So, anything big happen in the last five months we should talk about? On Wednesday, Donald Trump is holding his first formal press conference since being elected US president. Actually, it’s his first press conference in more than five months, and it comes nine days before Trump takes the oath of office. That’s a break …

Apple’s AirPods have been on sale for less than a month, but they’re already taking over online sales in the wireless headphone space, according to online shopping analyst Slice Intelligence. Slice Intelligence The AirPods began selling December 13, immediately upsetting Beats headphones, the previous leader in the category. Since Apple also owns Beats, that gives the Cupertino, Calif., titan just …

Get ready: Ads are on their way into the middle of your Instagram Stories. Users should expect to begin seeing the ads, which will be limited to 15 seconds each, within the coming weeks, Instagram tells us. The Facebook-owned social sharing platform will start tests with a limited number of global brands, including Nike, Netflix and Maybelline New York. The …

BlackBerry isn’t the only mega-brand of yesteryear attempting a major comeback. Nokia, too, will unveil its first Android phone, the Nokia 6, to the wider world. Nokia Mobile teased the Nokia 6, which is already on sale in China, in a video on its Facebook page (see above). “Get ready!”, the post reads, “The Nokia 6 is coming to China! …

Now playing: Watch this: It’s inevitable: Samsung will build a phone with a foldable… 1:36 Will consumers flip for a foldable phone? Samsung promo video 2014 Samsung seems to have worked out the wrinkles on its much-rumored foldable phone and could unveil such a handset later this year, according to a report from Korea. The electronics giant is working on …

Google’s high-flying drone dreams may be dashed for now. Its parent company, Alphabet, has reportedly cut the Titan program, which Google first acquired in 2014. Buying Titan Aerospace gave Google (in its pre-Alphabet days) access to high-altitude, solar-powered craft capable of beaming internet service to the developing world. The drones, which could fly at a height of 12 miles, were …

If you’ve flown at all in the last few months, then you might have noticed a certain, product-specific warning as you boarded your plane: “Passengers are prohibited from flying with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.” The prohibition still holds on passenger and cargo jets, but now, the FAA is no longer requiring airports to point it out to you before …

If, for some reason, you find yourself in desperate need of a middle-of-the-day escape on Wednesday, then Google has just the thing: a VR symphony. The music will come straight from the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, where Google’s Art & Culture initiative is set to broadcast a live performance celebrating the concert hall’s opening. Festivities are set to begin at 6:30 p.m. …

As the Cheapskate, I’m frequently asked to share my favorite money-saving tip. When I do, it’s frequently met with skepticism: “That sounds too good to be true.” “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” “You can’t get something for nothing.” Yeah, I get it. It does sound too good to be true. But what’s the reality? The tip in …

Depending on who you ask, this is either a new age for unlimited data or the end of a really good ride. Verizon and AT&T are playing hardball with legacy unlimited data customers, people who signed up for all-you-can-eat data in the early days when it was cheap, and never gave it up. AT&T said on Tuesday that it would …