Retina MacBook Pro.(Credit: Apple)Apple doesn’t want you to forget that the new Retina MacBook Pro is a radical design, and it launched a new TV ad today to remind you.The commercial, with a voiceover by Peter Coyote, seems effect…
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Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro ad: Lest you forget it’s ‘radical’
Retina MacBook Pro.(Credit: Apple)Apple doesn’t want you to forget that the new Retina MacBook Pro is a radical design, and it launched a new TV ad today to remind you.The commercial, with a voiceover by Peter Coyote, seems effect…
Yahoo, CNBC form content-sharing partnership
Yahoo and CNBC have formed a new partnership to jointly distribute content and programming across their networks, the companies announced today.The deal will give Yahoo Finance greater access to real-time financial reporting as we…
Tay Zonday Sings ‘Call Me Maybe’
Well, it’s happened. The Internet has swallowed itself.Tay Zonday of “Chocolate Rain” fame has finally thrown his hat into the ring with a cover of the meme-tastic Carly Rae Jepsen single “Call Me Maybe.”Kudos, Mr. Zonday, o…
Justice Department probes Internet video data caps
Recent accusations that cable companies are giving preferential treatment to online video streamed on their own apps and services have apparently attracted the attention of antitrust regulators.The Justice Department has opened an…
Justice Department probes Internet video data caps
Recent accusations that cable companies are giving preferential treatment to online video streamed on their own apps and services have apparently attracted the attention of antitrust regulators.The Justice Department has opened an…
DeNA’s Rage of Bahamut hits the top of the App Store
One of the biggest strategic shifts happening in gaming today is the investment that Japanese mobile social gaming network giants — Gree and DeNA — are making in the U.S. mobile gaming market.That’s why it’s a big deal tha…
Xbox Live launches app to stream all Paramount movies
Xbox Live Gold subscribers can now stream Paramount movies on their gaming consoles.(Credit: Screenshot by Dara Kerr/CNET)Xbox continues to expand its repertoire of ways to stream movies. Paramount Pictures and Microsoft announced…
Samsung TecTiles: NFC stickers do cool stuff with your phone
Sticking a TecTiles sticker on a business card lets others automatically add your details with a tap and a buzz.(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)Nick DiCarlo waved me over to a low table in a hotel meeting room, pointing me to rows of st…
Ford’s new mobile app promises to speed up car-charging
Ford not only unveiled its first all-electric car today – check out VB writer Sean’s test drive with the new vehicle) – but the company also announced a new mobile app to help keep the car charged: MyFord Mobile for iPhone.Th…
Samsung TecTiles: Wireless Stickers With Secret Phone Powers
Near-field communication (NFC) is joined at the hip with the concept of mobile payments, or buying things via cellphone. But the tech actually has many more applications, and Samsung wants owners of the upcoming Samsung Gala…
Why Zynga is Shedding Users
Social gaming company Zynga had an outstanding 2011, leading to a well-hyped IPO in December. But Zynga’s biggest risk was always an over-reliance on Facebook, with most of its revenue and users coming from the social network. It’s …
With Samsung’s programmable TecTiles, NFC may finally get relevant
Imagine walking into a coffee shop and swiping your phone across a NFC tag to get access to Wi-Fi, instead of begging for the Wi-Fi password. Or, imagine swiping your phone as you enter a store to check-in on Foursquare.With Samsu…
With Samsung’s programmable TecTiles, NFC may finally get relevant
Imagine walking into a coffee shop and swiping your phone across a NFC tag to get access to Wi-Fi, instead of begging for the Wi-Fi password. Or, imagine swiping your phone as you enter a store to check-in on Foursquare.With Samsu…
Inside the 2012 MacBook Air: Apple overhauls the engine
It’s all about the chips.(Credit: CNET)The updated MacBook Air doesn’t look new on the outside, but the inside is a different story.That story mostly revolves around Ivy Bridge, Intel’s new 22-nanometer processor that boasts upgra…