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Snapchat on a mission to be a media giant

Don’t dismiss Snapchat as a teen fad. It’s becoming a news and entertainment destination with the Discover channel, and it just launched its own video series. In today’s CNET Update, we keep you hip to all the social media the kids are into these days — like Vine Kids. And learn how apps now want to bug you with notifications …

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Down go tablet shipments

Apple exec Phil Schiller showcasing the full iPad product line in 2014. Tim Stevens/CNET The tablet market has, since 2010, been soaring. But new data shows that things aren’t so rosy any longer. Total worldwide shipments of tablets and so-called 2-in-1 devices (hybrids of laptops and tablets) during the fourth quarter of 2014 hit 76.1 million units, declining by 3.2 …

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