Uber has an opportunity to gain some goodwill during a big blizzard hitting the Northeast. Uber As New York City and the US Northeast hunker down for a nasty snowstorm, on-demand car service Uber is getting a chance at a bit of redemption. The company on Monday reminded New York users that during the storm …

The new BBC Taster lets you try out some of Auntie’s weird and wacky experiments for yourself. BBC The BBC wants to give you a say on how it spends your license fee on new and interesting ideas. BBC Taster is a new website where you can take a look at the experiments being tried by the BBC, then say …

LG’s dual-curve display takes the industry’s curved-screen innovation a bend further. Screenshot by Lori Grunin/CNET Smartphone innovation isn’t dead, but in the conventional sense — where radical shifts in hardware and software dramatically change how you use your phone — it’s hugely stalled. We’ll continue to see occasional wild card efforts that triumph or tank, like the Samsung Galaxy Note …

Facebook Facebook already has an app for nearly everything, and in this past week it’s released one dedicated to emerging smartphone markets. Called Facebook Lite, this free, slimmed-down app takes up just 252KB of space on your phone, perfect for lower-end Android models with limited storage. Related stories Facebook supports 4.5 million jobs worldwide, social network says Facebook promises fewer …

QD Vision Quantum dots. I don’t think there’s been a cooler name for a TV technology ever. What they can do and how they work is even cooler. The claim, by nearly every TV manufacturer at CES this year, is for better, more lifelike color. Some also talk up improved efficiency — better brightness for the same power — which …

CNET Facebook is the latest social-media company to face trouble in Turkey. Following an order by a Turkish court, the popular social network has blocked pages considered insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, The New York Times reported Monday, citing a company employee with direct knowledge of the matter. The court on Sunday threatened to ban access to the entire site …

AT&T is bulking up in Mexico. AT&T AT&T isn’t wasting time establishing a foothold in Mexico. The second largest wireless carrier in the US by subscribers said Monday that it had entered into a deal to acquire the wireless business of NII Holdings, which operates as Nextel Mexico, for $1.875 billion, excluding outstanding debt. NII Holdings, which runs Nextel operations …

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which went on sale in September, have been helping boost Apple’s financial results. James Martin/CNET Just how jolly was Apple’s holiday quarter? If the latest Wall Street estimates are accurate, the answer is “very.” When it comes to the consumer electronics giant’s financials, all eyes will be on the iPhone. The Cupertino, Calif., company …

Matt Elliott/CNET If you have moved away from iTunes and toward streaming services for your digital media consumption needs, it may be time to double back to iTunes, or at least stop by once in a while. After removing the free Single of the Week from iTunes at the beginning of this year, Apple today added a new section titled …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has refashioned his company as a cheaper option to the bigger carriers. CNET T-Mobile is trying to make it easier to buy a high-end smartphone, even without a subsidy. The wireless carrier on Sunday came out with a new program called “Score” that could let its customers unlock deals on every smartphone the company sells. Here’s …

The wingsuit pilots in training over Toogoolawah, Australia. Paul Tozer “The first time I’m going to see the Grand Canyon is when I fly over it!” Dr. Glenn Singleman exclaimed when I asked if he’d need to study the landscape of his most challenging wingsuit flight yet. In April, Singleman and his team will attempt the first wingsuit flight over …

Is this iPhone 6 running on a Samsung processor? CNET Though bitter rivals, Apple and Samsung are showing no signs of scrapping their relationship in the mobile chip business, according to a new report. Samsung, which builds consumer electronics as well as processors, will provide 75 percent of the chips that Apple will need in its next iPhone, South Korea-based …

Cablevision will sell the Motorola Moto G with Wi-Fi calling. The service is set to launch in February. Cablevision Cable giant Cablevision plans to take on cellular providers with an upcoming all-Wi-Fi mobile phone service, the company announced Monday. Dubbed Freewheel, the Wi-Fi-only service will allow people to place calls, send text messages and surf the Web whenever they’re connected …

The Nexus 6’s dimple was supposed to house a fingerprint sensor. Josh Miller/CNET iPhone maker Apple is to blame for the Nexus 6 smartphone missing a fingerprint sensor, according to the former CEO of Motorola. Dennis Woodside said in an interview published Monday in the UK-based Telegraph that Motorola — which co-developed the Nexus 6 with Google — had plans …

Nate Ralph/CNET Microsoft’s consumer devices are starting to show signs of life. The company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings posted Monday indicate that its consumer businesses are consistently growing. Its Lumia phones are selling better than ever and Surface, its tablet line, is officially a billion-dollar business. Though these divisions are still nowhere near as large as Microsoft’s software, servers and Internet …