It may be true that 4K panels are now here, but the greatest complaint about the new resolution standard has been the lack of content. (Credit: Netflix) In the US, Sony was selling proprietary 4K material but, other than some YouTube clips, that was the only consumer 4K content and it only worked with Sony …

Microsoft The “Game of Thrones” season four premiere is now being used as a tool to promote HBO to non-subscribers on the Xbox. HBO is offering free access to the “Game of Thrones” Season 4 premiere starting today on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, the company announced on Tuesday. The deal will be available through April 14, and be …

The Samsung Galaxy S5 bumps up the Galaxy S4 on almost every front and includes a fingerprint scanner. Josh Miller/CNET Unless you were dead-set on a metal chassis and futuristic features, then Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is an excellent successor to the Galaxy S4 in the evolving Galaxy S line. We’ve taken a close look at phone’s new fingerprint scanner and …

Now playing: Watch this: BlackBerry Diaries: day one 1:36 I’d expected setting up the BlackBerry Q10 to be a fairly long and involved process. I was half right. It was long, but only because of the time I needed to download the major OS updates that had occurred since the Q10 phone hit the market. But it certainly wasn’t that …

April rules? Josh W/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Phones in class can be more irritating than the students. Not only do they ring, but students surreptitiously peek at them, poke at them, and generally find them far more interesting that the person standing at the front, spouting alleged truths. Stephen Barrows, an economics professor at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, …

LAS VEGAS — The broadcasting industry’s top lobbyist said he’s tired of his industry playing second fiddle to broadband in the eyes of the Federal Communications Commission. And he called on the agency to show its support for the industry through policies that promote the future of TV broadcasting. NAB president and CEO Gordon Smith NAB Speaking at the NAB’s …

Steve Matteson Sarah Tew/CNET As gadgets get smaller, and mobile manufacturers find new ways to shrink their devices to fit on a user’s wrist, people like Steve Matteson are focused on keeping said devices as usable and readable as possible. Matteson, who serves as the creative type director at Monotype, has designed many of the digital fonts you’ve seen every …

A Lyft driver displays the service’s iconic pink mustache on the grill of his car. Lyft Lyft appears to be upping the ante in the competitive peer-to-peer car service game. The company announced Monday that it started testing lower prices in all cities it services — some cities will see price drops of up to 20 percent. “We’re excited to …

The Acer Iconia A1-810 offers a nice monochromatic design, but it’s a bit on the thick side. DealFisher Well, cheeps, I must apologize. On Friday I told you about Best Buy’s trade-in deal, which promised a minimum $100 credit when you surrendered your old Windows XP machine. I first learned of this from the Los Angeles Times, then connected with …

Cover Twitter has acquired Cover, the Android-based app that allows users to create customizable lockscreens for their devices. Cover, which was co-founded by Gmail product leader Todd Jackson, along with Edward Ho and Gordon Luk, announced the news on its blog on Monday, saying that the fit seemed right with Twitter. “Twitter, like Cover, believes in the incredible potential of …

U.S. Cellular adds trio of no-contract plans U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular is the latest US carrier to introduce a number of new options and incentives on Monday designed to compete with T-Mobile’s industry-transforming pricing structure. Related Links Samsung Galaxy S5 comes preloaded with antitheft features for Verizon, U.S. Cellular Sprint dangles a familiar carrot with Framily Switching Bonus Boost goes …

Verizon’s flagship store in Minneapolis. Verizon Cincinnati Bell on Monday said that it had entered into an agreement to sell its spectrum assets to Verizon Wireless in a deal valued at $210 million. The deal effectively means Cincinnati Bell will cease its wireless operations, although it will continue to operate for eight to 12 months from the signing of the …

The Covr iPhone case lets you snap photos without drawing attention. Covr They say you can’t observe something without altering things, so the Covr iPhone case makes it possible to snap photos without being too obvious about it, with a much easier one-handed grip than the regular phone. The iPhone case contains a prism lens that means you can snap …

iOS 7 arrived on the iPhone 5S and 5C late last year. Apple If you’re not using iOS 7 yet, you’re in the extreme minority. About 87 percent of Apple mobile users have downloaded the company’s newest operating system for iPhones and iPads, the company said on its developer site Monday. The figure is up from 83 percent a month …

StoreDot, an Israel-based startup, is developing a technology that promises to charge your smartphone battery in 30 seconds. Just don’t expect to get your hands on it anytime soon. StoreDot on Monday unveiled its battery-charging prototype at Microsoft’s Think Next Conference in Tel Aviv. The company showed how its technology can be used to fully charge a nearly empty Samsung …