Email alerting users of new public beta from Apple. Jason Cipriani/CNET Update on April 8, 2014: OS X 10.10.3 is now available, bringing with it Photos app to the general public as a free download. You can download the update via the Mac App Store under the Updates tab. For more information on getting started …

Netflix has launched the first salvo in its war for the Australian streaming video audience, announcing a deal with iiNet that would see the service unmetered across all of the ISP’s fixed-line brands. Presto, the video-on-demand service powered by Foxtel and Seven West Media, has returned fire, unveiling a deal with Telstra for its own unmetered offering, as well as …

The Yi Action Camera. Xiaomi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has brought its budget-friendly sensibilities to the action camera world, and the result is enough to make even the most ardent GoPro owner stop in their tracks. Xiaomi’s Yi Action Camera is a compact action-travel camera made for the non-sedentary photographer. Like the entry-level GoPro Hero , the Yi Action Camera …

Samsung Gear VR is getting more high-quality paid apps, starting now. Sarah Tew / CNET BARCELONA — You may not have noticed it yet, but the Oculus VR Store for Samsung Gear VR finally offers up games and apps you can pay for. Until Monday, everything was free. While there are some great free Gear VR (virtual reality) games and …

BBM for iOS will now work with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. BlackBerry/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET BlackBerry has beefed up its mobile messaging app for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android users. Unveiled Sunday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger adds what the company calls “one of the most requested BBM features” — custom PINs. …

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S6 smartphone at Mobile World Congress, but left out Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor for the first time for the phone line. Stephen Shankland/CNET Sean Lamar stood behind the Best Buy store counter on a chilly February evening, waiting for customers to browse the smartphones arranged neatly along the tables nearby. Most ask about Apple’s iPhone or …

Sarah Tew/CNET When the team behind the Mac app Waltr first contacted me with details of what the app was capable of, I was skeptical. The promise of Waltr is that the app makes it possible to transfer any type of video or audio file, regardless of its format, to your iOS device with playback of the file in Apple’s …

BARCELONA — Microsoft is quietly building a lineup of affordable smartphones it hopes will get penny-pinchers to take a second look in its direction. The Lumia 640 is an afforable smartphone option. Microsoft After introducing a pair of 3G Lumia handsets targeting the emerging markets in January, Microsoft is back with the Lumia 640 and 640 XL, another pair of …

Yahoo broke the world yodeling record on Monday. Yahoo Yahoo may not be breaking world records in mobile revenue just yet, but it did enter the record books for one thing on Monday: yodeling. For the company’s 20th birthday, CEO Marissa Mayer assembled more than 3,400 employees outside of the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., to perform Yahoo’s signature sound …

Microsoft’s new Lumia 640 CNET Day one of Mobile World Congress, the biggest mobile tech show of the year, is coming to a close and already we’ve seen some huge announcements from the proceedings. Yesterday brought new phones from Samsung and HTC, plus a whole slew of device announcements, from Alcatel to ZTE. Today, we look under the hood at …