Pandora’s app for Apple Watch will have track and volume controls. Pandora Pandora will let you control your tunes through Apple Watch with an app available at the launch of the wrist-worn computer. The first streaming-music service to announce an app for the device, Pandora said in a blog post that its Apple Watch app …

HBO’s purely online service, HBO Now, is available to Apple device owners and people who sign up through cable company Cablevision. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple TV and Cablevision customers are now able to follow the adventures of Khaleesi, Tyrion and the rest of the “Game of Thrones” crew without the aid of a cable subscription. HBO’s online-only streaming service, HBO Now, …

Apple bought Beats Music in a $3 billion deal for the company best known for its premium headphones. Apple Apple’s bid to relaunch its Beats streaming music service is already facing scrutiny. The European Commission has sent questionnaires to several labels and digital music companies about Apple’s plans for Beats Music, according to a report in the Financial Times (subscription …

Now playing: Watch this: Spotify’s streaming service arrives on Sony’s PlayStation… 1:25 Sony on Monday launched PlayStation Music to play tunes on the gaming console, joining forces with Spotify to make the free version of the streaming service work on TVs for the first time. Previously, connected-TV devices — whether gaming consoles or over-the-top boxes like Roku — could only …

Now playing: Watch this: Jay Z’s Tidal music service makes star-studded splash 1:14 Streaming music service Tidal relaunched Monday with high-quality audio at $19.99 a month as the artist-owned alternative to the likes of Spotify, backed by Jay Z and more than a dozen other well-known musicians. The star-studded unveiling of Tidal will test whether streaming music’s competitive field is …

Finding a Commodore 64 computer wasn’t difficult for exhibit curator Kimon Keramidas. The challenge was finding a monitor. Initially, he bought a 1985 RCA television for $5 to use as a monitor and paid $85 to ship it. Joan E. Solsman/CNET Technology, even equipment that’s long outdated and shunted aside, can still strike an emotional chord. Just ask Kimon Keramidas, …

Scroll through the comments on Smosh’s first YouTube clip, posted nine years ago, and before long a post will ask how it’s possible that the comedy duo’s channel has 20 million subscribers when the planet has only 6 million people. Despite the problematic math about the world’s population, the question is a common one among those unfamiliar with Ian Hecox …

Michelle Phan is one of the the most-watched women on YouTube. Mark Von Holden For someone best-known for transforming herself with makeup, Michelle Phan may be the most recognizable face to spring from YouTube. Chalk it up to entrepreneurial moxie. More than any other YouTube star, Phan has parlayed her passionate online video following into a multifaceted businesses. Over seven …

Vessel hopes exclusive windows on video will entice people to pay for clips that they’ll often be able to see free three days later. Vessel YouTube may have 300 hours of video uploaded every minute, but new service Vessel believes there’s room for more. Vessel, an online service for short videos, launched Tuesday as the HBO to YouTube’s massive public …

A reported on-body detection feature will lock your phone when you set it down, so thieves who swipe it can’t access your data as easily. Nicole Cozma/CNET Google is rolling out a new automatic “smart lock” function that uses your mobile device’s accelerometer to determine when you set the gadget down, to possibly protect your data better if your device …