Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Just a few years ago, much of what we did was soon forgotten. But thanks largely to social media, now we do. Misspelled Tweets, Facebook rants after you’ve had a bad day, and unflattering photos posted by your friends have made it difficult to manage your online reputation, especially when it’s archived …

Pandora’s app for Apple Watch will have track and volume controls. Pandora Pandora will let you control your tunes through Apple Watch with an app available at the launch of the wrist-worn computer. The first streaming-music service to announce an app for the device, Pandora said in a blog post that its Apple Watch app will provide a way to …

Rick Broida/CNET Nuvyyo’s Tablo DVR has long offered cord-cutters the means to record and view over-the-air broadcasts, but the viewing options were somewhat limited — especially if you wanted to watch recorded shows on your TV. There was a Roku channel, but with an interface that was a far cry from the traditional DVR. That changes today with the release …

Android 5.1 Lollipop is landing on the Google Play Editions of the HTC One M7 and M8. Nicole Cozma/CNET Owners of the Google Play Edition of the HTC One M7 and M8 should stay tuned for Android 5.1. In a tweet late Tuesday, HTC vice president of product management Mo Versi said that “approval for both M8 & M7 GPE …

Is the Apple Watch right for you? Before you visit an Apple Store to try it on Friday, learn all the ins-and-outs of this new gadget — and the apps — from CNET’s Apple Watch review . And of course Apple isn’t the only one making headlines. Google is working on something called GMeet, Skype can translate new languages, and …

Now playing: Watch this: Hide preinstalled apps on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge 0:50 Even though Samsung eased up on the amount of bloatware that normally accompanies its Galaxy phones, there are still plenty of preinstalled apps on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Some of them might be useful while other will just hog space in your …

Adobe’s new augmented reality color app, Project Candy, lets you grab color palettes from real life and apply them as looks to videos in Premiere or After Effects. It uses bubbles in lieu of a histogram to display color frequencies. Adobe In its annual NAB pilgrimage, Adobe once again lays out it slate of forthcoming updates to its Creative Cloud-based …

Cricket customers have new financing options for smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S6. Josh Miller/CNET Cricket Wireless became the first US carrier to give prepaid smartphone buyers the option to spread out payments over the course of several months. Related Links Amazon and Cricket Wireless team up to switch phones faster Why I ditched T-Mobile for Cricket Wireless AT&T …

Now playing: Watch this: A fingerprint trick on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge 1:02 You probably know that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge‘s fingerprint scanner lets you unlock your phone without a passcode. But there’s another, lesser-known way to use the fingerprint scanner: to log into websites. Note that as of now, the feature only works with …

Now playing: Watch this: Using the People Edge on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 1:28 Samsung puts the curved screen of the Galaxy S6 Edge to good use with a few special features. The one you’ll likely use the most is People Edge — a slide-out menu with five of your favorite contacts and shortcuts to call or text them. …

Sprint’s Apple smartphones now make calls over Wi-Fi. Sarah Tew/CNET If your iPhone’s signal is too weak to sustain a call, Sprint has the solution for you. On Wednesday, the carrier started rolling out Wi-Fi calling to four Apple iPhone models: the iPhone 6 , iPhone 6 Plus , iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C . Wi-Fi calling utilizes the wireless …

HBO’s purely online service, HBO Now, is available to Apple device owners and people who sign up through cable company Cablevision. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple TV and Cablevision customers are now able to follow the adventures of Khaleesi, Tyrion and the rest of the “Game of Thrones” crew without the aid of a cable subscription. HBO’s online-only streaming service, HBO Now, …

Ride is a new car-hailing app that caters to carpooling commuters. Ride Is there room for another ride-hailing startup? That’s what a new smartphone app called Ride is hoping to find out. It’s muscling into the increasingly crowded field of ride-hailing startups, dominated by Uber and Lyft, by focusing on carpooling, rather than replacing the taxi. Ride, which launched its …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Spring is finally here! In addition to nice weather, warm nights, and baseball parks filling up, it’s also time start checking off items on the honey-do list around the house. In addition to cleaning up some cobwebs, sit down with your iOS device and show it a bit of love as well. A few simple tweaks can go …

If you want to be among the first to own an Apple Watch, you should pre-order on Friday. You’ll need to make an appointment to get one in store when it launches on April 24. Friday is a big day for more than just Apple fans. The Star Wars movies will be sold digitally for the first time. CNET Update …