You may have seen news from the US and UK about telcos offering Wi-Fi calling. In the UK, phone network EE has just started offering the service, while in the US, T-Mobile has had a similar service for a number of years. But what is Wi-Fi calling and what’s happening around it in Australia? To …

Anthony Padilla (left) and Ian Hecox have amassed more than 4 billion views of videos on their Smosh YouTube channel. YouTube YouTube will invest more money in the people who have built up big followings on the site, paying creators Smosh and the Fine Brothers to craft new series and creating feature films. Google’s site is the undisputed king of …

Google Editors’ note, April 28, 2015: This post has been updated with details on new cards added to the Google app. Your favorite Android apps have teamed up with Google Now. The Google-powered personal assistant, built into the Google app, now shows special cards from the apps installed on your phone. In a recent update, Google added support for 70 …

The LG G4 uses a Snapdragon 808, a small step down from the Snapdragon 810. Sarah Tew/CNET Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line Snapdragon 810 chip has had a rough start since it hit the market early this year, with Samsung dumping the processor from its flagship Galaxy S6 and persistent rumors that the chip overheats. With all that negativity surrounding the 810, industry …

Google Main Search, CC BY 2.0 Foxtel has called for the likes of Google, Yahoo and Bing to be targeted alongside ISPs under new site-blocking laws on the table in Australia. First introduced to Parliament last month, the site-blocking legislation allows rights holders to request that ISPs block overseas websites that “facilitate” piracy. Under the draft bill, rights holders can …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the last Uncarrier event in March. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile is almost certainly the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. That’s after the Bellevue, Wash.-based company on Tuesday posted first-quarter results that included adding 1.8 million customers in the period. The increase brought its total to 56.8 million, somewhat short of Wall Street estimates. In the previous quarter, …

Sarah Tew/CNET The LG G4 is a significant improvement over last year’s LG G3 in several key specs, and it comes with a subtly curved design that’s comfortable to hold. LG is going with plastic again for the frame of the G4, and the front looks mostly the same as the G3, but the back of the handset will offer …

A cash-back service like Ebates can help you get a lower final price on Mother’s Day gifts. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Mother’s Day is looming large on the calendar — it’s May 10, in case you’re wondering — so any gift shopping better start soon. Flowers? Please. They’re overpriced, ephemeral and done to death, don’t you think? To really show …

Loop has raised about $30 million since its founding in 2012. Loop Commerce You probably haven’t heard of Loop Commerce, but the startup already has the attention of many bigwigs in the online payments and retail world. The online gift-giving company said Tuesday it’s raised an extra $16 million from PayPal and executives from Amazon, Facebook and elsewhere to help …

Sarah Tew/CNET It’s extremely early days for the Apple Watch, and there are already 3,000 plus apps on the App Store. These apps span nearly every territory and category, and many big-name brands. It’s an amazing launch effort for a new smartwatch. And yet, many of these apps that I’ve tried (60 or so, admittedly, not 3,000) have a common …

Nate Ralph/CNET Intel’s Compute Stick has tablet-grade hardware, and offers steady HD streaming performance in a package not much bigger than Google’s Chromecast. The hardware’s inability to serve up a steady Bluetooth connection while on Wi-Fi is going to be a deal-breaker for most, but pop in the USB receiver for a wireless device and you’ll get a flawless experience …

The market for education IT products and services is more than $20 billion, with Amazon, Apple and Google all vying for a piece of the space. Boston Globe via Getty Images Amazon’s efforts to grow in education look to be paying off so far. Since the company in 2012 started offering Whispercast — a free service for schools to distribute …

Gett began life as GetTaxi, backed by a fleet of London’s iconic black cab taxis. Gett Taxi app GetTaxi is changing its name to Gett and hitting the road for all sorts of services, bringing you everything from takeaways to dry cleaning. Launched in 2011 in Tel Aviv and London as GetTaxi, Gett is a smartphone app and website that …

The new Starbucks S’mores Frappuccino with cookie straw. Are you salivating yet? Starbucks Edible straws made of cookie dough? That’s one way to keep all those plastic straws out of the landfill. Starbucks released a new drink on Tuesday, the S’mores Frappuccino, and just in time for the super-sugary drink’s release, the company is debuting a super-sugary cookie straw you …

Always remember to remove your wearable before performing this test. Blendtec Some marketing gimmicks die hard. But with the release of the Apple Watch, which got delivered to customers on April 24, blender maker Blendtec and the “Will it Blend?” guy are back to put the watch through a torture test that’s more of an execution. It’s hard to tell …