Searching “family friendly” on YouTube is not a good way to find children’s programming. Trust me. Google is launching a YouTube Kids app just for kid-appropriate videos. Youngsters haven’t had a parent-approved portal on YouTube before, but video streaming these days is all about the kiddies: Now playing: Watch this: YouTube can babysit your kids …
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Using the Force to move an X-Wing out of the swamp was easy. But I need more work on my robot raptor fetch game. At this year’s New York Toy Fair, I got a taste of how tech is transforming playtime. But you’ll need a tablet or smartphone to get the most out of these new toys: Now playing: Watch …
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Want to play with a new View-Master? Ask mommy and daddy for a smartphone. Mattel is working with Google to reboot the classic View-Master toy as a child’s first portal into virtual reality. In this CNET Update, learn how it works and how Mattel is putting a new twist on collectable reels. It’s not the first time Mattel has incorporated …
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The dead can still friend you on Facebook. That is, if the deceased bestows the account to a Think of it as an heir to a Facebook page — with restrictions. (No sending status updates from beyond the grave, for example.) The benefit of alerting Facebook of someone’s death is to keep a profile from winding up in advertisements and …
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Dear Samsung: Stop experimenting with pop-up ads for TVs. You’re giving us anxiety. Worried about your privacy with smart TV voice-recording features? Your sanity may be the bigger concern if Samsung rolls out pop-up ads for television sets. It seems an early test leaked out for some users. Also in this tech-news roundup, learn what data car makers are collecting …
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Apple Pay can be used at 35,000 feet, as JetBlue begins taking mobile payments on flights. But it’s what Google’s doing back on Earth that could really change the future: Now playing: Watch this: Apple Pay takes to the skies, Google’s robodog stalks… 2:57 Other stories this tech-news roundup: Upcoming Apple Watch app will track glucose levels Google plays doctor …
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The smart home is listening to everything you say. Should you watch what you say in front of a Samsung Smart TV? A privacy policy warns that the voice-recognition feature records what you say and sends it to a third party. But as our sister-site ZDNet reports, a third party is most likely Nuance, a voice-recognition software provider that works …
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There may more than one Galaxy S6 next month. A leaked photo obtained by CNET Korea shows more than one version of the Galaxy S6 , which is set to be announced March 1 at Mobile World Congress. At the trade show we’ll also likely learn more about phones from Polaroid and the app-less Ubuntu . Perhaps your next smartphone …
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Net neutrality is a boring name for an important issue that could forever change the future of the Internet. So here’s a video that teaches you about Net neutrality the easy way — with toys! This story is part of a CNET special report looking at the challenges of Net neutrality, and what rules — if any — are needed …
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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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