March, 2015

• 25 March

  Four tidbits on YouTube star Michelle Phan even fans won’t know

  

  Michelle Phan is one of the the most-watched women on YouTube. Mark Von Holden For someone best-known for transforming herself with makeup, Michelle Phan may be the most recognizable face to spring from YouTube. Chalk it up to entrepreneurial moxie. More than any other YouTube star, Phan has parlayed her passionate online video following into …

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• 25 March

  Samsung Galaxy Note 4 teardown: New design hampers repairs

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Cracking Open: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 3:47 From the outside, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 looks a lot like the previous model, but Samsung has made several subtle design changes that make the device more difficult to disassemble and repair than previous Notes. With nearly every phone maker — including Apple — offering an oversize phone, …

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• 25 March

  Tested: Nvidia’s new ridiculously expensive Titan X graphics cards set a new bar for PC 4K gaming performance

  

  Sarah Tew/CNET PC gamers who have stuck with big, bulky desktops are being rewarded for not making the switch to gaming laptops. Nvidia has released a new generation of desktop graphics cards under the imposing name Titan X, intended to outshine the company’s GeForce GTX 980 models, which were introduced in September, 2014. These new cards, if purchased individually, would …

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• 25 March

  Apple snaps up FoundationDB for behind

  

  The folks at FoundationDB are headed to Cupertino. James Martin/CNET Apple has acquired a Virginia-based company that’s attempting to help firms quickly access massive amounts of data, according to new reports. Apple bought FoundationDB recently, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing a comment from the iPhone maker. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and Apple would only say …

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• 25 March

  Internet users face online barriers as site blocking legislation hits parliament

  

  David P. Fulmer, CC BY 2.0 Amidst heated debate in the Senate on Data Retention, Attorney-General George Brandis has officially put website blocking on the table, tabling the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 [PDF] to Parliament today. The bill provides a new means for rights holders to seek a Federal Court order requiring internet service providers to block overseas …

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• 25 March

  BT back in the mobile game with new £5 4G BT Mobile deals

  

  BT Mobile’s first deals are SIM-only, meaning you supply the phone and BT supplies the calls, texts and Internet. ponsulak/Shutterstock BT is back in the mobile game. BT Mobile offers SIM-only 4G contracts that come with free BT Sport action and big discounts for BT Broadband customers. The first three contracts announced today by BT Mobile are 12 month deals, …

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• 25 March

  How to use Facebook’s new Messenger sharing features

  

  Facebook Today at Facebook’s developer conference, F8, the social network announced new ways to share via Messenger. The company built a sharing platform that lets outside apps share their content, such as videos, music and GIFs, through the Messenger apps, available for Android , Windows Phone and iOS. You’ll be able to share with apps on iOS and Android, but …

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• 25 March

  Add labels and recurring reminders in Google Keep

  

  Google Keep on Android Photo by Nicole Cozma/CNET Google Keep, the note-taking platform available online and for Android users, is now two years old. Updates have been making their way to the service at a snail’s pace, but thankfully, they’re still coming. While color-coding, checklists and voice actions have been around since the beginning, Google is finally adding the ability …

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• 25 March

  China promises more openness for possible Beijing 2022 Olympics

  

  The Great China Firewall could come down for a couple of weeks in 2022. The Great Firewall of China would come down temporarily should Beijing land the 2022 Winter Olympics, a government official said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in China, Wang Hui, a spokeswoman for the country’s effort to bring the games to the capital, said that if the city …

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• 25 March

  Charge your Pebble on the run with Nomad’s keychain cable

  

  Is this the key to Pebble happiness? Nomad For anyone who relies heavily on their Pebble smartwatch, a dead battery can prove a serious hassle. It robs you of not only your notifications, but also your timepiece. And despite the company’s claims of up to a week of battery life, real-world runtime (in my experience, anyway) measures closer to four …

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