Taylor Swift is getting back together with Apple. The artist announced she is putting her hit album “1989” on the subscription streaming service. So why stream with Apple Music and not Spotify or Tidal? Because it feels right in the gut, she tweeted to her legion of followers. (And the fact that now she’ll be …

The One M9 and its predecessor, the M8. Can you tell them apart? Andrew Hoyle/CNET HTC, after roughly two years of nearly identical smartphone designs, could be ready to start anew. More specifically, HTC may be set to launch a new line of devices. According to once-prolific Twitter source Evan Blass (evleaks), HTC will introduce an “Aero” model in the …

Google’s new Bookmark Manager interface. Nicole Cozma/CNET Update, June 24, 2015: Google recently reverted to the original bookmark manager by default. If you’d like to try out the enhanced one described in this post, you’ll need to visitchrome://flags/#enhanced-bookmarks-experiment to enable it. Back in May, Google was testing a new bookmark feature it called Stars. Unfortunately, the feature didn’t go public, …

Noble Savant in-ear headphones Noble The Noble Savant universal-fit headphone’s sound compares with or exceeds some of the best and much more expensive custom molded headphones. The Savant sound has an open, spacious quality that’s rare for in-ear headphones, which tend to keep the soundstage inside your noggin. The Savant doesn’t. My review sample, finished in rather plain looking black …

Polaroid Polaroid got a lot of attention last year for its Cube camera , a tiny square Full HD camera that was little more than a lens with a power/record button. With a camera this small — it measures 1.4 inches (35mm) square — there is no room for a screen to see what you’re shooting or even just to …

Lexus wants to take us “Back to the Future” with that tantalizing and much-dreamed-about transportation device that always gets heart rates soaring — a hoverboard. The Japanese carmaker released a short promotional video of what it’s calling a “real, rideable hoverboard” to its YouTube channel on Tuesday, ever so briefly showing off the prototype to the world. The clip begins …

You can now take a virtual trek up El Capitan. But watch out if you’re afraid of heights. Google El Capitan is not just the name of Apple’s next version of the Mac OS. It’s also a rugged real-world site you now can explore virtually thanks to Google’s latest Street View tour. To capture the 3,000-foot ascent up El Capitan, …

Now playing: Watch this: Never lose a tab in Google Chrome again 2:07 The introduction of tabbed browsing made it really easy to check lots of things at once, but sometimes even the best of us get tab-happy. This can lead to a lack of productivity because more time is spent hunting for a tab than doing actual work. Google …

Microsoft Office makes its way to Android phones after arriving first on tablets. Microsoft Don’t own an iPhone or Windows Phone, but rely on Microsoft’s Office for writing, building presentations and crunching numbers? No problem. Microsoft’s venerable suite of applications, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, is finally making its way onto smartphones powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, Microsoft …

It’s a Festivus for the rest of us, or at least those of us who subscribe to Hulu. Hulu Hulu subscribers can now hang out with Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer, at least online. As of Wednesday, anyone who pays the $7.99-per-month price tag to subscribe to Hulu can stream all 9 seasons and 180 episodes of the hit ’90s …

The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition, on sale in Europe, is the latest device to bring Ubuntu to a smart phone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET If you fancy trying out the latest Ubuntu phone, you’ll have to wait until your number comes up. In a rather novel sales tactic, the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition will be available tomorrow in an unusual origami-based lottery. …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touts the Messenger app, now rolling out to anyone with a phone number. James Martin/CNET Soon, Facebook Messenger might be known simply as “Messenger.” That’s because the world’s largest social network announced on Wednesday that users in select countries can access the popular mobile app even if they don’t have a Facebook account. The Menlo Park, …

Right out of the box, Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo speaker — which was previously available by invitation only, but is now on sale to the general public — can perform some pretty cool tricks. Indeed, once you start asking the Echo’s virtual assistant Alexa to do stuff — start a playlist, read some news, check the weather — you’ll wonder how …

Image by CPOA, CC BY-ND 2.0 This week, one of the most significant pieces of anti-piracy legislation in recent years passed through Parliament, allowing rights holders to force ISPs to block overseas websites on a court order. The “Online Infringement” Bill has been labelled a win for Australia’s creative industries and rights holders, but critics have slammed it as “a …

Narwhal Bacon Box Subscription boxes are all the rage nowadays, bringing themed mystery goodies to your door every month. Snacks, teas, pet stuff, beauty products, gamer gear — there’s a box for just about everyone. And, now, there’s one for self-proclaimed Internet geeks as well. (Needless to say, that description got my attention.) For a limited time, Cheapskate readers can …