Did Uri Geller really cause this iPhone to bend? Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET Lines outside Apple Stores on September 19, and early sales numbers in the days following, indicated great excitement for the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. So great was that enthusiasm, contends psychic Uri Geller, that it could …

The Matchstick hopes to convince developers and consumers alike that its open streaming Internet and media platform is more desirable than the Chromecast. Matchstick Mozilla is expanding beyond its Firefox browser and trying its hand in the suddenly hot streaming video business. Its take: the MatchStick HDMI streaming stick, which will sell for a limited time through Kickstarter at a …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Sony’s Xperia Z2 may have only gone on sale in April, but that hasn’t stopped the company from working on its successor. The Z3 has just gone on sale in the UK and some local pre-orders start on October 1 — although there’s a strangely staggered rollout and Sony hasn’t actually given a firm release date. Optus, however, …

Matt Elliott/CNET With iOS 8, Apple has opened its famously closed ecosystem a bit, allowing developers to create app extensions that hook into Apple’s own apps. Yesterday, I covered how to set up photo-editing extensions that let you use the edit tools of third-party photo apps without leaving Apple’s own Photos app where all of your photos reside. Similarly, iOS …

Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET A fitness band without the band? That’s the lofty goal of Jawbone’s new Up app, which tracks your diet, activity, and sleep, all without the need for additional hardware. Well, you need a smartphone, of course. Specifically, you need an iPhone (the Android version of the app still requires the Up wristband), preferably an iPhone 5 …

The always on top option is basically a way to pin a window in front of all others, even when it is not in focus. While this feature is most common in media player apps, you may want to use it elsewhere, like a document editor or second Web browser. The How To Geek recently shared a post about the …

An Android Police render of the upcoming Nexus 6 smartphone. Android Police Google’s next flagship smartphone will, in fact, be called the Nexus 6, and it will come from Motorola. At least, that’s according to a new Android Police report. Related Links Motorola ‘Shamu’ rumored as the Nexus 6 Report: Motorola to launch 8 more smartphones this year How the …

The LG G3 joins its fifth US carrier. Andrew Hoyle/CNET U.S. Cellular is ready for a status update. It may not carry the LG G3 flagship smartphone yet, but that will change in October. The regional carrier will sell the G3 for $99.99 with a two-year contract, and for $20.84 per month for 24 months, with $0 down. This latter …

I recently covered an extension that will automatically mute background tabs in Chrome, keeping them from distracting and annoying you. However, as Ghacks.net points out, Chrome has added a developer feature that will let you mute tabs natively. This means you don’t need a third-party extension to get this feature. For now, the mute button feature is only available in …

Online auction house eBay said Tuesday it plans to split its PayPal unit into a separately traded company next year. PayPal and eBay are going through a separation. eBay The separation will bring in two new leaders. Devin Wenig, eBay Marketplaces president, will become the new CEO of eBay. Dan Schulman, president of the American Express Enterprise Growth Group, will …

Ubisoft Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed offerings for mobile have, to date, focused on different gameplay styles in the Assassin’s Creed universe: Memories, a collectible card game; and Pirates, focused on real-time/turn-based hybrid maritime battles. These are now joined by a third title, soft-launched in Australia and New Zealand and coming to the rest of the globe in 2015: Identity, the first …

Update (09/29/2014): Google Voice is now integrated into the Google Hangouts app and supports WiFi calling. For more information, please see this post. Google Voice allows you to give out one number to reach all of the phone numbers you’re using at a given time. The ability to schedule “quiet time,” and organize contacts into caller groups really make Google …

The E Fun Nextbook 7 is surprisingly decent for a $79 tablet, but there’s one frustrating issue. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET If you’ve ever shopped for a sub-$100 tablet, you know the drill: weak processor, limited storage, old version of Android, and so on. In exchange for that double-digit price tag, you have to make a lot of compromises. That’s …

The invite to Sony’s October 9 event. Sony Sony’s upcoming “Demand Great” event will feature several products — if newly released videos are any indication. Sony published nine videos to its Xperia YouTube channel on Monday, showing off everything from the flagship Sony Xperia Z3 to remote play for the PlayStation 4 to the SmartBand Talk wearable fitness tracker. The …

The HTC One Remix is but one of multiple versions of the flagship smartphone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET HTC could be readying a 5.5-inch version of its One M8 flagship smartphone after all, according to a new rumor. Chinese website MyDrivers.com says that the device may be here before the year is out. Related Links HTC One M8 sees ‘fading sales’ as …