Pandora has loosened Apple’s exclusive hold on streaming Frank Ocean’s new hit album, but you’ll need to be patient to hear it all. The company said Thursday the songs from Ocean’s 17-track “Blonde” record are available to stream. The album is featured on the artist’s Pandora channel. But Pandora’s licensing rules mean you can’t listen …

Using expensive camera gear in the rain or snow is never advisable, but sometimes, its the only way to get the shots you need. If you need to use a camera in inclement weather and you don’t have a rain cover, you can make one yourself with common items in just a few seconds. Best of all, it will cost …

Apple’s default iPhone keyboard is good at typing and autocorrecting (usually) and not much else. Word Flow, Microsoft’s iOS keyboard, is a lot smarter — without being overwhelmingly feature-packed. The app — which you download and install before making it your default keyboard — includes a number of useful features, some of which you won’t find on the Apple’s stock …

Apple may have a plan to make inroads in Japan’s mobile-payments market, but it doesn’t include Apple Pay, at least for now. The tech titan is working on a new iPhone for Japan that consumers can use to make payments for trips on mass transit, Bloomberg reports. But instead of the near field communication (NFC) technology that powers Apple Pay, …

DJI’s camera drones let you capture subjects from incredible heights. Now its Osmo handheld camera can get you closer to things on the ground. The new 7x zoom Osmo Plus camera uses the same 3-axis motorized gimbal that makes video look so smooth from its Inspire 1 quadcopter, but attaches to a handgrip. The integrated X3 zoom camera is similar …

Now playing: Watch this: Shooting in 360: GoPro rigs to immersive iPhone cameras… 6:34 I can show you the world…all of it using a 360-degree camera. CNET’s Joshua Goldman relates his experiences reviewing these immersive video-making devices. In particular, he’s been looking at the GoPro Omni — an expensive rig that houses six GoPro cameras for making high-end virtual reality …

If you love having the latest phone, then you probably have a couple of perfectly good phones sitting in a desk drawer or in a closet. They aren’t really worth enough to sell, but they still work, so throwing them away isn’t an option, either. It’s time to give those cast-offs a new purpose. Here are five ideas to take …

Now playing: Watch this: The iPhone 6S is faster than the Galaxy Note 7 6:09 Do you want a prize that keeps on streaming? Apple Byte comes to the rescue! Brian Tong is celebrating the 400th episode of the show by giving away two Apple TVs. Yes, two lucky winners will take home the latest generation of Apple’s streaming device. …

Admit it. At least once, you might have been tempted to paint your fingernails with Wite-out or Liquid Paper just to see how they might look. After all, fingernails are a great canvas for geeky experiments like transforming hands into RFID chip commuter cards or smartphone detectors. Some crafty folks have even turned their fingernails into an elaborate Candy Crush …

Google Fiber’s ultrafast 1Gbps broadband service may not be going fast enough. Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has fallen “well short” of its subscriber goals and is now looking to cut costs, according to a report Thursday from The Information. Alphabet co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have been unhappy with the rollout and costs of …