If you want an action camera, you’ll probably buy a GoPro. An estimated 85 percent of buyers do. But what if nobody wants action cameras anymore? That’s what investors have begun to fear after GoPro revealed last month that its sales were tanking — down 31 percent compared to this time last year. Now, GoPro’s …

The mobile phone is conquering the world. Everywhere you turn, someone’s glued to the screen of a phone, e-mailing, posting status updates or playing a mobile game. But that’s largely in developed countries like the US or those in Western Europe. In many developing countries, even a basic “dumb” phone is a luxury. That’s poised to change in the next …

How can an fitness tracker motivate you more? By judging you for sitting too long. The style-focused Fitbit Alta offers some new ways to track activity (and inactivity). Watch CNET Update below for an overview, and learn what Nintendo is planning for its next app game: Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit gets fashionable, Nintendo teases next mobile… 2:55 Also in …

The Microsoft Band 2 does a lot of things, but battery life hasn’t been its strong suit. A new software update that hit today might help for those who use the Band 2 with GPS on for outdoor workouts. According to Microsoft’s blog, a new GPS Power Saver mode will extend battery life while GPS tracking is on, for up …

Microsoft has purchased SwiftKey but is more interested in the artificial intelligence behind the software than in the popular app itself. The tech giant confirmed Wednesday it acquired the maker of the predictive-keyboard app, which is installed on more than 300 million handsets. Microsoft paid around $250 million, according to the Financial Times. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a …

The Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl for the advertising industry. People who don’t even like football will find themselves planted in front of giant TVs because they have an excuse to eat deep-fried chicken treats and things covered with cheese. To these viewers, the Super Bowl isn’t a game. It’s four hours of awesome ads wrapped around a …

When it comes to everyone’s favourite four-fingered family, there are Simpsons fans, and then there are Simpsons fans. The latter normally spend their days dropping endless quotes into conversation, leaving others furrowing their brows in a vain attempt to understand the situation. For those die-hards, we now have Frinkiac — a searchable database of Simpsons quotes. The premise is simple: …

To paraphrase Cliff Clavin, it’s a little-known fact that Google just updated its Search app for iOS. And as part of that update, iPhone 6S and 6S Plus owners now have easy access to random facts. Enlarge Image Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET How easy? It’s literally just a 3D Touch away. A hard-press of the Google app icon reveals the …

Amazon makes it almost too easy to shop. If you find yourself spending too much time and too much money shopping on Amazon, then you can give yourself — and the other Amazon shoppers in your family — an allowance. An Amazon Allowance, to be specific. Amazon Allowance has been around since last summer but has not been a highly …

T-Mobile is celebrating. The Bellevue, Washington, company, dropped the price of its unlimited data family plan by a third on Wednesday. The cut came a day after the carrier edged out Verizon Wireless as the fastest carrier in the US, according to a report by testing firm OpenSignal. The nation’s third-largest carrier dropped the price of its four-person unlimited data …

Bob Maresca had just returned from a product launch event in New York when he got the call. His boss and mentor, 83-year-old Amar Bose, had been rushed to Lahey Hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts, and they didn’t know whether he’d make it through the night. When Maresca got to the hospital, he found Vanu Bose sitting with his ailing father, …

Google is lending a hand in communities where its ultra-fast Fiber broadband service is available. A resident of a housing project in Kansas City and her son are among the first to receive gigabit Internet from Google Fiber at no cost. The Mountain View, California, company said in a blog post Wednesday that it will give public housing residents free …

Sony says it will release a next-generation 4K Blu-ray player by March 2017 at the latest, as the company waits for compatible software. Sunil Nayyar, Sony’s director of US TV business, said the company plans to focus on a 4K streaming service before launching a physical 4K disc player. The statement first appeared in the trade publication TWICE. Although Panasonic, …

Virgin Mobile shook up pricing on its rate plans on Tuesday, offering $30, $40 and $50 per month plans that give you 500MB, 4GB and 6GB of high-speed data respectively, as well as unlimited talk and text. The prepaid service space is an increasingly competitive market often characterized by high customer turnover. In an attempt to keep subscribers, prepaid carriers …

I know it might seem pretty straightforward — put on headphones, play music – and that’s all there is to it. Sure, that works, but with a decent set of headphones you can hear deep inside the music, if you do it right. Much more so than you ever will with a Bluetooth speaker, or even a very decent pair …