On Android, the YouTube app has several alerts you can manage while mobile. Whether it’s being notified when someone you subscribe to has a new video, or getting a reply to one of your comments, the app will make sure you don’t miss a thing. But there’s a new type of alert in the list: …

After countless rumors and delays, Ultra HD “4K” Blu-ray is arriving this year. The initial movies have been announced, and some have even been selling before the official March 1 date. But since most movies are shot on film or with 2K resolution for digital cinema, can these 4K discs really look better than Blu-ray? And what about the far …

Chances are that if you bought a phone today, it would run on Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android software. That’s because when people think of a handset, their minds immediately go to an iPhone or a device made by the likes of Samsung or LG Electronics. But that isn’t stopping Acadine Technologies, founded by one of the folks behind the …

Google, no longer content simply serving as the front door of the Internet, will show up at your actual front door — with fresh peaches and a gallon of milk. The search giant started a pilot program Wednesday in Los Angeles and San Francisco to offer same-day delivery of fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy and frozen foods as part of …

Worried about getting a letter in the mail over your torrenting habits? You may have just been handed a stay of execution. A three strikes scheme to track down individual pirates and send them warning letters about their downloading habits has been all but quashed, after rights holders and ISPs decided that manually targeting and contacting downloaders would be too …

Now that Apple Music just announced serious gains in subscriber numbers, Spotify is answering back with a special deal to reel in fresh subscribers: starting today, anyone who signs up for a three-month Spotify Premium subscription in the US or UK will get a Chromecast wireless video dongle, free of charge. Sarah Tew/CNET The promotion lasts through February 28 and …

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Rumors have been floating that Apple will introduce a new iPhone with a 4-inch screen as early as next month. How much money would the company generate from such a phone? One analyst has looked into his crystal ball. Apple could snag $5.5 billion in revenue from a 4-inch iPhone this year, RBC analyst Amit Daryanani projected in an investors …

When Australia passed website-blocking laws last year, the big-name rights holders in Australia stayed mum on what they planned to do with the newfound arrow in their anti-piracy quiver. But now, the first court case is set to kick off and Village Roadshow has volunteered as tribute. The Australian film studio has today confirmed that it has applied to the …

T-Mobile may need to postpone taking a victory lap as the fastest wireless carrier. Verizon Wireless took the top honors in a new study conducted by testing firm RootMetrics, which broke down its findings by states, metro areas and categories including network speed and call reliability. In virtually all segments, Verizon proved dominant. It’s the fifth straight time the New …

Continuing its trend of enhancing the appeal of dSLRs for shooting video, Canon rolled out a new version of its 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 lens with a couple of important upgrades over the current model. The Canon EF-S18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM incorporates a new motor designed to provide quiet video performance, much like its STM stepper-motor lenses but with the improved still-photo …

We humans get along pretty well seeing colors ranging from blue to red. But a startup is betting that when it’s time to endow electronic devices with vision, infrared light will find a place too. Infrared light — just beyond red in the color spectrum but invisible to humans — is already used in some devices, like TV remote controls …

Forget curved screens — I want a computer that rolls. I want a laptop-size screen that can wrap around my arm. And last week, I got to play with one of the key ingredients that could make those devices possible: glass that can bend like Beckham’s famous football. I don’t mean this glass bends a teensy little bit. I mean …

Editors’ note: Check out our hands-on impressions with the Iofit smart shoes. The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones won’t be the only products Samsung shows off at Mobile World Congress. The South Korean electronics giant will also debut a new pair of connected smart shoes. The shoes, called Iofit, were developed by Salted Venture, a startup that is …

T-Mobile is gobbling up low-frequency radio airwaves so that video of “The Walking Dead” playing on your phone doesn’t stall when you walk into your basement. T-Mobile on Wednesday said it had acquired more of the spectrum in the low-frequency 700 MHz band as it seeks to catch up to rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T in coverage. The company plans …