Jason Cipriani/CNET Night mode is becoming a somewhat popular feature in apps and on devices as of late. When enabled, night mode basically inverts the colors on your screen, going from bright colors, to more subtle, or darker colors. The purpose is to make looking at a screen in a dark room easier on your …

New Gmail features reportedly being tested. Geek.com The Gmail mobile experience may soon become much cleaner and more user-friendly, according to a new Geek report. Related stories Gmail: Encryption is now mandatory Clean up the look of Gmail with Gmelius Gmail on iOS just got a lot faster Details obtained by the tech site suggest Google may introduce a host …

While Microsoft was making plenty of noise about its new Windows Phone 8.1 update at Microsoft Build overnight, some of the more unique selling points won’t be making their way to Australia until next year. Microsoft Australia has revealed that it’s new Siri-esque Cortana voice assistant won’t be in Australia this year. One of the key features highlighted at Microsoft’s …

Cortana won’t reach Asia till 2015. James Martin/CNET The latest Windows Phone 8.1 update will make its way to most Windows handsets in the new few months. But if you live in Asia, chances are that some of the more exciting features, such as the Cortana virtual voice assistant, will be missing. This should come as no surprise to most …

The Galaxy S5 Mini may sport a better screen than last year’s model. CNET Samsung reportedly has beefed up the screen quality for the next Mini version of its flagship phone. The as-yet-unconfirmed Galaxy S5 Mini will sport a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1,280×720 pixels, blog Sammobile said Wednesday, citing information from insiders. If true, the …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Lori Grunin/CNET T-Mobile hit reverse on its plans to completely kill off its corporate discount program, allowing current subscribers to keep their existing rates. T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a blog post on Wednesday that anyone enrolled in the Advantage Program before April 1 would be able to keep their plan as long as they …

The TomTom Runner Cardio sports watch with GPS and heart rate monitor. TomTom If you have your finger on the pulse of technology, you know smartwatches and fitness trackers are running riot right now — and the new TomTom Runner Cardio GPS sport watch includes GPS and a heart rate monitor to give those other gadgets a run for their …

Nothing like a free endorsement, is there? David Ortiz/Twitter No one takes a selfie just to take a picture of themselves. Selfies exist to be displayed and disseminated. They are, in their way, self-regarding as well as selfless. When Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with Hollywood stars during the Oscars, she broke the retweet record. President Obama wasn’t happy about …

Australian startup Pocketbook has built an app for Google Glass aimed at helping you manage your money during your day-to-day life. (Credit: Pocketbook) Pocketbook for iOS and Android is the best budgeting app we’ve seen — intuitive, practical and customisable, it allows you to manage your budget with ease. It’s a masterful piece of app design. But the company wants …

Josh Miller/CNET Following an absence of some months, Google’s popular Nexus 10 tablet will soon be back on sale, according to Google Play. The 16GB version of the 10-inch device was listed as ‘out of inventory’ back in October, Phandroid wrote, while the 32GB version also went out of stock, but did make a return in early February, according to …

VP of Kindle Peter Larsen on stage at Amazon’s video event. Sarah Tew/CNET Amazon unveiled new video-streaming hardware on Wednesday, a move that pits it against market leader Roku and Apple TV in a fight to be the entertainment engine in consumers’ living rooms. The Fire TV device costs $99 and features 2 gigabytes of RAM, Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth remote, …

Hulu Hulu might be known as a home to recently aired television episodes, but the company is now looking to eat Netflix’s lunch, according to a new report. Hulu on Wednesday will announce a multiyear deal with Comcast’s NBC Universal and 21st Century Fox that will see the streaming-video service get its hands on past seasons of some of the …

CNET Update is fired up: Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Fire TV heats up battle for living room 2:54 In this episode of Update, get a quick breakdown of the features in Amazon’s Fire TV set-top box . It may not be the cheapest choice in streaming video and music to your television, but it does have plenty of perks …

The backside of a Blackie Pagano guitar amp. Blackie Pagano Vacuum tube technology goes all the way back to the first decade of the twentieth century, and tubes were integral to the development of radio, television, home/professional audio, radar, telephone networks, medical test instruments, and early computers! The transistor was invented in the late 1940s, but widespread use was only …

Barry Diller, chairman of InterActiveCorp and a major shareholder in Aereo, says the TV-streaming service’s future relies almost entirely on the US Supreme Court. Later this month, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over whether Aereo should be allowed to stream over-the-air digital streams of broadcast signals and charge subscribers for access to its service. If the Supreme …