Verizon customers who use the Lumia Icon are finally getting the latest version of the Windows Phone OS — that means access to Microsoft’s Cortana digital personal assistant; a notification center; and a selection of new business-focused features. Josh Miller/CNET A year after launching the flagship Lumia Icon Windows Phone, Verizon is finally enabling users …

If your iPhone gets stolen and Find My Phone has been deactivated, Activation Lock will prevent it from being re-used by a different Apple account. James Martin/CNET A kill feature that renders a smartphone useless if stolen appears to be taking a bite out of crime. The volume of stolen iPhones dropped by 25 percent in New York, by 40 …

This old-school spirit writes the old-fashioned way. eBay/wfatzinger With technology advancing so quickly, a MacBook from 2007 might be nearly obsolete for most of us, but if you’re a ghost from the early 20th century, it makes for a downright swanky place to chill. That’s the basic pitch behind the auction of a “haunted” Apple computer on eBay that’s already …

EE offers double speed 4G in London, and plans to bring that speed bump to the rest of the country in the next few years. Tom Dymond/REX The UK’s biggest mobile phone network says it expects to sell as many Web-connected devices as it does smartphones in the next two years. Announcing a £1.5 billion investment in its network over …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge includes an OLED display. CNET Samsung is planning to invest $3.6 billion in the manufacturing of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. The South Korean electronics giant will make mainly medium and small OLED displays, a Samsung spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. The $3.6 billion investment in the new product line will be made this year through …

James Martin/CNET Twitter on Wednesday announced it’s acquiring a small New York start-up called Niche, which connects social media stars with brands in order to create sponsored content. Think of it as a sort of talent agency for Twitter and Vine celebrities. Twitter did not disclose terms of the deal, only that it’s signed an agreement to buy Niche, describing …

The Pebble Steel debuted in January 2014, but new hardware is expected this year. Sarah Tew/CNET Pebble may be an old hand at the smartwatch game, but it still has a lot to prove. The Pebble Steel was CNET’s favorite smartwatch of 2014, but with the upcoming Apple Watch, new Android Wear watches and tons of newcomers like Swatch entering …

Sigma’s 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary is aimed at enthusiasts rather than pro photographers. Lori Grunin/CNET Announced back in September, Sigma has finally revealed the price and availability of its 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens, at least for the US: $1,100 (which converts to about AU$1,412 and £722; no pricing or avaliability yet for those locales). Six …

Rick Broida/CNET Want to share a Dropbox link with someone? There are many ways to go about it, but most of them involving a fairly clunky procession of finding, copying and pasting links. If you’re a Chrome user and a Gmail user, however, Dropbox sharing just got a whole lot quicker. The new Dropbox for Gmail extension for Chrome lets …

The Milk Music app works across Samsung Galaxy devices. Samsung A little over two months after retiring Music Hub in Australia, Samsung has announced the local launch of the radio-style Milk Music streaming service for Samsung mobile devices. Australia is one of the first countries outside the US to get the genre-based music service, which features more than 150 curated …