The YouTube app will no longer be accessible on certain older devices. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Google is nixing support for its YouTube app for certain older devices, including TVs and Blu-ray players, iPhones and iPads, and devices that run older versions of Google TV. Fans of YouTube can access the popular video service through …

SiliconDust SiliconDust was a cord-cutting pioneer before it was fashionable. And now the company is taking to Kickstarter with a software update that adds additional TV-recording features to its line of networked DVRs. The company currently offers a trio of HD HomeRun video streamers, which make antenna- or CableCard-based TV programming available on PCs or mobile devices. But the new …

Lightroom 6 can combine three shots at different exposures into a single high dynamic range (HDR) shot at right. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Adobe’s photo editing and cataloging software now gives photographers new ways to merge multiple shots into one. More and more, photos can be transformed into something beyond the single frame you first snapped. Adobe Systems’ new version …

Chrome for Android can push notifications to mobile users. Screen shot by Scott Webster/CNET You’re already used to your mobile apps pushing notifications to your smartphone or tablet, but how about your browser? A new feature in Chrome’s Android browser lets third-party websites alert device-owners to breaking headlines or new content, maybe even deals. Related Links Google search has a …

Verizon may not have added as many new wireless customers as some analysts predicted, but the company slowed the number of customers leaving its service in the first quarter of 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Last quarter Verizon began showing vulnerability to the aggressive pricing and marketing tactics of its competitors. But for the first quarter of 2015, the nation’s No. …

This concept imagines all new ways to control the iPhone. ADR Studio It was only a matter of time before the Apple Watch inspired some far-out concept videos for new Apple products the faithful would like to see. Strangely, the arrival of the company’s first signature wearable has inspired the below bizarre take on an iPhone 7 that borrows the …

Is your website mobile-friendly? Google is setting some new standards you’ll have to meet. Google Google is making changes to the machinery of its mobile searches that will reward websites deemed mobile-friendly and penalize those that are not. As of Tuesday, Google is updating the way it looks at the design of mobile websites as a way to determine how …

OnePlus For much of 2014, I referred to the OnePlus One as “the best smartphone you can’t buy.” Because despite promises to the contrary, the company continued to sell it mostly by invitation only. Now, at long last, the OnePlus One is available to the general public and will be for good. Buried within that same announcement: news of its …

Tech companies will soon be competing for talent with a new player in Silicon Valley: the Department of Homeland Security. During a speech today at the security-focused RSA Conference in San Francisco, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that his department is opening a cybersecurity office in Silicon Valley. And Johnson wasn’t coy about why: he wants to tap …

Various Camara Modes on the Galaxy S6 Jason Cipriani/CNET Typically when a new smartphone launches, the camera is an integral part of the product’s announcement. Manufacturers all claim to have the best photo quality, and various shooting modes. It’s nice to have a revamped camera app with each new hardware release, and if we’re lucky we’ll see minor software improvements …

Alex Komoroske, senior product manager for Chrome’s open Web platform, speaks at Google I/O 2013. Stephen Shankland/CNET A Google project called Fizz is beginning to pop, letting programmers make Web apps on mobile devices livelier and easier to use. The Android version of Chrome 42, released last week, brings some new Fizz features to better match what’s possible with native …

Image by Nicolas Raymond, CC BY 2.0 “Pirate sites are a sleazy neighbourhood which our children go to and they are selling hardcore pornography and scams such as party pills and steroids.” That’s according to the head of Village Roadshow who has thrown his support behind new anti-piracy legislation put forward to allow rights holders to petition for the blocking …

Now playing: Watch this: How to navigate the Apple Watch in 10 helpful moves 3:00 The Apple Watch is a completely new product for Apple: not just because it’s a smartwatch, but because nearly everything it does feels and works a little differently than the iPhone, iPad or Mac. There’s a touchscreen, but it doesn’t have pinch-to-zoom: it’s pressure-sensitive instead. …

Google announced new updates to Android Wear, including Wi-Fi capability. Sarah Tew/CNET Google wants to make smartwatches less dependent on smartphones. For now, to use most smartwatches, you need to connect the device to your smartphone and keep your phone nearby. That’s no longer going to be necessary for wrist-worn devices powered by Google’s Android Wear software, the company said …

If you’re crafty, good with power tools and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, you can build your very own BB-8 droid from “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” for just $150 (about £100, AU$190). Related Links Star Wars droid BB-8 is real, powered by Sphero ‘I got my heroes back’: Why the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer made …