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Verizon dials up new color options for Droid Turbo

Verizon’s Droid Turbo gets three new, metallic color options. James Martin/CNET Verizon is going back to the Droid Turbo well at least one more time. Today sees the carrier announcing a trio of limited edition metallic options for the Motorola smartphone. Related Links Motorola Droid Turbo review Verizon refreshes Droid Turbo with Sapphire Blue version …

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ARM and Unicef team up on wearables for the developing world

ARM’s Simon Segars, left, and Unicef’s Erica Kochi in New York on Tuesday. Kochi holds Literacy Bridge’s listening device — a product both Unicef and ARM are supporting — which is used in Ghana to provide health and education information. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET NEW YORK — No one today would call a smartwatch vital to someone’s life. There’s an effort …

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How to customize the Stocks app on Apple Watch

To better organize and control the Stocks app on your Apple Watch, look no further than your iPhone. Not only do the settings used to control the Stocks app on your watch live in the Apple Watch app, but the stocks you follow on your phone are mirrored on your watch. Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Since you likely already follow …

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How to back up and store photos when traveling

Now playing: Watch this: How to back up photos when traveling 1:07 Lexy Savvides/CNET Don’t lose your precious photo memories to a misplaced bag or stolen camera. Backing up your photos may seem daunting — especially on vacation — but it’s actually quite simple once you get started. Remember, the point of any backup solution is to ensure that you …

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Google, researchers use your photos to make time

A look at a spliced-together time-lapse video. University of Washington Google and the University of Washington have created 11,000 time-lapse videos showing the evolution over time of some of the world’s landmarks — all with help from the photos you may have taken. The researchers and Google, teamed up to create 10,728 time-lapse videos (PDF) showing how landmarks around the …

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Get a HooToo TripMate portable media hub for $43.99

HooToo Most people like to travel as light as possible, which is difficult when you consider how much gadgetry you need to pack nowadays: mobile charger, travel router and so on. All-in-ones to the rescue! For a limited time, and while supplies last, Sunvalleytek (via Amazon) has the HooToo TripMate HT-TM05 for $43.99 shipped. That’s after applying coupon code URTP8HJW …

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LG adds two new models to G4 smartphone series

The larger G4 Stylus (left) and smaller G4c join LG’s flagship handset series. LG Less than a month after LG launched its G4, the flagship handset is getting a pair of new smartphone siblings. The Korean electronics giant on Monday took the wraps off the new G4 Stylus and G4c, handsets that incorporate many of the features of the G4 …

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iiNet offers pro

Dallas Buyers Club. Focus Features iiNet will offer free legal advice to customers targeted by Dallas Buyers Club over piracy claims, with the internet service provider saying it “couldn’t sit by and have our customers potentially bullied by the process of speculative invoicing.” In a blog post published on the company’s website, iiNet Financial Controller Ben Jenkins said a recent …

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