The Dell Precision M3800 laptop workstation now comes with Thunderbolt 2 ports and a 4K display. Dell Dell, trying to curry favor with video editors who are more likely to use a MacBook, updated its M3800 workstation on Tuesday with a super-high-resolution 4K display, a faster Thunderbolt 2 connection and more capacious storage options. In …

The metal design of the Galaxy A5. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET A double-helping of phone news for UK shoppers this morning — two new Samsung smartphones have been given UK release dates, while Amazon tries a radical move to drum up sales of its Fire Phone. The Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 , both of which have metal frames, will hit shop …

The number of people accessing Facebook over a mobile device keeps climbing. Facebook’s mobile users are checking in, uploading photos and liking posts at record rates. And that, in turn, is attracting advertisers who pushed up Facebook’s revenue and profit. The world’s largest social network said nearly 84 percent of the 890 million people who used its service daily did …

Apple rolls out its latest update to iOS 8 to squash a few bugs. Apple Apple rolled out an update to iOS 8 that resolves bugs and paves the way to a smoother updating experience. Launched on Tuesday, iOS 8.1 .3 fixes programming glitches that prevented users from entering their Apple ID password for Messages and FaceTime, caused the Spotlight …

Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET You just can’t keep an inventive mind down. Su Daocheng — a 60-year-old retiree from Shiyan in the eastern Hubei province of Central China — spends his spare time inventing things. You know, just normal things, like you’d find in any garage — like a helicopter designed for the road or a mechanical elephant. His latest …

Amazon will launch a corporate email and digital calendar service to rival Outlook and Gmail, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The new service, called WorkMail, is powered by Amazon’s cloud-based computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company plans to price WorkMail competitively with Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s business-oriented services, which also include programs like word processing and …

ZTE goes after a younger crowd with its Blade S6. ZTE What has eight cores and is made by ZTE? The company’s latest smartphone, the 4G LTE-equipped Blade S6. Powered by Android 5.0, it’s a cost-conscious attempt to attract the younger user base. Related Links ZTE woos US consumers with cheap new phablet Why ZTE and Alcatel are smartphone makers …

Maybe you wouldn’t really want it in there, but it gives you an idea as to the size. DailySteals When it comes to high-priced tech brands like Beats, Bowers & Wilkins and Monster, my usual (internal) response is, “Uh, no thanks, I’m not stupid.” I’m not going to pay $250 for a pair of headphones when a $50 pair will …

Ask, and Siri answers. But just how much info will she give a stranger? Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Suppose you’re strolling through the park one day (say, in the merry, merry month of May) when you spot a phone lying in the grass. Upon closer inspection, it’s an iPhone — and, like all phones should be, it’s locked. Now what? …

Apple’s larger-screen iPhones seem to have gotten the company back in the game in a big way. CNET Looks like it’s neck and neck between Apple and Samsung in the race for smartphone champ. And Apple’s got momentum on its side. The Cupertino, Calif.-based iPhone maker saw its share of the global smartphone market grow to 20 percent in the …

Quality Time for Android. Nicole Cozma/CNET It’s easy to get caught up using the many apps you have installed on your Android phone or tablet. Whether you’re catching up on news across the globe, texting friends or playing a game…ever wondered how much time you spend looking at the screen? Quality Time by ZeroDesktop, Inc. — which was recently recommended …

Apple scored a new world record in quarterly profits, thanks in large part to the iPhone 6. CNET Apple now holds the world record in corporate profitability. On Tuesday, the iPhone maker reported December quarter earnings of $18 billion, or $3.06 a share, up from $13.1 billion, or $2.07 a share, a year earlier. Analysts had been looking for earnings …

This teen is not amused by the VexBox. VexBox This is how I imagine the conversation would go between a parent who has just installed a VexBox and that parent’s teen: “Have you cleaned your room yet?” “No, mom. I’m video-chatting with my friends online.” “Oh, yeah? How does it feel to video-chat with them like it’s 1998? Clean your …

Lori Grunin/CNET Well, I had my doubts as to how popular a phone case that works with only two lenses (thus far) could be, but color me wrong. Moment’s Kickstarter for its first case — iPhone 6 -only, at the moment — zoomed past its $100,000 goal in just one day. I did get to see the prototype in person …

You’ll have more money for flowers and chocolates when you take advantage of Motorola’s Valentine’s Day promotions. Sarah Tew/CNET Motorola is ready to fight for love — consumer love, that is — with some Valentine’s Day promotions that begin next week. Starting February 2 for a span of 12 hours, you can score a promo code that slashes $140 off …