Try an iPhone dance game, get a free iPhone case

Jamo is a Wii-style dance game that uses your iPhone as the controller. Of course, as everyone famously knows, it’s all too easy for a handheld controller to get a little, er, out of hand. That’s why developer Vimo Labs has put together this special offer, exclusively for CNET readers: You can get a free …

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Google, Samsung diss MicroNokia in China

Google and Samsung have taken to the China Ministry of Commerce to express concern over Microsoft’s impending $7.5 billion acquisition of Nokia, a new report claims. The companies went before the Ministry of Commerce recently to say that the acquisition could give Microsoft too much control over the patent market by taking on Nokia, which has a massive patent portfolio, …

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The Fix: Optimize your smartphone

Now playing: Watch this: The Fix: Optimize your smartphone 12:39 Welcome to the second episode of The Fix! This is CNET’s newest show, and each episode revolves around ways to make the most of the technology in your daily life. This episode will change how you use your smartphone. They’ve become an indispensable part of our lives, and when they …

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Volvo taps Apple CarPlay for XC90

Volvo wasted no time getting to the starting line with Apple’s CarPlay. Apple early on Monday unveiled CarPlay, its new system for integrating the iPhone into people’s dashboards and driving habits. With a CarPlay-enabled iPhone plugged into their rides, drivers will be able to use Siri or the car’s touch screen to search maps, play music, and answer phone calls …

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The ‘all

Though we’ve nearly one month to go before HTC unveils the “all new” HTC One, we may have to act surprised on March 25 at the rate that the leaks are leaking. Related stories: HTC’s next flagship will launch on March 25 Three things I hope to see at HTC’s March 25 event HTC exec: We want to make a …

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HTC One KitKat upgrade suspended in UK due to difficulties

The HTC One got the upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat in the UK last week, but now HTC has put the rollout on hold. It appears there are some gremlins in the system, though HTC wouldn’t say exactly what the issue is. It tweeted: “We’re aware that some users are having issues with the 4.4 update. As a result, all updates have been …

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US sues Sprint for allegedly overcharging on wiretaps

Sprint has come under fire from the US government over claims that it tacked on excessive charges for court-ordered wiretaps. The government filed a complaint against Sprint in US District Court in San Francisco on Monday. The complaint says that government agencies, like the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, were allegedly overcharged $21 million for wiretaps by Sprint. “Sprint …

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Samsung Galaxy S5 to ship with oodles of freebies

Now playing: Watch this: Feature-packed Galaxy S5 scans prints, heart 2:07 Samsung is sweetening the pot for people who want to get their hands on the Galaxy S5. The Korean electronics giant on Monday announced that Galaxy S5 customers will be able to enjoy “free, long-term subscriptions and premium” access to several applications when they pick up their handsets in …

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Verizon revamps prepaid wireless offer with new AllSet plans

Good news for the Verizon faithful. Verizon Wireless has simplified its prepaid pricing options and made the offer more flexible. Instead of offering different tiers of service, Verizon now offers prepaid smartphone customers a single $45 a month plan that comes with unlimited voice minutes and text messaging plus 500MB of data. Customers who want more than 500MB of data …

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Nokia X rooted, gets Google Play access and Google Now

Well that didn’t take long. Nokia only launched its line of Android-powered phones at Mobile World Congress this week, and someone has already rooted one of them. The Nokia X runs a forked version of Android, so you can’t gets apps from Google Play, or use the Google Now personal assistant. Until now, that is. Someone with the username Kashamalaga …

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Samsung’s new Chromebook to get leather makeover?

Samsung appears to have a new Chromebook in the works that sports the company’s new trademark faux leather cover. Images tweeted by @evleaks shows what appears to be a Chrome OS-powered notebook featuring a back wrapped in textured fake black leather and framed by stitching on the edges, much like last year’s Galaxy Note 3 and the recently announced Black …

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Google Glass updates slow down ahead of KitKat upgrade

Google took a break from its monthly update cycle for the Google Glass Explorer Edition, saying it’s working on a bigger change to the 4.4 KitKat version of Android. Google’s Teresa Zazenski announced the change on the private forum for owners of the electronic eyewear, according to Glass Almanac. Google didn’t want to publish an update that “isn’t ready for …

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TEST Pandora is growing up, and it smells like teen spirit

Pandora turned 13 this year. An identity crisis would be right on time. But the operator of the Internet’s biggest radio service seems to know exactly what it wants to be when it grows up. Its dream: become an advertising-powered heavyweight, holding its own against any of the radio giants that, for now, gorge on the lion’s share of the …

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Do you have a problem with clutter?

Are people more obsessed with reducing clutter now than they were in times past? A mastering and recording engineer friend recently told me he was selling off all of his CDs and LPs, and from now on Spotify would be his only music source. I was taken aback by that remark; this man has spent his entire working life making …

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