The biggest and strangest tech trade show in Europe, and the one held in one of the most confusing buildings around (also a location for several movies), is just opening its doors to the public. But for CNET at IFA, that’s when the action stops. We’ve already been on the ground in Berlin for a …

If you fancy a stroll through Westminster Abbey, but can’t afford a ticket to London, now you can open Google Street View instead. The centuries-old Gothic church, which has played host to royal wedding and funerals and the coronation of monarchs, was recently added to Google Street View, giving viewers a full tour of the rich interior and the history …

Politicians are forever trying to appeal to younger audiences, usually while being maligned for it. But for Hillary Clinton, could emojis be the key to reaching millennials and wavering Bernie Sanders supporters? Software developer Tanooki Labs appears to think so. This week it released Hillarymoji, a free iOS keyboard with 20 emojis of the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. The emojis …

Roku entered the Windows 10 era yesterday by releasing a new remote control app for laptops and tablets. The app, which is now available for free in the US from the Windows Store, gives users a new homepage design and the usual slate of features for the streaming set-top box. You’ll be able to select channels, search for content, play …

Users of iOS who have longed dreamed of deleting Apple’s preinstalled apps from their devices will finally get their wish with iOS 10. And now, Apple is taking its own step in that direction by removing its Game Center from the first iOS 10 beta update to developers. Though Apple did not specifically mention Game Center’s removal during its WWDC …

Facebook lovers on Android have another reason to never leave the social network’s entangling arms with the addition of SMS support directly through the Facebook Messenger app. The update, announced yesterday by David Marcus, Facebook’s VP of Messaging Products, will let you send not just texts, but also voice clips, stickers and your location. You’ll be able to use the …

Ever since Google introduced Now on Tap as part of the Android Marshmallow update last year, we’ve been hoping for more suggestions as you work in other apps. We got a little of that yesterday when Google added text and image search to its personal assistant feature. With text, users can select specific words or phrases to get a definition …

A Taiwanese iPhone parts supplier has predicted that an upcoming variant of Apple’s handset will feature glass casings. Catcher Technology CEO Allen Horng made the prediction at a shareholder meeting on Thursday, the Nikkei Asian Review reports. Though Catcher currently builds metal frames for iPhones, Horng said he does not expect such a move to impact his business, since an …

Edward Snowden has joined a growing group of privacy experts criticizing Google for not integrating end-to-end encryption as a default feature in its new Allo messaging app. In a tweet the NSA whistleblower called Allo “dangerous” and warned his followers against using it. Allo has an incognito mode that promises end-to-end encryption through the popular Signal messaging protocol, but it …

As investigators continue to search the Mediterranean for wreckage from a missing EgyptAir aircraft, the airline added dark banners to its Twitter and Facebook accounts to mourn the flight and its victims. Against a background of grey clouds on both social media sites is the flight number, MS804. The airline also switched its normal blue and white logo to one …