Just the other day I was trying to tell someone about the tilt-shift effect in photography and found it’s not so easy to explain. You can’t do it justice unless you show examples. Saying, “it basically blurs the edges of the photo and makes things appear miniature” sort of describes the effect. But you really …

Yesterday, I sat across from US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. First impression: The room is way smaller than you’d think. (Obama agreed.) It sounds like something that happened all in my head, but really it happened on my face — a 360-degree video tour of the White House, led by the president and the first lady, via …

The man who created Android, the most popular mobile software on the planet, is preparing his follow up act and it involves going after his longtime nemesis: Apple’s iPhone and its iOS rival software. Andy Rubin, who left Google more than two years ago after selling his startup to the search giant in 2005, is starting Essential, a consumer hardware …

Now playing: Watch this: Did Samsung just leak the Galaxy S8? 1:09 Samsung recently released two different ads showing off its brand-new AMOLED displays. And while the displays are cool and all, the real star of the show is the mysterious smartphone that shows up in both ads. Its unique design leads us to believe that this is the Galaxy …

Though the dust has barely settled from CES 2017 last week, events and invites for Mobile World Congress, the largest trade show for the mobile industry, are already rolling out. Held every year in Barcelona, MWC is often the place to see new phones from Samsung, LG and others. Lenovo, which acquired Motorola in 2014, is also planning something for …

If you’ve ever grumbled about the App Store being your only way to buy apps for your iPhone, you’re not the only one. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday that iPhone app purchasers can sue Apple on the claim that the App Store monopolizes the iPhone apps market, leading to higher prices for apps. The App Store, …

Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch online, check out CNET.com/Netpicks or …

Now playing: Watch this: We get our hands on Nintendo’s transforming Switch console 1:21 For Nintendo fans it’s been a long wait to get all the details on its next gaming system, Switch, since it teased it last October. Now the real wait begins until the $300 transforming console arrives in March. The good news is, you can actually get …

If Snapchat makes you scratch your head, a new feature might help you give your scalp a rest. Snapchat, known for fast-destructing messages, is adding a search bar, the company told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The search bar is designed to make it easier for people to find friends, groups, stories and content from publishers within the app. …

The importance of a tablet’s screen quality can’t be understated. I mean, the majority of your interactions with a tablet take place on its display. When it comes to qualifying the best, there’s more to the screen quality of a tablet than meets the eye — proverbially speaking. In addition to high resolutions and pixels per inch (ppi), there are …