Lollipop, where are you? Google Android phone makers and carriers are filling up more devices with KitKat. Lollipop? Not so much. In its latest Android Developers Dashboard posted earlier this week, Google revealed a 39.1 percent market share for Android 4.4 KitKat. Specifically, that percentage reflects the Android devices that visited the Google Play store …

LAS VEGAS — ZTE and Alcatel OneTouch have a lot in common. ZTE’s Grand X Max will head to AT&T’s prepaid arm, Cricket Wireless. Josh Miller/CNET They both focus on selling affordable smartphones. They concentrate on prepaid customers. They’re both growing at an impressive clip. And as Chinese companies operating in the US, they’ve both flown under the radar. Now …

Supply and demand are only now syncing up for Apple’s iPhone 6 line. CNET Those of you who order an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus via Apple’s online store will no longer face any wait time before it ships to your doorstep. Apple’s online store in the US shows every variety of the new phone now in stock, including …

Enlarge ImageThe LG G Flex 2 was the top smartphone of CES, but that isn’t saying all that much. Josh Miller/CNET LAS VEGAS — Where have all the smartphones gone? Because the world’s major phone-makers certainly bowed out of CES 2015. Smartphones at CES 2015 All the smartphone news from CES 2015 LG Displays prototype one-ups the Samsung Galaxy Note …

Darkside Ollie has turbo tires for making its way around rougher terrain. Sphero Editor’s note: this contest closed at noon ET on Monday, January 12. Congratulations to Robert V. of Carlsbad, N.M., for winning a Tokyo Flash Kisai Vortex wristwatch in last week’s giveaway, and to Brian K. of Romulus, Mich., for winning a Blast Motion Blast ActionCam the week …

Box CEO Aaron Levie at BoxWorks 2013 in San Francisco. Donna Tam/CNET Data-storage service Box is back on track with its initial public offering after months of delays. The company on Friday filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that it could offer as many as 14.4 million shares when it goes public. The company has yet to …

Ooma What’s better than one deal? Duh: five deals! I couldn’t settle on just one today, and for reasons you’ll understand shortly, many of these items felt more like bonus deals — hence another fabulous five-deal Friday! 1. Uma? No, Ooma! It’s the rare product that gets universal praise from Cheapskate readers, but the Ooma Telo is one of them. …

Enlarge ImageTo set themselves apart, phones this year at CES added compelling features to their front-facing cameras. CNET LAS VEGAS — Although phones have had self-portrait camera lenses for a decade, only in the last year or so has the “selfie” risen to the forefront of popular culture. Undoubtedly, some of that is due to social media networks, which make …

Tim Cahill scores one of the 2014 FIFA World Cup’s most stunning goals in the match between Australia and the Netherlands. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Australian Tim Cahill’s World Cup wonder goal was the biggest moment in 2014 for 4G fans as EE added nearly 6 million customers to its super-fast LTE network. Of the 5.7m 4G customers added in 2014, …

Sarah Tew/CNET LAS VEGAS — The marketing departments at major TV makers love their buzzwords, and none more than Samsung. The world’s biggest TV maker and dominant force in 4K UHD sales bet big on a confusing array of new terms at CES 2015, beginning with S(don’t-call-me-Super)UHD . Other TV makers joined in too, adding HDR, pixel splitting and numerous …

Now playing: Watch this: The most innovative computers of CES 2015 18:22 LAS VEGAS — The halls and hotel suites of CES 2015 provided a huge number of noteworthy new computers, thanks to the introduction of new components, innovative new materials, and new ideas for how to make and sell PCs. Leading the charge was Intel, with its long-awaited fifth-generation …

Now playing: Watch this: Dish launches new Internet TV service with Sling TV 2:45 LAS VEGAS — Home video at CES 2015 wasn’t so much about the hardware as what you can watch on it, how much it will cost, and whether you can drop your cable subscription. For the past few years as more online services deliver shows, movies …

Uber sees demand for rides slowing during the winter months and hopes to counteract that with price cuts. Uber Car-hailing company Uber has cut fares in 48 cities across the US starting today and has offered its drivers a guarantee that the cuts won’t eat into their earnings. Uber, whose app connects those looking for a ride to drivers who’ve …

The 4G version of the Redmi Note will soon be available in Indian carrier Bharti Airtel’s stores. CNET In a bid to expand its reach into the Indian retail market, Xiaomi has taken to selling its smartphones through offline channels in India territory, in tandem with its online retail strategy. According to Reuters, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 4G handsets with 4G …

Everyone thought HTC was crazy when it launched the Re camera. Turns out, it was all part of a bigger plan. CNET LAS VEGAS — The HTC Re camera was just the beginning. The Taiwanese company used CES 2015 to quietly share its future plans for more devices like the Re, and others besides. HTC isn’t pulling back on its …