You know what I miss? Photo albums. I miss flipping through their pages to rediscover memories, and slotting in new pictures. For all the convenience of instant uploads and sharing, my interaction with cloud-stored pictures tends to dissolve right after the first time I upload and share. (A November 2014 survey by self-publishing site Shutterfly …

Making a custom photo book can be more frustrating than you’d guess. Josh Miller/CNET A photo book or calendar is a great gift any time of year. It’s personal. It’s customizable. Best yet, it organizes digital moments that tend to get lost in the cloud, tansforming them into physical reminders of an event. Photo books literally make memories. After printing …

Huawei’s strategy is to continue to sell phones like the P8 Lite directly to US buyers. James Martin/CNET The historical relationship between phone buyers and wireless carriers in the US is one of codependence. Traditionally, providers like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have been the major gateway through which anyone bought a new phone: two-year contract a virtual given. Related …

Big Red will carry the phone in dark gray. Andrew Hoyle/CNET The Nokia Lumia 735 was among the last phones bearing the Nokia name before Microsoft’s marketing might over Lumia phones took full effect. That was in November 2014. Now, this wallet-friendly Windows phone makes its way to Verizon. Related Stories Fully reviewed: Nokia Lumia 735 Microsoft Windows 10 for …

$300 off-contract gets you a 13-megapixel camera. Sarah Tew/CNET We’ve known for a few months now that AT&T would be the only US carrier to get the 5.7-inch Microsoft Lumia 640 XL …and we finally have details. The carrier will start selling the midrange phablet on June 26 (both online and in retail stores) for $300 off-contract. You can also …

Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, has big plans for China’s homegrown Amazon equivalent. ChinaPhotoPress via Getty Images If mimicry is the ultimate form of flattery, then Netflix and HBO should feel mighty complimented right about now. China’s online retailing giant, Alibaba, announced on Sunday its plans to launch a streaming video service modeled directly on Netflix and HBO. …

Share Internet from your iPhone using Apple’s Continuity feature for Mac and iPads. T-Mobile’s iPhone customers have one more goody to anticipate with the release of Apple’s iOS 9 . The carrier announced on Wednesday that Continuity will soon work on T-Mobile’s cellular network. Introduced with iOS 8, Continuity — a feature that can sync things such as Notes, Web …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Apple’s answer to an increasingly solicitous Google Now is a more skillful Siri of its own. At the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday, Apple introduced a more advanced version of Siri for iOS 9 that comes with “proactive” personal assistant …

Starting at $564, the Nubia sub-brand takes a stab at selling buyers its unlocked Android device. Nubia ZTE’s subsidiary brand, Nubia, is the latest phone-maker to sell its wares directly to US buyers. On Thursday, it announced that its Nubia Z9 — which we saw a bigger variant of a few months back called the Z9 Max — is going …

Google’s Now on Tap for Android M knows what you’re looking at, and guesses what you want to know next. James Martin/CNET Google’s new Google Now feature is the single most exciting part of the Android M operating system update. Called Now on Tap, this active little helper branch of Google Now has the right blueprint to catapult Google’s personal …