With so much attention on the social media giant we can’t seem to live without, it’s easy to get worked up regarding its policies. Now playing: Watch this: How to check if your Facebook info was shared 1:16 It’s totally understandable! Especially given the revelations over the past few weeks about user data collected and …

Facebook on Monday began alerting users whose data was accessed by Cambridge Analytics with a popup at the top of the News Feed. But as is usually the case with all things Facebook, the alert is slowly being rolled out to impacted users. Instead of refreshing your News Feed countless times to try and trigger the alert, here’s how you …

Amazon’s FreeTime service gives parents an easy-to-read view of precisely what a child is doing on an Amazon tablet or Android device. From breaking down how much time a child has spent reading, to which game(s) are taking up their time — FreeTime and the Parent Dashboard make it easy to monitor your children. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon’s FreeTime …

Alongside a new iPad, Apple last week announced a bunch of software tweaks and updates to help the company’s education efforts. One of the software features Apple unveiled is called Smart Annotation. This feature works in Pages on an iPad. What makes this feature “smart” is that any annotations are tied to the text in a document, so if a sentence …

For as long as I’ve owned my AirPods ($165 at eBay), I’ve used them with iOS and Android phones. One issue I’ve always had when using Apple’s wireless earbuds with an Android phone is really low volume levels, particularly when listening to podcasts. Even at full volume, I would often struggle to hear it, especially when in noisy environments. Now …

The ability to browse and play music stored on your iPhone from an Apple Watch was removed with the release of WatchOS 4 last September. This, as Apple soon found out, wasn’t a welcome decision. With the release of WatchOS 4.3 last week, the ability to browse your iPhone’s music library from your wrist has been restored. Screenshots by Jason …

Apple just released iOS 11.3, and among other things, the updated includes a new tool to tell you whether or not your iPhone’s ($285 at Amazon) battery needs to be replaced.  Now playing: Watch this: Tim Cook promises iOS update will stop iPhones from slowing… 1:18 Remember all of that drama when Apple admitted to throttling iPhones in order to …

So you’ve just lost a brand-new Samsung Galaxy phone. It’s OK! You’re fine. Samsung’s Find My Mobile feature is here to help. It’s free, and if you signed into your Samsung account when you first set up the phone, then it’s already set up. Let’s assume you still have the phone to hand. Instead of waiting for something unfortunate to happen, …

One of CNET’s editors, Sharon Profis, recently discovered why Apple Maps, Google Maps and the compass app on her iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) had never worked properly. You see, when she got the shiny new phone she immediately put a protective case on it (and you should too). It’s one of those cases that also includes a magnet on …

Getting a new phone is always a mixture of excitement and curiosity. Excitement for getting rid of an older, and often slower phone. A curiosity of not knowing exactly how to use all of its new features. But don’t worry, that’s why we’re here. This is a running list and will be updated as we continue to discover and cover …