Now playing: Watch this: Surface on the sideline: how tablets work at an NFL game 3:14 It’s starting to get pretty cold for a lot of NFL teams. Rainy, too. I entered MetLife stadium and stepped onto the damp FieldTurf on a Monday night that dipped into the low 40s, in the middle of unexpected …

Apple’s iPhone 6 is now more readily available. CNET Want to order an iPhone 6 through Apple’s website? You now have to wait just a few days for it to ship, assuming you don’t need the highest-capacity model. Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus order page in the US now shows a ship time of three to five business …

Microsoft has officially exited the Nook e-reader and tablet business. Barnes & Noble The joint venture between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble designed to revive the ailing Nook Media business is unraveling. The companies announced Thursday that B&N will buy out the Windows maker’s stake in Nook Media — the corporation jointly owned by Microsoft and B&N — for $62.4 …

Matt Elliott/CNET Many times I encounter an interesting but long article on my iPhone that I want to read later on my iPad or laptop. Since my browser bookmarks are a mess and I have not committed myself to a read later app, I usually just email myself the link. If you share my disorganized reading habits, then I have …

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Mozilla has dumped Google in favor of Yahoo as Firefox’s default search engine in the US. If you’ve been using and enjoying Google search, the previous default, in Firefox then you’ll need to dig into settings to change it back. And while you’re rummaging around in Firefox’s search settings, there are a few other search options …

Google Android 5.0 Lollipop has apparently begun its worldwide tour to reach owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S5. Released by Google on November 3, the latest flavor of Google’s mobile operating system is now available for the GS5 in Poland, blog site SamMobile said Wednesday. Poland has been used by mobile device makers as a starting point to test out new …

Apple’s new iPhone 6 handsets. Apple The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have delivered a huge surge in sales for Apple globally, according to a new report. For the three months ending in October, Apple’s share of smartphone sales in Europe rose by 5.7 percentage points from a year ago to 20.7 percent courtesy of the new iPhones, market researcher …

This tweet shows Johnathan Nightingale, vice president of Firefox at Mozilla, standing in front of a photo of an iPhone at the company’s Mozlandia event. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Mozilla apparently is trying anew to gain a browser foothold on iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhones and iPads. Johnathan Nightingale, vice president of Firefox at Mozilla, told Mozilla …

Intel and Luxottica plan to come out with their first product in 2015. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Intel on Wednesday revealed a new partnership with Luxottica Group, the largest eyeglass makers in the world, to develop new eyewear using wearable technologies. The multi-year research and development collaboration hopes to create both “fashion-forward” and high-tech premium, luxury and sports eyewear. The alliance’s …

Nicole Cozma/CNET Android 5.0 Lollipop, a month out the door, is getting its first bug-fixing update. Image files pushed out by Google onto its Android Open Source Project page and its Factory Images for Nexus Devices page show a 5.0.1 update for the latest flavor of the search giant’s mobile OS. So far, the 5.0.1 images appear for these devices: …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Remember when Android lacked the basic capability of capturing a screenshot? It was puzzling, if not maddening for users. With Android 4.4 KitKat Google introduced the ability to record the screen of an Android device, though it was far from user-friendly. But with Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google has made it possible for apps installed on a device to …

The new YotaPhone 2 boasts a low-power screen on the back as well as the usual LCD touchscreen on the front. Andrew Hoyle/CNET The people who brought you the phone with a screen on the back are having another crack: the YotaPhone 2. Russian broadband provider Yota makes a range of smartphones, but the YotaPhone series is distinguished by its …

Best Buy Not every room demands — or even accommodates — a big TV. A den, dorm room, bedroom, or similarly smallish space would benefit from something, well, smallish. Like this: Today only, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the Insignia NS-28D310NA15 28-inch HDTV for $129.99. Shipping is free, though you’ll likely be on the hook for sales tax. …

Tommy Hilfiger It’s happened to the best of us: you’re out and about, just doing you thing, when your phone/tablet/iPod/handheld gaming system runs clean out of power. And sure, there are a bunch of products on the market to help you out in these situations — but most of them are an extra device that you have to remember to …

Samsung going even thinner with rumored Galaxy A7. Screenshot by Scott Webster/CNET The rumored Samsung Galaxy A7 could be the company’s thinnest handset to date, if the latest rumors prove to be accurate. Related Links Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3: Sleek, slim, fully metal (hands-on) Alleged Samsung Galaxy A series pricing, availability leak online Five ways Samsung can overhaul its …