Jason Cipriani/CNET Currently Apple doesn’t allow Apple Watch users to install third-party watch faces, but it does afford users the ability to customize the various default faces on the watch. You can set the color scheme, control what information is displayed in the various “complication” sections on each respective face, as well as other bits …

The Comcast Xfinity UHD app on Samsung TVs. David Katzmaier Apple and Roku might be eschewing 4K hardware for now, but Comcast is moving forward with its support for the format. The cable and telecom giant today announced it would ship the new 4K-capable Xi4 box later this year, allowing more of its subscriber base to enjoy the company’s “Xfinity …

Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus was the top seller among phablets last quarter. Sarah Tew/CNET Phablets were hot in the US during the first quarter of the year, and Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus was the hottest of them all, according to a report out Wednesday from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Phablets, which are typically defined as smartphones with screen sizes of 5.5 …

The new iPhones helped Apple lure over more Android users. CNET Apple’s latest iPhones appear to be luring many European consumers away from Android. Over the 2015’s first quarter from January through March, Apple’s share of the smartphone market grew in Europe’s five biggest countries, specifically Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, according to a report released Wednesday by …

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to cable providers: “Your challenge will be to overcome the temptation to use your predominant position in broadband to protect your traditional cable business.” Screenshot by CNET Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler had a strong message for the cable industry at its annual conference Wednesday: Don’t interfere with broadband competition. Speaking at INTX: The Internet …

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET When an app is accessing a cellular or Wi-Fi network on your iPhone, a small spinning starburst icon is displayed at the top of the screen. With the Loading app, you can get the same treatment in the menu bar of your Mac. After installing Loading from developer Bonzai Apps, you’ll see the familiar starburst icon …

Even if retail is hard, as Ron Johnson seems to be saying in this 2009 file photo, he’s pushing on with his new shopping venture, Enjoy. Sarah Tew/CNET/2009 file photo Former Apple retail executive and J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson has launched a new online gadget shopping site with an offline twist. The new venture, called Enjoy, launched on Wednesday …

The new FiiO X3 2nd Gen music player. FiiO Neil Young’s Kickstarter funded high-res PonoPlayer may have grabbed the lion’s share of media attention, but FiiO’s more-affordable portable players were on the market years before Pono entered the fray. FiiO has continued to refine and improve its players, and its latest, the X3 2nd Gen is totally revamped, looking nothing …

Update 1/2017: There’s been an update that supersedes this one, it’s called HDMI 2.1. HDMI 2.0a is the latest version of the beloved/despised spec that regulates those ubiquitous cables, inputs and outputs that connect pretty much everything in your home entertainment center. It’s a minor update, but a potentially important one for this year and beyond. The most important part …

It’s a skateboard and an elegant sculpture. Gridboard It’s no “Back to the Future” hoverboard, but the Gridboard on Indiegogo is one futuristic-looking device. Everyone knows what a regular skateboard looks like — essentially a plank with rounded ends and four wheels underneath. The Gridboard has four wheels and a recognizable silhouette, but the rest of the longboard looks like …