It’s an Apple world after all. The Cupertino, California, technology titan disclosed in a financial document that it has an active base of 1 billion devices in the market. That includes iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, Apple TVs and Apple Watches that the company said were engaged in its services over the past 90 days. The …

The aptly named YouTube Picture in Picture extension for Chrome makes YouTube on your desktop or laptop feel more like YouTube’s mobile apps where you can swipe down on a video to watch it off to the side so you can continue to browse YouTube. The extension is marked as being in beta, but I found it to be stable …

After seeking the advice of his Twitter followers, Donald Trump has decided not to participate in Thursday’s presidential debate between Republican candidates in Des Moines, Iowa, following a row with debate host Fox News. The Republican front-runner’s campaign announced his decision to back out Tuesday night after complaining of bias against him by Fox News host Megyn Kelly, one of …

There are a few things nearly every Super Bowl party in America will likely have: a TV, chips and some sort of dip, and lots and lots of phones. Since surveys indicate you have these pocket-size computers on you pretty much every waking moment, you might as well be keeping up with the game via Twitter. The Carolina Panthers and …

A screencast is a recording of everything that happens on your computer screen. Why would you need such a thing? For businesses, it’s a great way to, say, teach new employees how to use company systems or show prospective customers a product demo. For individuals, a screencast can help demonstrate a task or operation to, say, a tech-challenged friend or …

Extreme sports enthusiasts can now insert more suspense into their GoPro videos by live-streaming their gasp-worthy adventures through Periscope. Twitter-owned live-streaming app Periscope on Tuesday announced the integration, which can be taken advantage of by owners of GoPro Hero4 Silver and Black cameras. It will require the camera to be connected to an iPhone — sorry Android users, you’re out …

AT&T is banking that its video, and not its traditional wireless service, will get you to take a second look at the nation’s second-largest phone company. CNET/Marguerite Reardon Let’s face it, growth in the wireless market, AT&T’s bread and butter, isn’t what it used to be. That’s especially true for the Dallas-based telecom giant, which for the past year has …

South Korea-based LG will introduce two new flagship phones this year in an attempt to revive its sagging sales. On Tuesday, the company revealed that it lost 43.8 billion South Korean Won ($36.4 million) in its mobile phone division for the final quarter of 2015. That’s a huge drop from the $56 million profit the division showed over the same …

Parmigiani Fleurier is a noted high-end watchmaker. It also runs a restoration shop to bring old watches back to life. Not content with just timepieces, the company took on the unusual project of restoring a crazy-ornate 200-year-old pistol. Parmigiani Fleurier describes this process as “setting [the pistol] free from the torments of time.” The pistol is nothing like we normally …

What do Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Satya Nadella have in common with Apple’s Tim Cook? They’re all fascinated with virtual reality. The Oculus Rift is a high-end virtual reality system. Could Apple follow with its own version? Josh Miller/CNET That’s what we learned Tuesday when Cook responded to a question about VR during a conference call to discuss the …