YouTube YouTube this week introduced interactive cards, which will eventually replace the interactive annotations you see pop up on some videos. Think of cards as a reined-in form of annotations, which can get out of hand at times with pop-up windows and speech bubbles disrupting and obfuscating the actual video playing behind them. Cards are …

Google lets users ask their wrist to call up a missing phone. Google Android Wear owners will soon be able to locate their lost or stolen Android smartphones directly from their wrists. Related Links TAG Heuer teams up with Intel, Google on smartwatch LG Watch Urbane takes Android Wear upscale ​Huawei brings analog style to its first digital smartwatch According …

Hugh Howey’s “Wool” alone is worth the price of admission. Humble Bundle If you’re a tech nerd like me, you’re probably also a sci-fi nerd (like me). And that means you spend at least some of your leisure time reading about life, the universe and everything — especially when there’s a nuclear apocalypse, dystopian society or zombie outbreak involved. Good …

Swift is a programming language built by Apple. It was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in 2014. Up until that point, apps developed for iOS and OS X were written in another programming language, called Objective-C. Budding developers, hobbyists or those who simply want to tinker will need to take the time to learn Swift in order to write …

Now playing: Watch this: Will.i.am and Gucci partner on luxury smartband 1:56 BASEL, Switzerland — Luxury fashion brand Gucci and musician Will.i.am are making a new fashion-focused smartband. Although no new product was officially unveiled at the Baselworld watch fair here, the former Black Eyed Peas star promised that the device will operate independently of a phone. Both Will.i.am and …

Trade-in site Gazelle has a place for the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch. Apple The Apple Watch is already being eyed for the trade-in market. Web site Gazelle, which buys and sells used devices, announced on Thursday that it plans to add the Apple Watch to its collection. The site will offer to buy the watch from owners who wish to sell …

US streaming music sales jumped from 5 percent of the market five years ago to 27 percent in 2014. Lexy Savvides/CNET Prophesies that streaming music is the future — whether as a threat or an aspiration — are starting to come true. Revenue generated by streaming music last year overtook that from CDs, the format that once floated the industry’s …

The 1 million milestone for Michelle Phan’s Ipsy subscription commerce company puts the company on an annual sales rate of $120 million. Getty Ipsy, the beauty-sample startup of YouTube star Michelle Phan, isn’t itsy anymore. Next month, Ipsy will mail 1 million so-called glam bags, Phan said in an interview. The bags, which include large samples of beauty products tailored …

Apple is reportedly setting up its retail stores to let customers try on its new smartwatch. Scott Stein/CNET You can have a hands-on (or wrist-on) experience with the Apple Watch when it arrives in Apple Stores in April, but that doesn’t mean you can play around with one all day. Starting April 10, each customer will have up to 15 …

Amazon has been granted FAA permission to test its aerial drones for delivering packages. Amazon Amazon’s ambitions to use drones to deliver packages may get off the ground yet. The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an “experimental airworthiness certificate” to Amazon, allowing the Internet retail giant to conduct research, development and crew training for its Prime Air delivery drones. …