Apple has “big plans” for 2014. In a letter to employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook hints at the future, while also praising the “innovation” of the past twelve months including the iPhone 5S, iOS 7 and the new Mac Pro. “This holiday season, tens of millions of people around the world, from all walks of …

Hewlett-Packard has been talking about getting back into the smartphone game for over a year. Now, a new report on Monday suggests “phablets” could be the company’s way back into the mobile market. HP reportedly plans to introduce several 6- and 7-inch phablets, sources tell The Information (subscription required). The devices are said to be aimed at emerging markets and …

CyanogenMod, a version of Android popular among those unhappy with the operating system that came with their phones, has now been installed more than 10 million times. That’s according to the CyanogenMod statistics site, which tracks installations. CyanogenMod got its start as an enthusiast project built from Google’s Android Open Source Project — the public releases of Android’s source code, …

This past year was a busy one for the mobile market. And next year will likely be just as intense. Wireless operators were busy wheeling and dealing to get more wireless spectrum. And they were busy upgrading their networks to 4G LTE service, truly making 2013 the breakout year for faster wireless service. There was also a lot of deal …

There will be no BlackBerry Live event in 2014 as the company streamlines resources into smaller events. (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) The company announced that it will not be hosting its annual BlackBerry Live event next year in an effort to “best meet our goals with BlackBerry events.” BlackBerry Live has been held since 2002. In place of the larger event, …

You’ll find as many methods for cleaning a TV screen as there are people you ask. Here’s our perspective. (Credit: David Fulmer, Old Crosley TV, Flickr CC) You’ll find as many methods for cleaning a TV screen as there are people you ask. Then, just to add to the confusion, consult your TV’s owner manual and add another method or …

The Gigaom Web site reported on December 20 that Pono announced it won’t be showing at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. I first heard about Neil Young’s Pono music system more than a couple of years ago, and it was supposed to roll out a few months later. Rumors continued to circulate about an imminent debut, then …

Samsung has just spilled the beans on its new telly range, set to be unveiled at CES at the start of January. Its new goggleboxes will let you change the volume and switch channels just by waving your fingers.  Not only that, Samsung has tweaked its voice controls too, meaning you have to say less to change channels. It’ll roll …

Users who have been waiting for the opportunity to jailbreak their iOS 7 devices can now do so. (Credit: CNET) The untethered jailbreak was released over the weekend by the Evasi0n team and is compatible with all devices running iOS 7.0 to 7.0.4. According to the team, the jailbreak takes five minutes to install and works across Mac and PCs. …

Peter Ledermann is one of just a handful of highly skilled people on the planet who designs and hand-builds phono cartridges. These tiny electro-mechanical devices are usually machine made, but Ledermann builds world-class cartridges with his hands and a microscope. His company, Soundsmith, also manufactures speakers and amplifiers, and services vintage Bang & Olufsen and Tandberg products. Ledermann’s resume is …

Whoever said print was dead? A new advert for the Motorola Moto X spruces up the printed page by letting you the reader change the colour of a featured image as you wish, our parent site CNET reports. The ad — a video of which I’ve embedded in this story — lets you change the colour of the handset on …

It’s been a pretty dire year for BlackBerry, as shown by its £2.69bn loss in just three months. But the fat lady hasn’t sung yet for the troubled Canadian mobile maker. In fact, we could see BlackBerry’s enterprise productivity and security features come to rival platforms, according to the company’s CEO. “We’d love to do it,” CEO Jon Chen said, …

In 2010, the iPad wedged itself into the market between the smartphone and laptop using the operating system of the former but something closer to the screen of the latter. Apple’s tablet has long offered cellular connectivity as an option, but tablets have developed a reputation for being homebodies, at least compared to their pocket-sized, cellular-equipped smartphone cousins. Indeed, the …

Well someone must be buying these ridiculous luxury mobiles, otherwise why would they keep making them? Gresso — the company known for covering the iPhone in crystals — has just launched its first Android models, Engadget reports. And as you can see, they’re as ludicrous as the rest of the range. The entry-level (ha!) Radical R1 is made of grade …

At less than 24 inches tall, the Klipsch Heresy III is the shortest floor-standing speaker I’ve ever tested. Don’t let its diminutive stature fool you. This speaker can outrun many a tower speaker — and outlast them. In an age of disposable tech, any speaker that sticks around for five years or more is noteworthy, but Klipsch’s Heresy has been …