A look at Top Tracks in Your Network on the Spotify app for Apple’s iOS. Spotify Music-streaming service Spotify is making it a bit easier for its users to find out what their friends are listening to each day. A new feature, called “Top Tracks in Your Network,” has been rolled out to Spotify apps …

OnePlus For months now I’ve been referring to the OnePlus One as “the best smartphone you can’t buy.” Now, you can buy one: as part of special holiday “offer,” the company is selling the One without the need for invitation. Golly, thanks, OnePlus! If it sounds like I’m poking a little fun, it’s because I am. The One debuted back …

Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra at the company’s Beijing HQ. Aloysius Low/CNET Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has confirmed that it will be suspending sales of its handsets in India. The company had been served with an injunction by the Delhi High Court for infringing on Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson’s patents. Higo Barra, Xiaomi’s global vice president, said in a Facebook letter that …

Guest Mode lets Android users access your Chromecast without Wi-Fi credentials. Screen shot by Scott Webster/CNET Google’s popular HDMI media device, the Chromecast , gets even better today with a new software update. Related Links Google puts itself front and center on Chromecast Google Chromecast review Chromecast adds Showtime Anytime, Starz and new party games First shown at Google I/O …

United Airlines will equip more than 23,000 flight attendants with Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus. United Airlines United Airlines is giving iPhone 6 Plus smartphones to 23,000 flight attendants in a major enterprise rollout of Apple’s big screen devices. The airline said it will begin distributing the handsets to staff during the second quarter of 2015. The iPhones will be used …

Uber Despite repeated warnings from local government, Uber Korea has ended its trial run and begun offering UberX as a paid service, according to local reports. For the past three months, UberX was offered to customers as a promotional free service in Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Government, however, warned the company that as soon as Uber went commercial, it would …

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft is cutting the cost of an Asus Transformer hybrid notebook/tablet as its 12 Days of Deals special for Thursday. The Asus Transformer Book T100TAF normally sells for $329. But the holiday deal slashes the price by $80, to $249. The Windows 8.1 computer is available through Microsoft’s website now and at Microsoft retail outlets when …

Broken, but kind of artsy, no? Lori Grunin/CNET My CNET colleague Ben Rubin recently toured a Verizon lab where the company tosses phones around to see how much abuse they can take and still keep working. Remember the last time you dropped a smartphone or tablet 2 feet down onto the pavement? We’re betting it wasn’t part of a lab …

Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET If you’ve decided to live your computing life within the confines of Windows 8’s Start screen (rather than on the more traditional Desktop), you may have noticed something missing: a battery gauge. You could chalk this up to oversight on Microsoft’s part, except that Windows 8.1 didn’t add the feature, either. If you want to check …

Martin Logan Neolith speakers Martin Logan Last Friday I attended a press preview for the new Martin Logan Neolith electrostatic speaker at the Stereo Exchange store in New York City. It’s a statuesque beauty, standing 74.8 inches tall (190cm), and weighing an impressive 385 pounds (174kg), the Neolith is a force to be reckoned with! Decked out in brilliant Rosso …

Netflix original “Marco Polo”. Phil Bray/Netflix With the exception of a possible 200,000 people accessing the streaming service through VPNs, March 2015 will be the first time that Aussies get to experience Netflix and, more importantly, the Netflix recommendation engine. Netflix is extremely proud of the algorithms that power the shows it recommends to you. When talking about the Australian …

Smartphones — better than beer? Sarah Tew/CNET Some people like to drink, but that doesn’t mean it’s as important to them as surfing the Web from a mobile device. In a study released Wednesday by management-consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, 58 percent of respondents said that they would rather ditch booze for a week than their mobile Internet access. Nearly …

Google plans to shut down Google News in Spain in response to a new law that requires payment for links to content. CNET Google plans to discontinue offering Google News in Spain in response to newly passed legislation that imposes fees on content aggregators for using local publishers’ content. The search giant announced in a company blog post late Wednesday …

The issues of Net neutrality are tangled, messy and contentious. Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images Sixty companies involved in building the Internet’s backbone cautioned US government officials Wednesday against placing stricter rules on broadband Internet providers, saying such a change would bring a huge drop in investment for infrastructure projects. The Federal Communications Commission is working on new guidelines for how broadband …

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note regularly sells out in India. Aloysius Low/CNET India may be Xiaomi’s biggest market outside of China, but the Chinese smartphone maker is reportedly facing some issues. According to a report by SpicyIP, Xiaomi has been served with an injunction that prohibits the sale, advertising, manufacturing and import of devices that infringe upon the telecom giant Ericsson. The …