iOS 8.4 adopting is surging, most likely due to Apple Music. CNET Apple’s iOS 8.4 is already on 41 percent of all iOS devices just one week after its debut. Tracking the use of Apple’s mobile OS based on customer data, researcher Mixpanel found a huge jump in iOS 8.4 adoption since its debut on …

Apple Stores are now selling a smart thermostat that you can regulate through Siri. Available Tuesday at Apple retail stores in North America, the Ecobee3 smart thermostat is the first connected thermostat compatible with Apple’s HomeKit technology, The Verge said on Tuesday. That means you can use your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to remotely monitor and control the device, …

You should again be able to stream music to your iOS device via Home Sharing once iOS 9 arrives. Apple Apple is working to breathe life back into its Home Sharing feature with the release of its next major mobile OS. In a tweet posted late Monday, Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue said: “We are working to have Home …

Don’t wait all day on July 29 for your Windows 10 upgrade. It may not show up. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Those of you who expect to get Windows 10 at the end of this month may be disappointed. At the start of June, Microsoft said Windows 10 would officially launch on July 29. But as it turns out, that …

Apple Music offers a lot of cool features from streaming music to an online radio station. But it also seems to be creating some headaches for loyal iTunes users. On Tuesday, Apple launched iOS 8.4, which turned on Apple Music, a new service that offers streaming music with playlists curated by “music experts,” a 24/7 radio station called Beats 1 …

Pick up the latest tips and tricks in iOS 8.4 with Apple’s new user guides. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple has followed up the launch of iOS 8.4 with new user guides designed to explain every aspect of its new mobile OS. On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 8.4 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. The OS provides access to …

Apple Music may not contribute much to revenue, says one analyst. But that’s not the point. CNET Apple Music is not likely to add much money to the company’s coffers, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. In an investors note released late Tuesday, the analyst said Apple Music would add less than 1 percent (around $1.8 billion) to the …

You can call Apple’s Beats 1 radio station to request a song. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple’s new Beats 1 radio station takes requests just like your average radio station. Launched as part of Apple Music, Beats 1 is a 24/7 radio station that plays live music chosen by a team of DJs based in Los Angeles, New York and …

Firefox continues to lag behind Chome in Web traffic. Net Applications Google’s Chrome keeps gaining in popularity over rival Firefox, which has failed to garner much in the way of users as seen in Web traffic numbers recorded by Net applications. For the month of June, Chrome’s share of Web traffic across the world rose to 27.2 percent from 26.3 …

You can force Siri to pipe calls through your car speakers. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET I often use Siri in the car to make phone calls by uttering “Hey Siri” and telling it whom to call. But a tweak in iOS 8.3 and continued in just-released iOS 8.4 automatically pipes the call through my iPhone’s speaker — even if my …