Apple unveiled its latest iPhone ad during the Stanley Cup. Apple Apple may not be ready to track your health with HealthKit quite yet, but it wants to remind you how the iPhone can already help you get fit. The Cupertino, Calif., company on Wednesday released the newest TV ad in its “You’re more powerful …

Now playing: Watch this: LG updates L series with Android KitKat trio 1:45 Prepaid carrier Cricket Wireless announced today that it will be offering the LG Optimus L70 beginning on Friday, June 6. Priced at $99.99 without a contract, the device will be sold for $49.99 at launch for a limited time, after users send in a mail-in-rebate. Related stories: …

Sarah Tew/CNET The entire nation of the Central African Republic is now completely closed to text messaging, according to the AFP news agency. The ban comes during an especially bloody week for the war-torn country. The order to forbid texting was handed down by CAR Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke and relayed by the country’s telecommunications ministry. “The use of any …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Instagram made a name for itself by letting users apply filters to their photos, which in turn drastically changed the look of the photo. It caught on because it made anyone feel like a professional photographer, even if the photos weren’t all that good. As more people started using the service, the approach of applying a filter and …

The HP Pro X2 612 was unveiled at the Microsoft keynote. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — As part of its keynote presentation on day two of Computex, Microsoft’s VP of OEM partners Nick Parker showed off two previously unseen Windows devices. The HP Pro X2 612 was the first reveal — a 2-in-1 “designed from the ground up for business”. …

Microsoft’s Nick Parker at Computex 2014. Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — Could HTC be heading back into the world of Windows? That’s certainly what Nick Parker, Microsoft’s VP of OEM partners, was suggesting during a Microsoft press conference here at Computex. “I’d love to break some news here if I could,” said Parker in response to a question about manufacturing …

Quickflix Quickflix has bolstered its content offering with a new distribution deal that will see episodes of shows including “Mad Men”, “Weeds” and “Orange is the New Black” available on the streaming service. The shows come as part of a new deal with international entertainment company Lionsgate, which holds distribution rights to the shows, as well as films such as …

The buffer screen on Yuri Victor’s screen. Yuri Victor Netflix is alerting its viewers whenever its picture quality slows down through no fault of its own. Late on Tuesday, Vox Media designer Yuri Victor posted to Twitter a photo of a Netflix screen with a message about a buffering interruption to a video stream. The message wasted no words about …

Netflix The battle between Verizon and Netflix has gotten uglier, as Verizon fires back over Netflix’s claims that carrier’s network has caused problems with streaming video. Earlier on Wednesday, CNET reported on an image posted to Twitter by Vox Media designer Yuri Victor showing a Netflix screen with a message about a buffering interruption to a video stream. The message …

Glance Instead of a smartwatch, what about taking your existing watch and smartening it up a bit? That’s an interesting proposition, in theory. Glance, by Kiwi Wearables, is trying to do that with its new Bluetooth accessory, which launched its own Kickstarter campaign today. It works with iOS, Android, Windows 7 or Mac via Bluetooth LE (with aims for Blackberry …

The HTC One M8 in Glamour Red and Amber Gold. Verizon Big Red, meet Glamour Red. And also Amber Gold. Related Links HTC One M8 review The inside story of the HTC One M8 HTC says One M8 momentum still strong Starting June 5, Verizon will sell the HTC One M8 in these two new color options. The exclusive red …

I, for one, welcome our new butterfly overlords. O2 A series of robot butterflies have been constructed from bits of old mobile phones, in a bid to promote recycling — and to remind puny humans never to build a race of deadly mechanical insects. Robot butterflies are built from bits of old phones (pictures) +6 more See all photos The …

Samsung showed off a prototype Tizen TV at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco. Nate Ralph/CNET And so Samsung’s big Tizen push begins. The Korean electronics company, which earlier this week unveiled a new smartphone running the open-source operating system, on Tuesday showed off Tizen-based TVs, cameras, and wearables — some of these devices for the first time. The …

Razer Game controllers designed for Apple iOS devices have been around for half a year, and they’re still far from perfect. There are two different design types, they’re often expensive, and finding games that work on them still isn’t easy. But Razer, one of the most prominent makers of PC gaming accessories, hasn’t let that stop it from making the …

Ericsson Mobile data traffic is set to explode in the next five years as consumers add more devices to the mobile networks and operators deploy faster networks, according to equipment vendor Ericsson. The big news from the company’s most recent mobility report, published Tuesday, is that wireless operators throughout the world must prepare for a tsunami of data usage on …