Google X chief Astro Teller, speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival, said his lab’s Project Loon is capable of steering Internet-connectivity balloons to within a couple hundred yards of a target. Joan E. Solsman/CNET NEW YORK — Google may be able to pinpoint the location of its stratospheric Internet balloons with military precision, but it …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Three has confirmed that the 5.5-inch Honor 6 Plus Android phone will be hitting the UK from 1 May. It will come at the reasonably affordable price of £299 on pay as you go, as well as being available on a range of contracts. The cheapest deal is £24 per month, with a £19 up-front charge — this …

Millennial habits, such as preferring streaming to regular TV, spurred programmers to loosen the reins on online television options. Getty Images/Blend Images All of you who pined for HBO to launch an online subscription service, like its new HBO Now, can thank millennials for making that happen. The younger viewers are, the more likely it is that they will prefer …

Now playing: Watch this: How to talk, text and emoji like Dick Tracy on your Apple… 3:16 The Apple Watch handles a lot of communications. You can make phone calls, you can send and receive texts, and yes, you can even doodle or send your heartbeat. Apple Watch’s communication skills have their advantages, but also some limits. Here’s how to …

Astell & Kern AK240 (left), Chord Hugo (center), Audeze LCD-XC (right). Franklin Williams When Franklin Williams was still in college, he bought a pair of Etymotic ER-4S in-ear headphones that forever changed the way he listens to music. He still listened to speakers, but headphones connected the musical dots better, so then he bought Grado, Sennheiser, Shure, and Ultimate Ears …

iD is a new mobile network from Carphone Warehouse. iD/Carphone Warehouse Can I see some iD? There’s another new player in the UK mobile industry as Carphone Warehouse reveals its 4G mobile network iD, with some help from Three. Launching in May, iD offers 12-month contracts, 4G LTE data and free roaming. The first phone on offer from the network …

What the future of Amazon deliveries may look like. Amazon In case receiving your purchases at your doorstep within an hour isn’t convenient enough, Amazon now has a new answer: deliveries to the trunk of your car. The Seattle e-commerce giant said Wednesday that it’s starting a small test program in Germany — along with German delivery company DHL and …

LG Smart TVs have been dumb about updates for years, but LG’s Web OS looks to change that reputation a little. The company has confirmed to CNET that its 2014 Web OS 1.0-equipped TVs, including sets like the 55EC9300 OLED, will be updated to version 2.0 of the operating system. The new version “will include all the significant 2015 features …

ZEISS Batis 1.8/85 Zeiss Zeiss adds another couple of fast Sony full-frame E-mount lenses for the A7 series, its first FE-mount models with autofocus designed and produced by Zeiss. Launching the new Batis line, the two weather-sealed fixed focal-length lenses also sport a novel OLED display on their barrels. The $1,300 ZEISS Batis 2/25 is a 25mm f2 based on …

Insteon I’ve never really felt the need to “smarten” my home, especially if it means installing a bunch of sensors and whatnot. However, I will say that my Venstar smart thermostat is just about the best thing ever, so maybe I need to rethink all this. And here’s a deal I’m thinking strongly about: Today only, and while supplies last, …

Matt Elliott/CNET Not surprisingly, the editing tools in Photos for Mac are similar to what you get with the Photos app for iOS. If you look just below the surface, however, they are greater in number, giving you greater control over your photos on a Mac than you get on an iPhone or iPad. As with the iOS app, Photos …

Google’s new wireless service will have you thinking differently about your phone plan. Project Fi from Google takes a different approach to mobile service. It switches between Sprint and T-Mobile networks, as well as Wi-Fi hotspots — depending on which is the better connection. The tech behind it may sound complicated, but the pricing is straightforward and simple: customers are …

Now playing: Watch this: Google wants to be your wireless carrier 1:23 Google wants to be your wireless carrier. The search giant on Wednesday announced its long-anticipated wireless service in the United States, called Project Fi. Google hopes to stand out by changing the way it charges customers. Typically, smartphone owners pay wireless carriers like AT&T and Verizon a bulk …

Tiko 3D Among the possible reasons 3D printers aren’t yet household items: most are seriously lacking when it comes to decor-friendly design, and most have price tags that range from $500 to several thousand. The Tiko is a Kickstarter-fueled 3D printer with an early-backer price tag of $179. But just as surprising as the price is the design: It more …

Matt Elliott/CNET In my experience so far, Photos for Mac feels snappier than the sluggish iPhoto that preceded it. A large library like mine, however, can still be a drag on the Photos app, slowing down performance to the point where a quick edit in theory becomes frustratingly laborious in practice. If you have divided a large photo library into …