CNET Update - Return of the Start menu rumored for Windows
CNET Update - Return of the Start menu rumored for Windows
2013-12-10
will Microsoft make a windows 8 wish
come true I'm Bridget Carey and this is
your sunat update the start menu could
be returning to Windows a report from
windows journalist Paul Thurrott
suggests that Microsoft will bring back
the start menu in the next update to
Windows and it might also let Metro tile
apps run on the desktop version which
means windows can go back to being a
little more windows II but if true it'll
be several months before we see a
Windows 8.1 update some reports say it
may not happen till 2015 Google doesn't
need special street view camera cars to
update its Maps it can use your photos
Google is leading you upload your own
street view panorama photos to create
your own tour of an area to do so you'll
need to use an android phone to make a
photo sphere it's a 360 degree panorama
photo and from the photo gallery you can
tap share to add it to maps and it'll be
geotagged this can also be done with
photos taken with a digital SLR camera
it'll it Google expand Street View to
hard-to-reach places like ancient
castles or hiking trails Google's
chromecast has been updated to work with
10 new apps this $35 streaming media
hdmi TV stick just became a little
cooler it added a few more video apps
like vivo and revision 3 it also works
with the free music app Songza which I
highly recommend if you haven't already
tried it out you can also stream your
personal video collection using the apps
Plex and realplayer cloud if you have an
iphone ipad or ipod touch apple is
giving you gifts the day after Christmas
you see there's a new API have to
download it's called 12 days of gifts
and starting on December 26th Apple will
use the app to give away one free
download every day it could be a game a
song a movie anything from itunes or the
App Store but it's just one free thing a
day until January sixth the 12 days of
gifts was offered before to Canada and
Europe but this is the first year that
US customers are getting the freebies
and if you can't wait that long for a
holiday treat
check out an update to the popular game
Temple Run 2 in it you can play a Santa
Claus the Christmas theme comes as an
update for iOS and Android but you need
to have earned 60 gems to unlock Saint
Nick or if you rather not wait you can
just pay a few dollars to unlock it
right away that's your tech news update
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I'm Bridget Carey
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