Can Twitter ever be more than it is? That’s the ultimate question facing the 9-year-old social-networking company as it seeks a new chief executive who can lead it to a rosier future. To reach that goal, Twitter — like every other company in the tech industry — needs to show constant, meaningful growth. In Twitter’s …

Enlarge ImageNikon’s 200-500mm f5.6 lens takes on Sigma and Tamron’s competing models. Nikon Sigma and Tamron have heated up the competition for relatively inexpensive supertelephoto lenses geared to enthusiast wildlife and sports shooters, with models like the $1,100 (AU$1,250) Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 Contemporary (£903) and Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3 (£770). Nikon’s joining the club with the AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6E ED …

Apple is no longer the top dog in China’s smartphone market. CNET Apple is no longer king of the smartphone market in China, according to research firm Canalys. For the second quarter of the year, local mobile phone vendor Xiaomi bounced back with an estimated market share of 15.9 percent to steal the top spot away from Apple. Fellow Chinese …

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. Amazon I’m going to plagiarize myself a little bit this morning, because sometimes my hilarity goes unheralded… Not everything Amazon touches turns to gold — or fire. The company’s first smartphone, for example, …

The Edge Web browser built into Windows 10 promises a new ground-up experience after years of diminishing returns from the company’s longtime staple, Internet Explorer. Besides new features, such as the ability to mark up and share annotated pages, Edge promises to be more secure and even more useful, thanks to the addition of the Cortana personal assistant. There’s certainly …

MatchStick was due to be released this month. MatchStick/Kickstarter Matchstick, the dongle intended to challenge Google’s Chromecast in streaming video and music to your television, is no more. The team behind the HDMI media-streaming stick announced Monday it has decided to cancel the unreleased product and refund all the money raised in a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign last year. The …

Sprint said on Monday that it had added two new key executives. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier named Tarek Robbiati, formerly the CEO of financial services company FlexiGroup, as its chief financial officer. He replaces Joe Euteneuer, who will leave after an “orderly transition of responsibilities.” Sprint also named Gunther Ottendorfer chief operating officer. He replaces former SoftBank executive Junichi …

Deliv, a 3-year-old startup, is among a handful of players working to speed up online deliveries. Deliv Soon you’ll have no reason to leave home. Deliv, a startup that offers same-day deliveries from brick-and-mortar stores, announced a big expansion Monday, more than doubling the number of markets it reaches. The 3-year-old Menlo Park, California, company added the New York City …

India has banned hundreds of pornographic websites, making it harder — but not impossible — for Indians to access the content. CNET One of the world’s largest markets for watching pornography has lost access to over 800 sites, according to reports. Over the weekend, India’s government called on Internet Service Providers (ISP) across the country to ban over 800 pornographic …

Will Siri be adding voice mail transcription to its list of skills? Josh Miller/CNET Apple reportedly is cooking up a voice mail and transcription service that would use Siri as your own personalized answering machine. The Cupertino, California-based electronics giant is testing a voice mail service in which Siri, Apple’s digital assistant on the iPhone and iPad, would respond to …