It may be true that 4K panels are now here, but the greatest complaint about the new resolution standard has been the lack of content. (Credit: Netflix) In the US, Sony was selling proprietary 4K material but, other than some YouTube clips, that was the only consumer 4K content and it only worked with Sony …
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8 April
‘Game of Thrones’ premiere free on Xbox this week
Microsoft The “Game of Thrones” season four premiere is now being used as a tool to promote HBO to non-subscribers on the Xbox. HBO is offering free access to the “Game of Thrones” Season 4 premiere starting today on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, the company announced on Tuesday. The deal will be available through April 14, and be …
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7 April
Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything you need to know (FAQ)
The Samsung Galaxy S5 bumps up the Galaxy S4 on almost every front and includes a fingerprint scanner. Josh Miller/CNET Unless you were dead-set on a metal chassis and futuristic features, then Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is an excellent successor to the Galaxy S4 in the evolving Galaxy S line. We’ve taken a close look at phone’s new fingerprint scanner and …
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7 April
BlackBerry Diaries: day one
Now playing: Watch this: BlackBerry Diaries: day one 1:36 I’d expected setting up the BlackBerry Q10 to be a fairly long and involved process. I was half right. It was long, but only because of the time I needed to download the major OS updates that had occurred since the Q10 phone hit the market. But it certainly wasn’t that …
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7 April
Student brilliantly mocks prof’s strict no
April rules? Josh W/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Phones in class can be more irritating than the students. Not only do they ring, but students surreptitiously peek at them, poke at them, and generally find them far more interesting that the person standing at the front, spouting alleged truths. Stephen Barrows, an economics professor at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, …
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7 April
NAB president to FCC: Stop favoring broadband
LAS VEGAS — The broadcasting industry’s top lobbyist said he’s tired of his industry playing second fiddle to broadband in the eyes of the Federal Communications Commission. And he called on the agency to show its support for the industry through policies that promote the future of TV broadcasting. NAB president and CEO Gordon Smith NAB Speaking at the NAB’s …
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7 April
Steve Matteson: Fonts in the time of wearables (Q&A)
Steve Matteson Sarah Tew/CNET As gadgets get smaller, and mobile manufacturers find new ways to shrink their devices to fit on a user’s wrist, people like Steve Matteson are focused on keeping said devices as usable and readable as possible. Matteson, who serves as the creative type director at Monotype, has designed many of the digital fonts you’ve seen every …
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7 April
Lyft steps up competition with up to 20 percent price drops
A Lyft driver displays the service’s iconic pink mustache on the grill of his car. Lyft Lyft appears to be upping the ante in the competitive peer-to-peer car service game. The company announced Monday that it started testing lower prices in all cities it services — some cities will see price drops of up to 20 percent. “We’re excited to …
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7 April
Get an 8
The Acer Iconia A1-810 offers a nice monochromatic design, but it’s a bit on the thick side. DealFisher Well, cheeps, I must apologize. On Friday I told you about Best Buy’s trade-in deal, which promised a minimum $100 credit when you surrendered your old Windows XP machine. I first learned of this from the Los Angeles Times, then connected with …
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7 April
Twitter snaps up Android lockscreen maker Cover
Cover Twitter has acquired Cover, the Android-based app that allows users to create customizable lockscreens for their devices. Cover, which was co-founded by Gmail product leader Todd Jackson, along with Edward Ho and Gordon Luk, announced the news on its blog on Monday, saying that the fit seemed right with Twitter. “Twitter, like Cover, believes in the incredible potential of …
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