April, 2015

• 28 April

  Play

  

  Sarah Tew DTS products bearing its Play-Fi logo are now compatible with the Spotify Connect streaming standard, the company has announced. These include gear from Polk, Definitive Technology, Wren and Phorus. Prices for Play-Fi products start at $149 in the US for the Phorus PS1 speaker and currently culminate in the Definitive Technology W Studio …

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• 28 April

  Apple could sell 46M iPhones this quarter, analyst predicts

  

  Strong iPhone demand should lead to another quarter of healthy sales. CNET Apple may be on track to sell 46 million iPhones this quarter, a healthy boost from the 35 million units sold a year ago. That prediction comes from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster following Apple’s earnings results for the just-ended quarter. Based on Apple’s financial guidance for the …

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• 28 April

  LG G4 hits Sprint and US Cellular this June

  

  All four major US carriers will offer the LG G4. Sarah Tew/CNET Hot on the heels of LG’s launch event today, the newly announced LG G4 is picking up wide carrier support in the US. Both Sprint and US Cellular have pledged that they will begin carrying the device in June. The former will offer the handset in metallic gray …

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• 28 April

  15 cool emojis coming to a phone near you

  

  They’ll look different when you finally see them in iOS or Android. Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Emoji keyboards are changing fast — Apple last month introduced multi-racial emojis and the (somewhat hidden) Vulcan salute emoji. But I’ll let you in on a little secret: that “secret” Spock emoji isn’t an Apple creation, it’s part of a new batch of emojis released …

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• 27 April

  The Android Wear apps you should download right now

  

  The Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch (right). Sarah Tew/CNET It’s been about a year since Google Android Wear smartwatches started arriving on our wrists, and a dizzying array of devices round and square are competing for our attention. Once you’re done ogling devices like the Huawei Watch or the LG Watch Urbane , it’s time to think about …

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• 27 April

  Turn your streamer remote into a universal remote

  

  Sideclick adds TV-control buttons to your existing streamer remote. True Bloom LLC Everyone loves their Apple TVs, their Fire TVs, their Roku boxes. But using one inevitably means juggling two remotes: one for the streamer, one for the TV itself. You’d think that in this highly competitive product category, Apple, Amazon or Roku would offer a programmable clicker. Maybe they …

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• 27 April

  Xiaomi’s plan to be No. 1 in India begins with the Mi 4i

  

  Xiaomi Global Vice President Hugo Barra and the phone he wanted to make. Aloysius Low/CNET NEW DELHI — There’s no denying that Xiaomi’s new Mi 4i looks familiar, with its cute and colorful, rounded plastic frame. But while the Chinese smartphone maker is likely to take flak for its Apple-ish emulations, Xiaomi Global Vice President Hugo Barra says he had …

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• 27 April

  Microsoft’s top task for Windows 10: Proving it’s worth starting up

  

  Windows 10, to take center stage at Microsoft’s Build conference this week, can’t succeed if it runs on phones almost no one buys, powers tablets only some people use and is only installed on newer PCs, say analysts. Nick Statt/CNET Has the technology industry passed Microsoft by? That’s the question the world’s largest software maker, its customers, its developers and …

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• 27 April

  Strong iPhone demand pushes Apple’s sales

  

  Apple this month started selling Apple Watch, its first new device since the iPad in 2010. James Martin/CNET iPhone sales drove Apple to yet another strong quarter. The company blew away Wall Street expectations for its fiscal second quarter, which ended March 28, as iPhone and Mac sales set a record for the period. Apple also reported all-time record performance …

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• 27 April

  How to force

  

  Shutdown menu on the Apple Watch. Jason Cipriani/CNET The first question every IT person asks when troubleshooting an issue is usually “have you tried restarting it yet?” And in most cases, it’s the right question to ask. There’s just something about rebooting a gadget running complicated software that seems to set it back on the right path and convince it …

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