June, 2014

• 12 June

  Led Zeppelin and the meaning of life

  

  Steve Guttenberg/CNET Led Zeppelin changed the sound of rock music in 1969, and that turned me into an audiophile. Sure, it was the music that first sucked me in, but the “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin II” albums were so much heavier than anything I’d heard before. The records of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi …

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• 11 June

  Print wirelessly from any iDevice, with any printer

  

  Some say that printers are soon to be extinct. Others rant about their hate for the dead-tree format. But if you’re a student, a work-at-homer, or you just appreciate hard copies, the printer still holds a very important place in your home or office. Thing is, you might not necessarily be at your desktop computer when you realize the need …

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• 11 June

  Pebble Steel coming to Best Buy June 15, in a lower

  

  The Pebble Steel. Sarah Tew/CNET The Pebble Steel is one of the best-looking, best-performing smartwatches around, and it’s about to get a little less expensive — in a sense. Pebble just announced that the Pebble Steel , in both color variants, will be coming to Best Buy this Sunday, June 15. It’ll also be receiving a bit of a price …

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• 11 June

  My date with iCracked on

  

  My iCracked tech met me at the local Starbucks, tools at the ready. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Broken iPhone? What could be easier than a local tech who comes to you and fixes the handset while you wait? That’s what I set out to learn after repair service iCracked announced a new app that would dispatch a tech to your …

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• 11 June

  Mozilla’s $25 Firefox OS phones look to score in India

  

  A Mozilla prototype of a $25 Firefox OS phone built with a Spreadtrum processor. Stephen Shankland/CNET Firefox OS, Mozilla’s ambitious attempt to establish a more open mobile operating system than Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS, is about to hit one of its biggest potential markets: India. Two Indian companies, Intex and Spice, will build a super-cheap $25 Firefox OS phone …

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• 11 June

  Alleged iPhone 6 images leaked by former Taiwanese pop star

  

  Is this the iPhone 6 to the right of an iPhone 5S? Jimmy Lin/Weibo/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Photos purportedly of the iPhone 6 have popped up on Chinese site Weibo courtesy of a former Taiwanese pop star who has shown an uncanny knack for leaking early shots of Apple products. Jimmy Lin, a Taiwanese singer and actor, took to his …

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• 11 June

  Starbucks to hook up wireless charging stations in shops

  

  Powermat spot at Starbucks. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Come for the java, stay for the wireless juice. Starbucks said on Thursday that it would roll out Powermat’s wireless charging station in its Starbucks and Teavana shops. The deployment will begin in the San Francisco Bay Area this year and expand to other metropolitan areas in 2015. Starbucks’ decision could go …

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• 11 June

  LG G3 lands on Verizon on July 17, report says

  

  The LG G3 could be here in a matter of weeks. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Verizon is expected to start selling the flagship LG G3 smartphone on July 17, according to a new report. Related Links The LG G3 in America: Where to buy LG’s new superphone in the US LG G3 preview Comparing the LG G2 and the new LG G3 …

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• 11 June

  Qualcomm promises better in

  

  Qualcomm is introducing a new chip that will make it easier for wireless subscribers to get access to speedy 4G LTE wireless data service in their homes. On Wednesday, the company introduced the new FSM90xx SoC (system-on-a-chip), a low-cost chip that’s inexpensive enough for device makers to include in Wi-Fi routers. By placing the 4G LTE technology in inexpensive consumer …

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• 11 June

  Force the Google Play Store app to update on Android

  

  Jason Cipriani/CNET The Google Play Store app is frequently updated in the background, without you ever realizing it. Updates to the Play Store have included everything from random bug fixes to streamlining the application permission dialogue box. No matter the case, it’s always nice to know you’re running the latest version of the app. Because of how the Play Store …

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