Starting Thursday, Amazon’s dirt-cheap Fire tablet ($50, £50) come in three new colors: magenta, blue and tangerine, as well as the previous black. Additionally, a step-up model with 16GB of internal storage (instead of the standard 8GB) is available for $70. The Fire Kids Edition also adds the 16GB storage option. It costs $120 and …

If you manage a Facebook page there’s a chance your organisation or brand is looking somewhat narcissistic, as a recent bug is forcing some pages to automatically “like” their own posts. Our colleagues at Roadshow have noticed the bug in action, although CNET’s own Facebook page doesn’t appear to be affected. The Next Web reports that its page, along with …

All things considered, Microsoft is having a better year so far than a lot of other big tech companies. The world’s largest software maker on Thursday reported $22.1 billion in sales for its fiscal third quarter. That figure, which includes deferred revenue, is in line with the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Earnings, however, were 47 cents …

Google is updating its search offering to show listings for live TV channels. Searching for a show like “Game of Thrones”, for example, will show results for which channels are airing the show and at what times. This will appear alongside Google’s existing information, which indicates where you can watch the show using on-demand services, such as the Google Play …

Air pollution in major Chinese cities (and others) is the real deal. You read about it, hear about it and see locals regularly don paper face masks in an attempt to shield their lungs from its toxins. Many install apps on their phones to help monitor the buildup in cities like Shenzhen, Shanghai and especially Beijing. China’s capital only had …

If you use the Notes app on your iPhone only to type quick notes to yourself, then you aren’t using all the features that the app offers. Here are seven tips to help you get more out of iOS Notes. Sync your Notes With iCloud, you can sync your notes between iOS devices and your Mac. On iOS, head to …

In case you haven’t heard, a little show called “Game of Thrones” is about to kick off a new season this weekend, along with “Silicon Valley” and “Veep.” Just one problem: Only HBO subscribers can enjoy them. So that means you have to call your cable company and add the network to your TV package, right? Wrong! You can enjoy …

We may be in the post-PC era, but there are still plenty of new PCs. Acer, the Taiwanese computing powerhouse, is set to unveil its latest products today at a press conference in New York City. And you can watch the event as it unfolds, live from the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan’s financial district. CNET’s Dan Ackerman is …

The Netflix Recommended TV certification is a badge given to TVs that are “Built for a better Netflix experience.” You may be asking, how can a TV offer a “better” Netflix experience. Isn’t Netflix, well… Netflix? Yes and no. Using specific criteria, Netflix has identified several features and performance aspects that it feels make using their service a bit easier. …

On Tuesday Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker, announced that it was cutting 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its global workforce, by the middle of next year as sliding PC sales were forcing the company to go through a major restructuring. The number seemed big but few people were terribly surprised by the news. After all, PC sales have been …