David Singleton, director of engineering for Android Wear, says “thousands” of apps have been updated to support Android Wear. Stephen Lam/Getty Images MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In the market for wearable devices, Google is dressed and ready to go. Android Wear, which debuted in March as a modified form of Google’s smartphone and tablet operating …

It won’t be long before the iPhone 5S is supplanted by the iPhone 6. YouTube screenshot by CNET Apple’s iPhone 6 is expected to be unveiled next week, but the rumor mill continues to offer up hints of features that might appear in the next iPhone. A video published to YouTube on Monday by Russia-based YouTube user Rozetked claims to …

Celebrities have the same security tools we do, so technically, we’re all equally vulnerable. Sharon Profis/CNET A number of celebrities were targeted this week in an attack that exposed nude photos — some said to be real, others fake — stored in Apple iCloud accounts. Here’s what we know and what it means about your own cloud security. How were …

Siri on the left vs. Cortana on the right. YouTube/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET A new video spot from Microsoft plays up the advantages of both HTC’s new flagship phone and the Cortana voice assistant. Popping up Monday on YouTube, the 30-second spot starts off with the iPhone’s Siri singing “I feel pretty, oh, so pretty” before greeting Cortana and commenting …

Both smartphone and tablet usage are at all-time highs, but new data shows the tablet is still king among app spenders. In new research from Frank N. Magid Associates, smartphone use has hit a record high in the US, counting 71 percent of the population this year — up 10 percentage points from last year and up 40 points since …

This alleged sapphire iPhone 6 screen seems able to ward off a knife attack. Marques Brownlee/YouTube/Screenshot by CNET The much-rumored sapphire screen could pop up on the iPhone 6 after all, but only on the 64GB model. At least that’s the latest speculation from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Debate has surfaced as to whether Apple will upgrade the displays …

Open WebOS, the open-source port of the former Hewlett-Packard and current LG platform, has a new name. OpenWebOS is now LuneOS, the team behind the platform announced on Monday. The full name was previously “WebOS Ports Open webOS” — something that the group behind the mobile operating system said, “wasn’t very catchy.” OpenWebOS was an offshoot of WebOS, the mobile …

Boost Mobile is getting aggressive on pricing for a limited period of time. Josh Miller/CNET Boost Mobile is upping the ante on its prepaid wireless plans. The prepaid wireless service, a unit of Sprint, is cutting each of its month-to-month plans by $5 and is doubling the amount of data available for each plan. The promotion will be offered between …

Sony Curved TV screens may be an expensive gimmick that provide no overall benefit to picture quality, but that’s not stopping Sony from trying to sell them. The Japanese company debuted its new curved, 4K resolution TVs at the IFA show in Berlin. The UK model numbers are KD-65S9005B (65-inch) and KD-75S9005B (75-inch). Pricing was also announced at IFA and …

Sonos Sonos is finally cutting the cord. A software update (version 5.1) made available today for the multiroom streaming speaker system will allow customers to connect directly to a Wi-Fi network. That will all but eliminate the major caveat that has dogged Sonos since its debut: the fact that the “wireless hi-fi system” required at least one wired connection to …

The N1 Mini. Nic Healey/CNET Chinese manufacturer Oppo has launched a select range of its smartphones in Australia. This is Oppo’s first official move into a Western market with its phones. Four models are now available: the Find 7, The N1 Mini, the Find 7a, and the Neo 5. Michael Tran, head of marketing for Oppo in Australia and NZ …

Samsung will introduce the successor to the Galaxy Note 3, pictured here, during events in Beijing, Berlin and New York. CNET The stakes have never been higher for Samsung’s oversize Galaxy Note 4. While Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone franchises have duked it out for flagship supremacy, Samsung’s other marquee smartphone line, the Galaxy Note, has enjoyed the …

If you can’t beat ’em join ’em. For years, companies that have found themselves in second or third place behind market leaders have pushed bravely to create their own versions of the Apple or Android models — either by tightly integrating hardware and services, or by working with partners to develop a new spin. HTC President of Americas Jason Mackenzie …

Iliad founder Xavier Niel speaks in 2014. Stephen Shankland/CNET Iliad, a French company with growing businesses as an Internet service provider and mobile operator, said Monday it’s working with partners to make a more lucrative bid for T-Mobile USA. Germany carrier Deutsche Telekom wants to sell its majority stake in the US subsidiary but rejected a July 31 offer of …

FreeviewPlus Australia’s new HbbTV service FreeviewPlus has now officially gone live. The service integrates broadcast and catch-up TV services into a single interface, including an electronic program guide. The EPG can be browsed backwards up to seven days, with missed shows able to be launched via a catch-up service, such as iView or Tenplay, directly from the program guide. The …