Cortana can now keep track of your entire flight plan. Microsoft The Cortana voice assistant is going a few steps further to ensure your next round of air travel goes as smoothly as possible. In a blog post Monday, Microsoft described several new ways that Cortana can help with almost every phase of your trip, …

Enlarge ImageThe Faraday Porteur S will be available in August 2015 for $2,800. IDEO-Nicolas Zurcher Back in 2012, Faraday Bicycles’ Porteur electric bike won a design competition for best urban utility bike. The company eventually brought that model to market via a Kickstarter campaign and today it sells for $3,500. Now the Palo Alto, Calif., company is launching a $700 …

Translator is finally coming to Skype’s Windows desktop app to boost usage. Skype Skype Translator Preview, the beta app that enables people of different languages to communicate via messaging or speaking, soon won’t feel so lonely. Skype Translator will be bundled with the Skype for Windows desktop app by the end of summer, Microsoft announced in a blog post on …

A recent update to Snapchat introduced a new feature the company is calling “Login Verification.” With the feature enabled, any time you log in to Snapchat on a new device the company will send a six-digit code to your phone number that will then need to be entered before you can sign in. This simple step, commonly referred to as …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: How iOS 9 could save the iPad 2:03 It’s been three years at least since I first wanted the iPad to turn into something closer to a full computer. Third-party accessory manufacturers did a good job delivering keyboard alternatives, …

eBay joins other retailers, including Target and Amazon, with its new Apple Watch app. eBay eBay is continuing its focus on mobile, unveiling Tuesday a new Apple Watch app and tweaks to its smartphone apps. With the e-commerce company’s Apple Watch app, people will be able to to see an overview of their notifications, as well as the items they …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple purchased subscription music service Beats Music last year as part of a $3 billion takeover of the headphone maker Beats. James Martin/CNET Apple finally started singing a new tune. The maker of iPhones and iPad tablets on Monday unveiled its first subscription-streaming …

Its own high-speed network would make Apple less reliant on third-party network providers. California Institute of Technology Apple may cook up its own high-speed data network so it can control and more quickly push out music, videos and other content to its users via the cloud. The company wants to own and control network pipes, or cables, to link its …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s payment service will roll out to the UK this July. Jason Cipriani/CNET Editors’ Note: This piece was originally posted on October 20, 2014, and will be updated periodically. At its annual WWDC developers conference today, Apple announced a number of key expansions …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference starts in just a few hours. As always, the company is keeping everything under wraps, meaning if you want to be among the first to know what’s new, you’ll need a front-row seat for Tim Cook’s keynote. …