Twitter needs more people to tweet. In its desperation to make that happen, it’s taking a page from old cookbooks on how to make pasta: Throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. So far not much is sticking, and that’s bad news for Twitter because it needs to win over people who have …

Carly Fiorina had some bad news to share. So, the Republican presidential candidate turned to everyone’s favorite place to commiserate, Facebook. Fiorina, the former CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard, suspended her bid for the White House on Wednesday after finishing seventh in the New Hampshire primary. She skipped a major morning TV news outlet to deliver the news, instead posting …

Your Twitter timeline is definitely getting a new look. It’s up to you what to make of it. The social network on Wednesday unveiled a feature that gives users the option of modifying their timelines to highlight tweets. Like Twitter’s “while you were away” recap launched a year ago, the new timeline will present key tweets at the top of …

When you allow iMessage to mark messages as read, the person you are talking with is able to see when you viewed a message. This can be a handy feature, sure, but it also can make you look like you’re avoiding someone, even if you’re just busy and can’t answer right away. For that reason, I’ve disabled read receipts in …

A regular watch can’t get messages, nor can it make phone calls from your wrist. But there are companies out there trying to make dumb watches smarter…mainly via straps. Hot Band is one of them. Hot Band hits Kickstarter today, and it’s basically a strap you pop a little “smart fob” into that has notifications and fitness tracking. It charges …

Apple TV owners will be able to control more things with their voice — even enter in passwords. Watch CNET Update below to learn about the new features found in a beta version of tvOS 9.2, and when it could roll out to all users: Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV stretches Siri voice search in beta update 2:22 There’s …

After you have created a Movie or slapped together a Trailer with iMovie on your iPhone, it’s time to share your cinematic masterpiece with the world. Or at least with friends and family. iMovie for iOS offers a variety of sharing options. From the Projects view in iMovie, tap on the project you want to share and tap the share …

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge could have a 38 percent larger battery compared to the Galaxy S6 Edge, according to specs revealed in FCC filing (click FCC ID Label and Location). The filing, which every phone vendor has to submit before its products can sell in the US, points to a 3,600mAh battery for the S7 Edge, which is expected to …

Same as last year, Google is now offering an additional 2GB of Drive storage for users who complete the Account Security Checkup, in honor of Safer Internet Day. This year, you only have until February 11, 2016, to complete the checkup. Right now users can do the same checkup (it’s been spruced up a bit) and receive 2GB of space …

It’s a scenario we all know well: Telco screws up, the social media tide turns, and said telco has a massive public relations crisis on its hands as it attempts to deal with the fallout. Vodafone and Optus faced the problem when their networks went out in 2014, and yesterday a similarly high-profile Telstra outage, caused by “embarrassing human error,” …

iMovie for iOS lets you become a mobile movie maker. With the mobile app, you can skip the process of transferring video to your Mac and get started right on your iPhone, where your videos reside. In many ways, the stripped-down mobile version of iMovie is easier to use than the Mac app. Read our guide to iMovie for iOS …

If the home button of your iPhone is broken, you might want to think again before going to a third-party repairman to get it fixed. That’s because the latest tweak to Apple’s iOS 9 software renders the device useless if someone other than an Apple technician tinkers with the home button. The phone is wiped and shut down before displaying …

After teasing partnerships with PC makers for months, Oculus has announced the specific partners and systems in its “Oculus Ready PC” program. The first gaming desktops to join the program are from Asus and Dell, the latter including both Dell and Alienware-branded systems. On an update posted February 9 on the Oculus website, the company says: “Today we’re excited to …

Support for multiple accounts made a cameo appearance in the Instagram Android beta app back in November 2015 for some users, but didn’t stick around. Now the feature is slowly rolling out to all users of the official app on Android and iOS, so you can easily manage your personal and professional Instagram accounts from the same device. Here’s how: …

You’ll soon be able to dictate text to your Apple TV streaming-media box. The third beta version of Apple TV operating system tvOS 9.2, launched Monday for third-party developers, includes voice dictation. Blog site MacRumors, which has seen the beta in action, reported that instead of needing to use a remote control to enter each character for your username, password …