Now playing: Watch this: Google-Amazon spat means no more Youtube on Fire TV (The… 4:12 On today’s podcast, we talk about: Google cutting off Amazon’s access to YouTube amid a growing fight between the two tech giants. Qualcomm and Microsoft again trying to popularize phonelike PCs. CNET’s interview with US Sen. Maggie Hassan on better security …

Apple promised it before the end of 2017, and just under the wire, it’s finally here. The Apple TV platform now supports Amazon Prime Video, thanks to a just-launched app. Amazon Prime Video support was promised at Apple’s WWDC conference in June. Its addition makes Apple TV, along with Roku, one of the most flexible streaming devices, especially now that …

What’s old is new — at least when it comes to Speidel’s Twist-O-Flex Band for the Apple Watch.  My grandfather once told me he wore the Twist-O-Flex with his Timex because he didn’t want to deal with buckles or clasps, he just stretched it over his wrist and was good to go. The holiday’s best smartwatches and fitness trackers +14 …

Home furnishings giant Ikea and audio company Sonos have announced a collaboration that will “democratize music.”  What form this ultimately takes is unclear, but it could include adding Sonos audio hardware to Ikea products, or designing Ikea products specifically around Sonos hardware, such as the excellent new Sonos One.  In a news release, Björn Block, the head of Ikea’s Home …

If your iPhone ($162 at Amazon) is constantly binging and buzzing and you are continually apologizing for missing texts and not responding in a timely fashion, then it might be time to dig in to some of the features in iMessage that can help prevent your texts from taking over your life. Let us begin. 1. Mute group text alerts …

Brave Software has embarked on the next phase of its plan to get you to use its browser — and to build a privacy-first alternative to today’s online ad industry. The Brave browser blocks ads and ad trackers by default, a move that makes pages load faster and eliminates some prying into our lives online. But the startup doesn’t want …

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Entry-level phones may cost less than big hitters, but they come at the cost of space, speed and efficiency. Google’s looking to change that with Android Go.  Android Oreo (Go Edition) will launch Wednesday as part of the Android Oreo 8.1 rollout, and all Android Oreo devices with 512MB to 1GB of memory will be optimized for Android Go. Google …

When I reviewed the excellent Apple TV 4K, I had two major complaints: the price and the fact that it forced users to watch everything in high dynamic range. Apple didn’t lower the price (yet), but a free software update available today addresses my second concern. Now there’s a setting that lets people who care — video nerds like me, …

You can save the Instagram Stories into an archive and build a highlights reel from previous Stories, the app announced on its blog Tuesday. Stories, which are collections of personal photos and video, previously expired in 24 hours.  With Stories Archive, the app will automatically save your Stories. You can then use the archived Stories to build Stories Highlights in …

Facebook on Monday announced Messenger Kids, a somewhat closed-down messaging app for children ages 6-12. The app doesn’t require the child to sign up for a Facebook account, relies on the parent(s) to add any contacts and hides the child from any sort of public searches on the social network. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook Messenger now lets kids chat …