Enjoy putting funny stickers and comments on your photo then sharing it with your friends? You’re probably using Snapchat to do it, but if you want to branch out, Microsoft‘s new Sprinkles app offers a new option. The app, for iPhones right now, tries to figure out what’s in the photo then come up with …
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Somehow we thought this had already happened, but it appears Google’s Android has just overtaken Windows as the internet’s most popular operating system. That’s according to web analytics firm StatCounter, which on Monday released statistics marking the “milestone in technology history and end of an era” with Microsoft no longer owning the dominant OS when you look at internet usage …
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I beat Bing Predicts! Yep, no mistype here. I beat Microsoft’s forecasting engine in a bracket battle over this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. OK. I barely beat Bing. But I still won. Out of 65 games, I won 40 compared to Bing’s 38. Of course, we shared some defeats. Both of our picks to win the national title fizzled …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 No, hell hasn’t frozen over. But yes, Microsoft will sell you an Android phone on April 21. Microsoft informs us that, starting today, you’ll be able to pre-order a “Microsoft Edition” of the Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus, from the company’s US-based brick-and-mortar Microsoft Stores. What makes them …
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Microsoft’s HoloLens started shipping one year ago today, and the tech giant is touting the progress it’s made over the last 12 months. The company said Thursday that software developers have created 150 apps exclusively for the HoloLens, its headset that overlays digital images over what a wearer already sees. The genre is known as “mixed reality.” Alex Kipman, a …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Everyone’s a filmmaker these days. Actually, everyone shoots a lot of video, but few people take the time to actually do anything with …
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There’s a hilariously prescient sight gag in an old episode of “The Simpsons.” Homer is walking through the town dump when he passes a big pile of VCR tapes. The sign above reads, “Betamax.” Next, another pile, this time with a sign reading, “Laserdiscs.” Finally, he walks past an empty space; the sign says, “Reserved for DVDs.” That episode aired …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Battop Like I said earlier this week (when that ding-dang cable organizer sold out so quickly), I love simple, effective, inexpensive …
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I (still) think I can beat Bing Predicts. I was fairly confident I can take down Microsoft’s forecasting engine by picking the winner of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. We’re sure Bing had a similar reaction like Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo after the defending NCAA basketball champs were upset Saturday by Wisconsin, busting many tournamnent brackets in the process. …
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Microsoft has warned that new computers running the latest Intel and AMD chips will only run Windows 10. Now, it seems that moment of transition has finally arrived. In advance of an expected Windows 10 Creators Update, owners of newer systems with Intel 7th-generation Kaby Lake chips and AMD Ryzen chips are reporting their systems aren’t receiving Windows 7 or …
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