Five years from now, there will be more machines talking to one another than people using smartphones, tablets and laptops, according to Cisco’s annual internet forecast. Machine-to-machine communication, also called M2M, will soar to 51 percent of internet usage, with humans picking up the rest of the slack. The machines in question? Devices in your …

Now playing: Watch this: In-flight Wi-Fi that doesn’t suck 1:51 The last place I expect to be able to make a video call is at 20,000 feet. That’s the altitude I’m at when I FaceTime Brian Tong in Los Angeles. Video calling is usually a no-go when you’re on a plane because, social etiquette aside, the Wi-Fi generally sucks. But …

Ahead of next week’s E3 video game expo, Plantronics has announced a new partnership with Dolby that brings the Dolby Atmos for Headphones surround-sound experience to three new Plantronics gaming headphones, one of which is wireless. The Plantronics RIG 400LX ($100), RIG 600LX ($130) and the wireless RIG 800LX ($150) headphones will come bundled with codes to activate Dolby Atmos for Headphones for …

Now playing: Watch this: Explained: Blue vs. green iPhone messages 0:55 If you own an iPhone, you may have noticed something odd in the Messages app: Some messages are blue and some are green. What’s the deal with that? Short answer: Blue ones have been sent or received using Apple’s iMessage technology, while green ones are “traditional” text messages exchanged …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image The Chuwi LapBook 12.3 looks like a machine that should cost two or three times more. Chuwi I think the sweet …

Samsung‘s Galaxy S8 and S8+ are about to get a bit more stylish, with two new colours — arctic silver and coral blue — landing in the UK.  The coral blue colour (essentially just a nice light blue) is exclusive to Carphone Warehouse and will be available in its stores or online from 30 June in the UK. You’ll need …

Amazon will no longer offer its unlimited storage plan, according to the megaretailer’s Amazon Drive FAQ as of Thursday.  The plan previously offered unlimited storage to users for $60 a year. Beginning today, Amazon will offer plans based on how much storage you need: 100 gigabytes for $12 and one terabyte for $60. You can buy as many as 30 additional …

Pandora will launch an automated feature Friday to infinitely play songs similar to the last thing you listened to, called AutoPlay, on its fledgling $10-a-month Premium service. With AutoPlay, subscribers using an Apple mobile device or Android product will immediately segue into a similar song based off the last thing that finished playing, be it an album, track or playlist.  …

Clear cases for smartphones are hot. But clear neon colors may soon be hotter — or at least brighter. Speck has added a neon edition to its line of slim but protective Presidio line of cases for the iPhone 7, 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. They come in three tangy colors: tangerine orange, shocking pink and lightning yellow, and start …

One of our biggest complaints about the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus is the awkward, uncentered placement of the fingerprint reader on the back of the phone next to the camera lens. And while one rumor suggests that Samsung’s next marquee phone, the Galaxy Note 8, would solve this problem by incorporating a sensor beneath the display, a Korean report …