Nicole Cozma/CNET Whether you’re installing a lot of applications, drivers or just want to recover file system changes, you’ll need an available restore point to make it happen. Unfortunately, as PCWorld points out, Windows is a bit relaxed with restore point creation, leaving you with data from last week, when you really need data from …

ROK Mobile plans include access to 20 million songs. Screenshot by Scott Webster/CNET A new speciality mobile carrier has entered the scene. ROK Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that piggybacks on Sprint and T-Mobile, announced its $50 wireless prepaid bundle. Related Links Cricket’s Deezer music partnership rises from the ashes of Muve Music Sprint Prepaid adds rollover data, with …

Foxconn could bring production of Apple devices to India. Apple The back of your iPhone may soon read “Assembled in India.” Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that assembles Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad, could be opening a new plant in India, according to Reuters. Foxconn will scout out a location in a month, Subhash Desai, Industries Minister of …

BlackBerry CEO John Chen presenting at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Sarah Tew/CNET BlackBerry may be looking to Google’s Android operating system to power an upcoming smartphone. The struggling smartphone maker could run Android on an “upcoming slider device” that will likely be released this fall, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources “familiar with the matter.” The smartphone would, according …

Oculus unveils consumer ready Rift headset Now playing: Watch this: Oculus unveils consumer ready Rift headset 3:12 A closer look at the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch Now playing: Watch this: A closer look at the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch 1:07 Oculus Touch controllers get your hands into VR games Now playing: Watch this: Oculus Touch controllers gets your …

Meh Here’s the problem with Sphero, the smartphone-controlled ball: It’s really cool, but once the novelty wears off, well, now it’s just a ball sitting idly in the corner. Ah, but if you make like Make magazine’s Christian Paulsen and hack your Sphero to become an adorable “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” BB-8 droid, now you’ve got something cooler than …

The sharp-looking Millennium Falcon multitool TheFowndry We don’t normally promote products that are hunks of junk on CNET, but when we do, we’re usually talking about something based on Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon freighter from the “Star Wars” universe. UK-based retailer TheFowndry is now accepting preorders for a multitool that looks exactly like the Millennium Falcon, though fortunately on a …

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Over at Ghacks, Martin Brinkmann discovered by way of a tweet from Google Photos that the unlimited storage option of Google Photos is not applied retroactively to any photos and videos you may have previously uploaded to Google Drive. And I can add from my own experience that this policy also applies to any photos you …

Now playing: Watch this: What to watch online this weekend 1:37 There’s some fun stuff landing on Netflix this week. On Friday, June 12, you’ll be able to marathon season 3 of “Orange is the New Black.” For Marvel fans, the second season of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” joins Netflix’s catalog June 11. Outside of Netflix, we found a few …

Nicole Cozma/CNET Medium is a website that lets users read and share their thoughts on nearly any topic. The rules for writing on the site are brief, and the guidelines for content are fair. With an iOS app publicly available, it’s no surprise that the company is now working on an Android version. As AndroidCentral points out, the app is …

Twitter is adding a new feature to block multiple users engaging in abusive behavior on the social network. Twitter users can now block out accounts of abusive users and share the list with others. Twitter The microblogging service said Wednesday users will now be able to share block lists with other users who may be being harassed by the same …

Windows Insider app. Jason Cipriani/CNET Microsoft has made Windows 10 Mobile available for those who like to live life on the bleeding edge of tech and help troubleshoot issues found in the upcoming operating system. The Insider Preview is a beta of what will eventually make its way to consumer devices when it’s released this summer, but you can use …

Microsoft is giving offices a big reason to upgrade to Windows 10. The company is gearing up to sell giant Surface Hubs for conference rooms, replacing the need for most gadgetry typically used in meetings. Meanwhile, Samsung wants to wow retail stores with its transparent and mirrored screens, and a company called June is adding cameras to your cooking : …

Share Internet from your iPhone using Apple’s Continuity feature for Mac and iPads. T-Mobile’s iPhone customers have one more goody to anticipate with the release of Apple’s iOS 9 . The carrier announced on Wednesday that Continuity will soon work on T-Mobile’s cellular network. Introduced with iOS 8, Continuity — a feature that can sync things such as Notes, Web …

Matt Elliott/CNET Tired of staring at Half Dome? If you’ve been using the default wallpaper for OS X Yosemite (or any wallpaper, for that matter), you can trade your current view of Half Dome for a stunning vista of El Capitan. Apple won’t release OS X 10.11 El Capitan until the fall (after a public beta in July), but the …