Life’s photo-worthy moments can be fleeting. Whether the light is just right or your kid is actually cooperating, unlocking your phone to take a photo might mean you miss the moment. But, if you instead use Siri to take photos, more of those moments might make it into your camera roll.  Once you’re set up, …

Seeking to reverse the trend of schools moving away from iPads and toward cheaper Chromebooks, Apple on Tuesday introduced a revamped 9.7-inch iPad at its education event in Chicago. The updated iPad includes Apple Pencil support and a discounted price for schools. Now playing: Watch this: New budget iPad: First hands-on 1:58 How much does it cost? The new iPad …

The field of 68 is down to four. The Final Four, as the NCAA basketball tournament semi-finals are called. As in past years, this March has not been without its madness. Loyola-Chicago is the Cinderella of this year’s dance, advancing to the final weekend of the tournament as a No. 11 seed. The Ramblers will face the Michigan Wolverines, who …

And to think it was right under my nose — and fingertip — the entire time. Thanks to Cult of Mac (seriously, thank you, Cult of Mac), I have been able to remove the biggest annoyance of the stock iOS Photos app. And that is the furious swiping I believed was required to return to the most recent photos at …

“Hey Cortana, play My Daily Mix playlist.” Microsoft shuttered its Groove Music service at the end of last year and attempted to shift users to Spotify. As part of Microsoft’s embrace of Spotify, you can use Cortana to control the action in Spotify just as you had been able to do previously with Groove Music. The Cortana/Spotify integration is slick, …

After its rocky start years ago, Apple Maps may have been banished to an out-of-the-way folder on your iPhone — or deleted altogether — while Google Maps occupies a coveted spot on your home screen. Google Maps remains my iPhone navigation app of choice, but Apple Maps isn’t without its charms. Here are four reasons to use Apple Maps instead …

With their cold beer, baskets of french fries, and multitude of TVs that show every game, sports bars are great for March Madness. The one item missing most of the time, however, is game audio. It’s missing because TVs in bars are usually muted or, worse, the bar is piping out audio for the biggest game but you can’t hear …

Perhaps you’ve gone away for the weekend only to discover — horror of horrors — that you forgot to pack your Bluetooth speaker. Or perhaps you are simply trying to listen to a podcast while cooking dinner and can’t hear over the running water and sizzling skillet. There are a number of scenarios where you may need to boost the …

iPhone owners may have noticed a new icon showed up in the iMessage app drawer. If you are diligent with your app updates and updated the Google app recently, then you can now do a few new things with it right from within the iOS Messages app. Let us count the ways. Now playing: Watch this: Cool things to do …

For the first time in nearly five years, Tiger Woods is in contention to win a PGA Tour event. After his very public divorce in 2010, numerous back surgeries and an arrest, the 42-year-old Woods looks like he might finally be back to something approximating his old self. After three rounds at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, he’s …