Nine Entertainment has announced a major overhaul of its network, restructuring its HD broadcasting and pushing all its channels on to a new app that will offering both live-streaming and catch-up content for free. Until now, Nine has offered catch-up TV through its online streaming platform, 9Jumpin. But the network is now upping its game …

Spotify lets you do a great many things, but quickly assembling a playlist is not one of them. The playlist-creation process can be laborious, where you must add individual track after individual track. Sure, you can add entire albums to playlists, but who wants to do that? With MagicPlaylist, you can create Spotify playlists in a snap, while potentially discovering …

For my money, the Photos app for OS X improves upon iPhoto in and of itself. And you can make it even better with third-party editing extensions that bring the power of other editing apps inside Photos. The hardest part about using an editing extension for Photos is finding one. They are littered about the Mac App Store but I …

After the release of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan I’ve been asked a few times if it was possible to transfer content from Evernote into Apple’s revamped Notes app. And up until recently, I didn’t think it was. Then I stumbled upon this post on Yahoo Tech, where David Pogue walks through his reasons for ditching Evernote for …

The latest iPhones and devices from China’s Huawei were hot tickets during a near-record quarter for smartphone makers. Apple shipped 48 million iPhones worldwide during the third quarter, up 22 percent from the same period a year ago, while Huawei shipped 26.5 million smartphones, good for a leap of 61 percent, according to a report released Wednesday by market researcher …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Alphabet’s Project Loon is one step closer to taking flight. The project uses high-flying balloons to beam Wi-Fi access to remote areas of the globe. Alphabet, the new parent company of Google, said Wednesday it will begin testing the balloons in Indonesia. Alphabet is signing a preliminary agreement, known as a memorandum of understanding, with three …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Enlarge Image Ricoh If you want to print in color, inkjet printers have always been the necessary evil: They’re way less expensive than color lasers, or at least it seems that way until …

Poshmark is trying on brand-new threads. The e-commerce startup, whose app lets people sell used clothing for women, said Wednesday it has teamed up with more than a dozen apparel and handbag makers to expand from resale to retail. The new partnerships with brands, including Style Mafia and Snob Essentials, will allow Poshmark’s most successful sellers to purchase new items …

Mark Zuckerberg is determined to expand Internet access in India, and the rest of the world for that matter. The Facebook CEO repeated that ambition during a town hall meeting Wednesday at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. Zuckerberg told the audience of students and professionals that the social network’s mission is to make the Internet accessible to …

The Google Photos team last announced updates during the Nexus event in September, and now yet another feature is making its way to the app: hide specific people. According to Google, this feature will “Hide a person from appearing under People” and “… also prevents events with that person from appearing in ‘Rediscover this day’ cards in the Assistant.” Note: …

The use of smartwatches and fitness trackers will surely surge in the US in the coming years, but don’t expect anything like mass adoption. This year, around 39.5 million US adults will purchase wearable devices, a rise of about 58 percent from 2014, research firm eMarketer said Wednesday. The number of buyers will double to 81.7 million by 2018, it …

Samsung appears to be putting its smartphone sales woes behind it. The last two years have been rough on Samsung, which makes some of the most popular smartphones in the world but hasn’t managed lately to scoop up the same profits as competitor Apple, whose iPhones remain the benchmark for the industry. Part of Samsung’s problem is that it faces …

How do you get consumers interested in your aging smartphone franchise? Tying it to the biggest movie of the year (of the decade?) might be a good start. Verizon on Tuesday unveiled the latest additions to its Droid family of smartphones, the Droid Turbo 2 and the Droid Maxx 2, both from Motorola. The carrier will tap a licensing deal …

Google Keep lets you create notes, lists, and photos that sync between your mobile device and the Web. For organization there’s color-coding, reminders and labels. To build on all of these features, today’s update — spotted by AndroidPolice — brings the ability to add drawings to notes and lists, as well as annotation for photos. This step makes the most …

Interested in getting the new Apple TV? You can now preorder one at Best Buy. The retailer is offering the 32 gigabyte version for $150 and the 64GB version for $200. Clicking the preorder button gives you an option to pick up the Apple TV at your local Best Buy outlet or ask for it to be shipped to your …