Manufacturers take great care in designing packaging that is just as appealing and stylized as the product it houses. For that reason, it may be difficult to let go of the crisp, new box your device came with, and in some cases, you shouldn’t. As you mull over recycling a product box, answer these four …

A symbol of the dot-com bust is back. Is it time to panic? San Diego-based Wrapify recruits drivers and swathes their cars in vinyl advertisements, often for companies not much older than the 5-month-old startup. For the last few months, everyday commuters rolled along the streets of San Diego and San Francisco promoting young companies like security-camera firm Butterfleye, in-home …

So, you’ve got an iPad sitting around. What games should you play on it? Well…there are a ton to choose from. And thanks to some aggressive holiday sales, some of these games are available for a steal. And just what does make a good iPad game? We debated it for a while, and…well, for each person that decision will vary. …

Now playing: Watch this: Cracking Open: Amazon Fire 2015 4:28 With its ultra-low price tag, the Amazon Fire tablet is definitely a bargain. But it looks so much like the company’s original Kindle Fire and is so cheap, that I got to thinking. Did Amazon just put old Kindle Fire hardware in a new package? I cracked open the Fire …

Hulu’s January looks very good. For spy fans, check out “Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007” and “Mission: Impossible” starring Tom Cruise. Both arrive on January 1. Some fun movies like “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “Scrooged” hit Hulu on that same day. On the TV front, Hulu will stream “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” starting on January 22. …

It should be easier than usual to spot Santa Claus making his magical journey from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, thanks to the first full moon to be seen on the holiday since 1977. Even better, you can watch for St. Nick in the live video feed below, courtesy of the Slooh online observatory. Slooh astronomers will provide live …

Politicians and regulators, take notice: More Americans are relying solely on wireless access at home and away for Internet and video content. That’s according to data released Monday (PDF) by the Pew Research Center, based on a survey from earlier this year. Between home broadband and mobile, 80 percent of adults now have high-speed Internet access, a modest increase from …

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. I’ve been in refugee camps, been on Mars, glided through prehistoric aquariums and attempted to watch live debate coverage. I’ve walked across footbridges on Everest, painted in the air with glowing light, and …

Tubi TV is rapidly adding titles to its sizable catalog. If you haven’t heard of Tubi TV, it’s a free (but ad-supported) streaming service. In addition to the movies mentioned in the headline, the site will bring “Once Bitten” online. What’s that? You haven’t heard of “Once Bitten” either? Well, it stars a very young Jim Carrey, and Lauren Hutton …

Hillary Clinton is a grandma, but after her campaign published a blog post Tuesday aiming to convince Spanish-speaking voters she’s a lot like their own “abuela,” social media exploded. “Hillary never had to leave her home a 1,000 miles behind, move to California and work 3 jobs while raising 4 kids by herself,” one Twitter user posted Wednesday using the …

Microsoft’s Surface Hub videoconferencing systems will be pricier and later than originally announced. In August, Microsoft said to expect the 55-inch Surface Hub model to cost $6,999 and the 84-inch model to touch $19,999. On Tuesday, company execs said in an e-mailed statement that they are increasing the prices to $8,999 and $21,999, respectively. Customers who already placed orders will …

The deal that sent “Sesame Street” to HBO goes into effect on January 16. HBO will also have a backlog of five years of the show. PBS will still be able to air new episodes of “Sesame Street,” but only after nine months have passed from the original HBO airdate. One of 2015’s most critically-acclaimed movies, “Mad Max: Fury Road,” …

The Internet hasn’t been this frustrated since the dress. Hungarian artist Gergely Dudás — using the moniker Dudolf — posted an image of snowmen to his Facebook page on December 16, challenging his friends to find the panda hiding in the sea of snowmen. A few of them managed to spot the panda pretty quickly, but many others struggled. Quite …

Regulators in India want to pull the plug on Facebook’s controversial Free Basics service. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has requested that the sole company in that country to offer Free Basics, which provides rudimentary access to the Internet, put a halt to the program, according to a report in the Times of India. It’s unclear whether the service …

A drone may one day deliver your selfies to Twitter. The San Francisco-based company was granted a patent last week for an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, for capturing photos and videos that can then be shared through users’ accounts on the microblogging network. The drone’s movements would be controlled by Twitter users’ likes, tweets and replies, determining what images …