One tap and you can enjoy a full-screen view of your map. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Google Maps for iOS seems to be getting updated on an almost monthly basis, with some big new features introduced in January and another smaller batch added just last month. With Maps 4.4.0, the app gains four new options: …

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Just what we needed, an easier way to enter the YouTube vortex where you arrive innocently with the intent to watch a video or two for a quick break only to find yourself an hour later jumping from one related video to the next. YouTube has added an autoplay feature that automatically begins a new video …

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Microsoft has clarified a recent comment about owners of unlicensed versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 being able to upgrade to Windows 10. At the WinHec conference in China on Tuesday, Microsoft’s operating system chief Terry Myerson told Reuters that “we are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10.” The remark was aimed at China where software …

You’ll be paying close to £800 to get the S6 Edge SIM-free, direct from Samsung CNET Samsung and HTC’s new flagship phones are looming large, with UK shoppers now able to pre-order the hotly anticipated HTC One M9, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the gently curved S6 Edge — though the prices may make you wince. Galaxy S6 and S6 …

For staying connected, video calling is still all the rage. More personal than a phone call, but just as easy, video calling is often free and the feature is popping up in more apps, including WhatsApp earlier this year. If you have an iPhone or iPad, your top choice would likely be FaceTime, since its built into the operating system …

Geoffrey Morrison/CNET Since the first color TV signals were broadcast, over 50 years ago, there have been shockingly few advancements. Thanks to limited bandwidth, legacy standards and the limitations of ancient CRT televisions, even the HDTV standards introduced in the early 2000s didn’t improve color realism much beyond what had been possible for decades. That’s all about to change. In …

Nicole Cozma/CNET Read receipts are useful when you’re talking to friends on an IM client and each party wants to know if their message was seen. However, you may not want this same feature to work in your Gmail. Many marketing companies are using trackers in their promotional email to learn whether or not you’ve looked at their message. One …

Attorney-General George Brandis.Image by CeBIT Australia, CC BY 2.0 Australian internet users may soon find themselves locked out of certain overseas-based websites under Federal Government plans to introduce site-blocking legislation to combat piracy. The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill has been drafted to allow rights holders to seek a court order in order to block overseas websites at an ISP …

Smartwatches are stealing the spotlight at Baselworld, the annual conference in Switzerland for watchmakers and jewelers. CNET Update covers the latest high-tech in high-fashion, including TAG Heuer’s upcoming Android Wear watch and a smartband from Gucci and Will.i.am. But not all smartwatches have screens. The Frederique Constant Horological Smartwatch has a normal watch face, but inside it’s tracking steps and …