The author wearing the 16Lab concept ring. CNET TOKYO — While our wearable devices are getting smaller and smaller, our fingers haven’t followed suit. Interacting with tiny devices via touch has its limitations, as anyone who’s tried scrolling on a smartwatch or Google Glass can tell you. Gesture control has been proposed as a logical …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Prior to the release of the iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus, the iPhone captured video in a suitable 30 frames per second (FPS). With the launch of Apple’s latest smartphones, the company opted to enable full 60 fps recording capabilities. By default, both new models are set to record in the traditional 30 FPS arrangement. With a …

A map showing mobile coverage black spots reported by members of the public. Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET When it comes to black spots in mobile coverage, Victorians appear to be the worst off with complaints about patchy coverage in that state far outstripping mobile coverage problems across the rest of Australia. That’s according to a new black spot map, released …

Sprint’s new lineup of wireless plans aims to stop the erosion of its customer base. Sprint Sprint is trying to woo more business customers with a wireless plan it claims will save them as much as 56 percent in costs compared with the competition. Announced on Tuesday, the new Sprint Business Share Plans will give businesses with up to 50 …

This screenshot from the remake RealMyst captures the island. Cyan I still remember playing Myst for the first time. Originally released for Mac in 1993, it was a revelation in gaming. There was no combat, just a battle of the mind as you worked through a series of puzzles while surrounded by a surreal and beautiful world. It would be …

Samsung’s new services business will help enterprise customers with their tech problems. Samsung Instead of partnering with a big services company to help business users, Samsung has decided to go it alone. The South Korean electronics giant on Tuesday unveiled its first entrée into services, called Samsung 360 Services for Business. The operations will allow it to support enterprise customers …

Twitter is suing the US government in federal court to loosen restrictions that prevent full disclosure of government demands for Twitter user data. The suit, filed by the San Francisco-based social networking company in the US District Court of Northern California, says that US government prohibitions on sharing the nature of some of its demands for Twitter user data violate …

Apple Apple users don’t seem to be in a big rush to install iOS 8, which was released September 17. As of October 5, Apple’s App Store Distribution page showed adoption of iOS 8 at 47 percent. That’s a mere one point bump from the 46 percent seen on September 21. That sliver of growth over a two-week period is …

The HTC Desire 612 is an entry-level smartphone housed in a plastic shell. Verizon Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that its next smartphone, the HTC Desire 612, will grace its network later this week. The entry-level handset is a variation of the Desire 610 and is akin to an HTC take on the Moto G LTE . Related Links HTC …

Did Lego get away with murder when it rejected this set idea? flailx/Lego Ideas You know you’ve crossed the threshold of the pop culture elite when you or your characters have been re-created with a variety of multicolor interlocking plastic bricks. Yes, I mean the Lego treatment. To help keep up with the public’s demand for seeing their favorite sci-fi, …

Nvidia Gaming laptops have come a long way in the past few years, from big bulky boxes that could barely play new games to slim, powerful rigs that can pump out high resolutions and fast frame rates. But even the best gaming laptops perform well behind midlevel gaming desktops, which have more powerful CPUs and GPUs. Nvidia hopes to close …

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET An eBay seller who was trying to hawk an alleged iPhone 6 prototype has terminated the auction with no sale and no explanation. Put up for auction late last week, the phone was apparently an iPhone 6 still running in developers mode. The eBay seller kimberlyk1018 — identified by CNET as Alex Kantor — said he …

Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET ABC’s dedicated 24-hour news channel was knocked off the air yesterday after the broadcaster’s Sydney studio fell victim to an “IT security issue” caused by ransomware. According to a statement from the national broadcaster, ABC News 24’s broadcast was affected for roughly half an hour yesterday, causing an interruption to the station’s live news programming. “There …

Airbnb San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has approved a controversial proposal that legalizes short-term rentals of private residences, clearing the way for online platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO to be used legally within the city. Passed Tuesday evening by a board vote of 7 to 4, the so-called Airbnb law allows property owners and tenants to use websites to …

LG (Screen Image: Geoffrey Morrison) We’ve been saying for a while that OLED TVs offer the best picture quality ever , with infinite contrast ratios and perfect black levels that put plasma and LCD to shame. We’d worried that 4K/Ultra HD OLED would be too expensive to bring to market, but LG did it anyway. So now that we have …