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says he is not worried about job security. Getty Images After Twitter followers saw another disappointing earnings period Tuesday, questions about whether CEO Dick Costolo’s job are resurfacing. But there’s one person who doesn’t think so — Costolo himself. “I don’t worry about job security,” said Costolo during an interview on Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. Costolo’s …
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29 April
Microsoft aims for 1 billion devices running Windows 10
Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft announces goal of Windows 10 on 1 billion devices 0:51 Microsoft has a plan for Windows 10 to get onto all sorts of devices — a billion of them, before too long. “Within two to three years of Windows 10’s release, there will be 1 billion devices running Windows 10,” Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s vice president …
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