In my ongoing search for useful apps to bring to your attention, dear reader, I often come across an iOS app while app hunting on my laptop while my iPhone is in the hands of one of my kids, charging after spending time in the hands of one of my kids, or otherwise out of …

Microsoft again has the Surface Book in stock for preorder but with long estimated ship times. Microsoft You can once again preorder a Surface Book through Microsoft but don’t expect it to land on your doorstep anytime soon. The Windows 10 laptop that turns into a tablet via a detachable keyboard is set for release on October 26. It has …

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 ImageA fraction of what’s included with the NYOP design bundle. In my previous work life (before I became the Cheapskate you know and tolerate), I was an amateur graphic designer. Mostly newsletter …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10 has a native feature that lets you record a video clip — of up to 2 hours — of your screen. But you may not have noticed this feature, because it’s hidden away inside the Xbox app. Called Game DVR, this feature is designed to record video game footage (you know, for your future YouTube/Twitch …

Enlarge ImageAlienware’s Steam Machine goes on sale November 10. Sarah Tew/CNET Valve’s Steam Machines are designed to bring PC gaming to the living room. Thanks to the company’s new, highly customizable Steam Controller, you won’t need to lug a keyboard and mouse to your couch to play PC games. And unlike Nvidia’s Shield Android TV , you won’t need a …

An update to the YouTube Gaming app means anyone can record and live-stream mobile gameplay from Android devices. YouTube YouTube is making it easier for people to record themselves playing every mobile game that has them hooked. People watch 144 billion minutes, or nearly 274,000 years, worth of footage depicting people playing video games on YouTube every month, according to …

Earlier this week, TechCrunch pointed out an important update Facebook made to its On This Day reminder feature. For the unfamiliar, every day Facebook will show you pictures and status updates you posted on that day’s date in prior years. There are times when the reminder of what you were doing one, two, or three years ago to the day …

Microsoft has apparently run out of preorder stock for the Surface Book. Microsoft Still thinking about preordering Microsoft’s new Surface Book? It might be harder than you thought. On the company’s website, clicking on all five flavors of the Surface Book now triggers the message “Email me when available.” That’s because preorder supplies of the gadget have sold out, Microsoft …

Who wants pizza? Uber Uber is going deeper into speedy deliveries, hoping to get you flowers, burritos and paper towels nearly as quickly as it can get you a ride. The San Francisco-based driver-hailing service said Wednesday it’s expanded its UberRush courier service to San Francisco and Chicago, after testing out the program in New York City for the past …

Netflix may get into the TV news business. CNET Netflix’s next chapter may be to take a page out of the television news magazine. The head of content at the streaming-video company, Ted Sarandos, said the likelihood that Netflix would compete directly with Vice in the next two years was “probably high,” speaking during a live-streamed interview to discuss financial …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET Last week Facebook released its Apple Watch app for Messenger. With the app, you can compose new messages, use stickers and send voice notes. Of course, the new functionality means you can now reply to messages from the watch. Facebook includes a six predefined text replies which can be customized to better fit your needs, here’s …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET There are some programs that you always run together. For me, it’s Google Chrome and Microsoft Word (hey, I’m a writer), for you it might be Skype and Steam. Maybe there are a few programs that you open every time you start up your computer. What if you could open multiple programs with just one (double) click? …

Enlarge ImageSamsung’s Z3 runs on homegrown software. Samsung Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its second phone powered by the company’s own Tizen software, an alternative that so far hasn’t made much headway against Google’s more widely used Android. The Samsung Z3 is due to go on sale in India on October 21 for 8,490 Indian rupees ($131), following the release of …

While political pundits gave former First Lady Hillary Clinton the victory in the first Democratic presidential debate, her main challenger, Bernie Sanders, was the clear winner on social media. The Vermont senator was the most mentioned candidate on Facebook and Twitter, according to social media analysis platforms Wayin and Brandwatch. He also was the most searched candidate on Google by …

Mobile-payments company Square on Wednesday revealed its plans to go public, putting in motion what should be one of the biggest and most-anticipated tech initial public offerings of the year. The 6-year-old maker of credit-card reading devices was expected to make such a move for months. Reports came out over the summer that the San Francisco-based company filed confidential paperwork …