Foursquare integrates Uber’s ride-hailing service into its app. Button People can hire an Uber ride in more places that just the Uber app itself. Apps for Weather.com, United Airlines and Starbucks already point users to the ride-hailing service. Now people will see Uber show up in the Foursquare app as well. Foursquare and Uber announced …

Google shows off one of its Project Loon Wi-Fi balloons during its annual developers conference. James Martin/CNET Google’s plan to bring Wi-Fi to the world with high-flying “Project Loon” balloons is edging closer to reality. The company announced Thursday at its annual developers conference, Google I/O 2015, that these balloons can now stay up in the air for more days, …

Da Poke Shack, a hole-in-the-wall lunch spot, became the highest-rated restaurant in the US by Yelp reviewers in 2014. Dara Kerr/CNET KONA, Hawaii — Albert Vasconcelles was fishing one day in February 2014 when an employee called with strange news. Da Poke Shack — Vasconcelles takeout eatery in Kona, Hawaii — had just been named the No. 1 restaurant in …

Ride is a new car-hailing app that caters to carpooling commuters. Ride Is there room for another ride-hailing startup? That’s what a new smartphone app called Ride is hoping to find out. It’s muscling into the increasingly crowded field of ride-hailing startups, dominated by Uber and Lyft, by focusing on carpooling, rather than replacing the taxi. Ride, which launched its …

Parse CEO and founder Ilya Sukhar talks about the Internet of Things during Facebook’s F8 developer conference in San Francisco. James Martin/CNET Facebook is fully jumping into the Internet of Things. The world’s largest social network introduced Wednesday a new set of developer tools for creating apps that will let users remotely control devices within their homes, such as garage …

Apple will display its new line of smartwatches in designated cases at its retail stores. Shara Tibken/CNET Apple finally provided more details about the Apple Watch on Monday, revealing specs, prices and information on where to pick up the wearable device. The answer to the “where” question is simple: To buy the watch in person, consumers will have to either …

Social network relationships among “official” ISIS accounts as of January 3, 2014. The Brookings Institute Designated terrorist groups have reportedly long used social media to communicate. Al Qaeda and the Taliban have been believed to frequent Facebook, and Hamas has been a well-known devotee of Twitter. Now, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is thought to also …

Vine Kids features looping 6-second child-friendly videos. Screenshot by Michelle Meyers/CNET Kids are known for having short attention spans and it appears Vine is banking on that with a new app that should also help put parents at ease. The Twitter-owned video-sharing company rolled out Vine Kids on Friday to let children watch looping 6-second Vine videos that have been …

Spotify’s service lets users stream music to mobile devices. Screenshot by César Salza/CNET Word has it that Spotify is about to get a lot richer. The music-streaming service is rumored to be raising between $500 million and $600 million from investors, according to The Wall Street Journal. That amount of cash could boost the company’s total funding to more than …

The sensei demonstrates the Oogyaku shoulder-attack move in my Ninja Training 101 class on Curious.com. Screenshot by Dara Kerr/CNET It’s surprisingly easy to dislocate a man’s shoulder. Using a move known in Japanese as Oogyaku, or “great reversal,” you just have to get him facedown, pull his arm backward and apply pressure to his shoulder with your hand, foot or …