The iStand 6 features a kickstand that also lets it function as a desktop dock. Wirelessky If you bought an iPhone 6 last fall, you might just be getting to the point where battery life isn’t what it used to be. All smartphone batteries lose capacity over time, hence the necessity for external power solutions. …

ProntoTec I’m fascinated by cheap tablets. In the early days of tablet evolution, a smattering of no-brand models offered prices far below their Apple and Samsung counterparts — but saddled you with resistive touchscreens (meaning you had to apply actual pressure), abysmally slow processors and already-outdated versions of Android. In other words, they were all but unusable. Today, you can …

Keep your fiver when you book your first gig on Fiverr. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET We live in a crowd-sourced ” sharing” economy. Once upon a time, if you needed a new logo or press release for your business, original music or sound effects for your movie, help with Web analytics or SEO, or any such service, you could expect …

Sarah Tew I meant to share this deal earlier, but kept expecting it would sell out before I got the chance. This is the last day, so I’m hoping I’m not setting you all up for disappointment. Ending today, and while supplies last, Groupon has the refurbished Google Chromecast for $18. That’s after applying coupon code EPIC3 at checkout. Shipping …

Neat What? Paper! Are you still around? Wasn’t technology supposed to retire you to museums for future generations to gawk at? Instead, things like bills, business cards, receipts and recipes torn from magazines — yes, we still have those, too — pile up until you get frustrated enough to shovel them into the trash, only to discover two days later …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference starts in just a few hours. As always, the company is keeping everything under wraps, meaning if you want to be among the first to know what’s new, you’ll need a front-row seat for Tim Cook’s keynote. …

Unofficial Cardboard’s 2.0 Plus VR viewer includes something unique: adjustable lenses. Unofficial Cardboard Last year, Unofficial Cardboard was one of the first vendors to offer a Google Cardboard kit for folks who didn’t want to scrounge for parts, print diagrams, cut and fold cardboard and so on. Now, hot on the heels of Google’s Cardboard 2.0 announcement, UC is back …

Get Office 365 Personal free when you buy this Office 365 Personal-priced tablet. TigerDirect What’s the only thing better than one deal? Duh: five deals! Imagine for example, someone offered you one donut. Then imagine they offered you five donuts. Who’s gonna turn that down? (Incidentally, today is National Donut Day, meaning if you’re willing to drive around a bit, …

Admit it: You’ve always wanted temperature-controlled shoes. Now you can have them. Vay Technologies Your smartphone can already control your lights, door locks, home heating-and-cooling system, speakers and more. Now it can arrange for comfy feet, too. The uGale is an app-controlled insole designed to keep your feet cool, ventilated and odor-free, or to heat them when it’s cold out. …

Syma This is an update of a deal I shared back in December. Lower price, better model — what’s not to like? Summer is here, and that means it’s drone-flying time! If you haven’t yet had the pleasure, it’s time to indulge your inner kid. Or your actual kid, if you’ve got one. These things are a blast, plain and …