News search results for sites with paid subscriptions will no longer be demoted in Google search, Bloomberg reported Sunday. It’s part of a Google move to offer better search and ad solutions for news sites with paywalls. The biggest change is that Google is dropping its “first click free” program, which favored search results from news …
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Ready for some good news? Or at least, a new News video clip aggregator? Plex, best known for serving up your videos to any TV, phone or computer, rolls out a feature today that delivers video news clips from numerous sources. The service, Plex News, is free as part of Plex’s basic app, as opposed to some previous features, like …
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With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. The self-employed worker is becoming increasingly popular among software vendors. And there’s a good reason for that. There were 15 million people self-employed in 2015, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. …
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One of the strangest eBay auctions of the year will end tonight, with the seller in a jail cell. Of course, anyone following the life of Martin Shkreli, popularly nicknamed “Pharma Bro,” may not be all that surprised by the situation. Enlarge Image Shkreli’s listing as of Friday afternoon. eBay, Martin Shkreli Shkreli, a pharmaceuticals entrepreneur who rose to infamy …
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Remember that nasty Equifax data breach? Turns out it may affect your ability to upgrade to the latest and greatest iPhone. That’s because Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program needs to run a credit check for you to be eligible to upgrade to the new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus when pre-orders open today (iPhone X pre-orders open October 27). But …
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It’s 10:30 p.m. on a humid April night in Cincinnati. I’m standing in an empty Target parking lot as a double-decker car transporter pulls up with a rumble. On the back is the car I bought off eBay sight unseen weeks earlier: a 1992 Land Rover Range Rover. Minutes later, my shiny red Rover is on the ground and the …
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Apple Glasses. They’re fun to think about, and multiple rumors suggest they might actually be in development. But they’re probably not coming anytime soon. According to a Friday report in the Financial Times, Apple is still experimenting with multiple different prototypes of augmented-reality glasses — including some where you might have to wear your iPhone on your head. While the …
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Apple’s next iPhone may arrive on time after all. Maybe. Going into Tuesday’s earnings report, most expected Apple to delay the launch of its next flagship iPhone, with rumors calling for an October release date, if not later. But the normally conservative Apple surprised everyone by offering a cheery forecast for the current quarter, with revenue ranging from $49 billion …
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Microsoft is making Surface products easier to buy and upgrade, with a new monthly financing plan called Surface Plus. With the Surface Plus plan, customers in the US can now own expensive products such as the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, Surface Book and Surface Studio, and pay them off with a 24-month, zero-interest payment plan. It’s targeted at students, educators …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are all up before iPhone 8 1:15 Apple sold a boatload of iPhones during what tends to be the quiet quarter for the company. Sarah Tew/CNET Spring and summer marks a time to hit the beach, catch a baseball game and generally get outside to take advantage of the nice weather. …
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