The Premium HDMI Cable Certification Program — the brainchild of industry body HDMI Licensing — is a way to identify cables that have been tested to perform at a specific level, i.e. they can pass 4K content. But wait, you ask, can’t any High Speed HDMI cable pass 4K content? Yes, as long as it’s …

For Google, smartphones, tablets, laptops and more may all soon answer to Android. The Mountain View, California, company is looking to bring its Android mobile software to laptop computers, according to a report Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. As part of that push, Google may annex some parts of its Chrome OS software, which mainly powers its Chromebook laptops, …

Francesco D’Alessio struggled with even basic chores. He was forgetful and had trouble keeping up with his schoolwork. After failing a year at his high school in the UK when he was 16, D’Alessio began looking for answers. Some tech blogs suggested a book by David Allen called “Getting Things Done” (or GTD for short). In it, the productivity consultant …

Skype unveiled a new version of its iPhone app with 3D Touch, filters and better ways to manage your conversation. Skype for iOS version 6.5 incorporates 3D Touch to let you access certain Skype features directly without having to navigate the entire app. Available in Apple’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, 3D Touch recognizes different levels of pressure on the …

One of the big selling points of Microsoft’s new Surface Book laptop is that it offers an optional Nvidia graphics card in higher-end models. With a distinct lack of game-ready graphics hardware in most 13-inch laptops, that immediately caught the attention of PC gamers. Of course, there were some caveats. First, the graphics hardware from Nvidia was installed in the …

The Kansas City Royals may be up two games to none over the New York Mets, but the 2015 World Series is far from over as the series shifts back to Citi Field in New York on Friday night for Game 3. Fox is broadcasting the games on cable, but if you can’t watch on TV, there are a number …

For as long as Apple TV has been around in the UK, it has had one major problem: no BBC iPlayer. All that is now set to change, as the BBC confirmed on Thursday that its catch-up and on-demand services will finally be available on Apple’s home entertainment box. The new version of Apple TV is on sale now in …

BlackBerry is aiming to drum up more interest in its upcoming Android phone with a couple of new video ads. Released Wednesday, the first ad is more technical as it spotlights a few of the key features in the Priv. The second one shoots for a kinder, gentler approach with a series of dreamlike images designed to convey the security …

Apple TV is adding music to Siri’s search repetoire. The 2015 edition of Apple TV comes packed with the Siri voice assistant to help you perform tasks and search for items by voice. In terms of finding media, the search option is limited to tracking down movies and TV shows, though you can search across multiple content sources. Apple TV …

T-Mobile may be about to make its boldest move yet as part of its “Uncarrier” campaign. T-Mobile has set the date for its Uncarrier 10 event, which will be in Los Angeles. T-Mobile The Bellevue, Washington, wireless operator is expected to let subscribers use unlimited data when streaming select video services, such as Netflix and HBO, according to leaker Evan …

Now playing: Watch this: Stop Google from tracking your voice 1:41 When you ask Google a question, these recordings are automatically saved to your Google account. While the recordings are only accessible by you, they may include some private information you don’t feel comfortable having in the cloud. There’s no reason to panic. It’s easy to access and delete recordings, …

Most 3D-printed objects aren’t exactly cuddly. They tend to be made of hard plastic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, however, can print model horses with braidable tails, troll heads with brushable hair and wizards with long, lush beards. The concept for 3D-printing hair was inspired by those tiny strands you get when you pull a hot-glue gun away from a …

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Raise your hand if you’re a former Android user who now owns an iPhone instead. Those virtual hand-raisers are in good company, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who on Tuesday said 30 percent of all the iPhone buyers in the last fiscal quarter moved from an Android phone. That helped boost sales and earnings beyond expectations and marked the …

Where you listen and how noisy it is significantly changes the way you hear your music. Trains, buses, cars, planes, etc. are far from dead quiet, and you’ll never — even with the best noise-canceling headphones — totally block out all the noise, just some of it. So the quieter, more subtle details of the music will be obscured by …