June, 2014

• 4 June

  Apple wants you to get rid of ‘chicken fat’ using its iPhone

  

  Apple unveiled its latest iPhone ad during the Stanley Cup. Apple Apple may not be ready to track your health with HealthKit quite yet, but it wants to remind you how the iPhone can already help you get fit. The Cupertino, Calif., company on Wednesday released the newest TV ad in its “You’re more powerful …

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• 4 June

  Cricket Wireless to launch LG Optimus L70 for $50

  

  Now playing: Watch this: LG updates L series with Android KitKat trio 1:45 Prepaid carrier Cricket Wireless announced today that it will be offering the LG Optimus L70 beginning on Friday, June 6. Priced at $99.99 without a contract, the device will be sold for $49.99 at launch for a limited time, after users send in a mail-in-rebate. Related stories: …

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• 4 June

  Central African Republic bans texting during wave of violence

  

  Sarah Tew/CNET The entire nation of the Central African Republic is now completely closed to text messaging, according to the AFP news agency. The ban comes during an especially bloody week for the war-torn country. The order to forbid texting was handed down by CAR Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke and relayed by the country’s telecommunications ministry. “The use of any …

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• 4 June

  Getting to know Instagram’s new editing features

  

  Jason Cipriani/CNET Instagram made a name for itself by letting users apply filters to their photos, which in turn drastically changed the look of the photo. It caught on because it made anyone feel like a professional photographer, even if the photos weren’t all that good. As more people started using the service, the approach of applying a filter and …

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• 4 June

  Microsoft displays new Windows devices at Computex 2014

  

  The HP Pro X2 612 was unveiled at the Microsoft keynote. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — As part of its keynote presentation on day two of Computex, Microsoft’s VP of OEM partners Nick Parker showed off two previously unseen Windows devices. The HP Pro X2 612 was the first reveal — a 2-in-1 “designed from the ground up for business”. …

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• 4 June

  Microsoft teases HTC partnership at Computex 2014

  

  Microsoft’s Nick Parker at Computex 2014. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — Could HTC be heading back into the world of Windows? That’s certainly what Nick Parker, Microsoft’s VP of OEM partners, was suggesting during a Microsoft press conference here at Computex. “I’d love to break some news here if I could,” said Parker in response to a question about manufacturing …

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• 4 June

  ‘​Mad Men’ comes to Quickflix in new “premium” content deal

  

  Quickflix Quickflix has bolstered its content offering with a new distribution deal that will see episodes of shows including “Mad Men”, “Weeds” and “Orange is the New Black” available on the streaming service. The shows come as part of a new deal with international entertainment company Lionsgate, which holds distribution rights to the shows, as well as films such as …

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• 4 June

  Netflix takes aim at Verizon over slow data speeds

  

  The buffer screen on Yuri Victor’s screen. Yuri Victor Netflix is alerting its viewers whenever its picture quality slows down through no fault of its own. Late on Tuesday, Vox Media designer Yuri Victor posted to Twitter a photo of a Netflix screen with a message about a buffering interruption to a video stream. The message wasted no words about …

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• 4 June

  Verizon fires back at Netflix over video playback ‘PR stunt’

  

  Netflix The battle between Verizon and Netflix has gotten uglier, as Verizon fires back over Netflix’s claims that carrier’s network has caused problems with streaming video. Earlier on Wednesday, CNET reported on an image posted to Twitter by Vox Media designer Yuri Victor showing a Netflix screen with a message about a buffering interruption to a video stream. The message …

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• 3 June

  Glance accessory aims to turn regular watches into smart ones

  

  Glance Instead of a smartwatch, what about taking your existing watch and smartening it up a bit? That’s an interesting proposition, in theory. Glance, by Kiwi Wearables, is trying to do that with its new Bluetooth accessory, which launched its own Kickstarter campaign today. It works with iOS, Android, Windows 7 or Mac via Bluetooth LE (with aims for Blackberry …

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