The next time you want to use an emoji to show your friends how you feel, you might think about actually showing them how you feel. Google wants to help you do just that with a new feature for its chat app Allo that creates custom emojis using your face as its base. The auto …

One of the most anticipated phones in recent years may also be the hardest to get ahold of. That is the fear expressed Tuesday in a note to analysts by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said there’s a “rising probability” of production challenges and shipment delays for the device. In the note, described by 9to5Mac, Kuo said Apple still faces …

Fuchsia, the mysterious new operating system under development at Google, is starting to take shape and has acquired a user interface. The new UI, dubbed Armadillo, features a card-based design for managing multiple apps, according to a profile by Ars Technica. The new interface, first spotted by Hotfixit.net, allows cards to be dragged around and used in a split-screen format. …

Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, can anyone dethrone the Echo? 1:33 Is Amazon making room for a new Echo? The internet retailer on Sunday began offering the smart speaker for $150 in the US, a price cut of $30 from its previous price. The discount, presented as a Mother’s Day gift idea, is available on both black and white models …

Apple’s iPad is still the best-selling tablet on the market, but it’s a market that is still in decline. Apple shipped 8.9 million iPads in the first quarter of 2017, giving it a 24.6 percent market share, researcher IDC reported Thursday. As impressive as that may sound, the total number of iPads shipped slipped 13 percent compared with the same …

Facebook is closing its Oculus Story Studio, the award-winning unit that crafted computer-generated short films for the social networking giant’s VR headset maker Oculus. The closure of the 2-year-old studio, which produced such shorts as “Dear Angelica” and “Henry,” was announced in a blog post Thursday by Jason Rubin, Oculus’ vice president of content. “We’ve been looking at the best …

Apple CEO Tim Cook blames the iPhone 8 rumor mill for hurting iPhone sales in its second quarter. “It’s that there are more rumors floating and more press articles and mentions of new things, and when that happens, a percentage of people delay,” Cook told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” Wednesday. No where was that effect more apparent than …

Instagram experienced issues Monday that prevented users from uploading images to the photo-sharing app’s new Stories feature. Facebook-owned Instagram said in a tweet Monday afternoon it was aware of the problem and was working on a fix. The problem didn’t appear to prevent users from viewing previously uploaded images. Facebook, which bought Instagram for $1 billion five years ago, has …

Hey, how would you like a copy of Apple’s iMovie, GarageBand and iWork suite for free and totally legal? Apple updated the apps on Tuesday, making them available for free to all iOS and Mac users. The apps were previously free to anyone who purchased a new iOS or macOS device in the past several years, but the update means …

Pet supplies retailer PetSmart said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Chewy.com, a fast-growing online retailer of pet supplies. PetSmart didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, but Recode valued it at $3.35 billion, edging out the $3.3 billion Walmart paid for Jet.com in August. The deal is expected to close at the end of the second fiscal quarter of …