April, 2014

• 28 April

  Yahoo announces first two original TV series

  

  Richard Nieva/CNET Yahoo has announced the first two shows in its line of original TV series that will come to Yahoo Screen, Roku, and Apple TV next year. Both will be 30-minute long comedies spanning eight episodes each. The first is “Other Space” and will be headed up by Paul Feig, creator of “Freaks and …

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• 28 April

  Sky plotting 4K set

  

  Sky Sky is said to be plotting a major revamp to its broadcast service, that could see Ultra HD set-top boxes landing in UK living rooms within the next few years. The possible addition of 4K technology is just one aspect of a planned overhaul to Sky’s service, “The Sunday Telegraph reports“, citing unnamed sources. Sky is also said to …

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• 27 April

  iPhone scammers allegedly use homeless to profit in Apple stores

  

  Are Apple store employees involved? KUSA screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It all seems so blatant. In footage, all shot on an iPhone, we see what are said to be homeless people or the very poor walking into Apple stores and buying iPhones. For this, they are allegedly rewarded in cash. The phones, as KUSA in Denver reports, are sent overseas, …

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• 26 April

  New Microsoft VP consigns the PC to irrelevance

  

  Nokia is a pure mobile play. No PC legacy here. Nokia Is the PC dead yet? No, but Microsoft-owned Nokia makes no bones about its increasing irrelevance. “The vast majority of people do not have, nor will they ever have a personal computer,” Stephen Elop, former Nokia CEO and now executive vice president of the Devices Group at Microsoft, said …

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• 25 April

  Nike CEO confirms FuelBand focus now on software, not hardware

  

  Nike CEO Mike Parker Getty Images Nike CEO Mark Parker said Friday that the division inside the sportswear company responsible for developing its FuelBand wearable fitness tracker would be shifting its focus to software, confirming CNET’s earlier report that the company was getting out of the hardware race. Related Stories Exclusive: Nike fires majority of FuelBand team, will stop making …

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• 25 April

  Ruling in Apple v. Motorola throws wrench in Apple v. Samsung

  

  Apple and Samsung have been facing off in court since March 31. James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — An appeals court decision Friday in a patent-infringement suit between Apple and Motorola threw a wrench in the ongoing Apple v. Samsung case currently being argued in a court here, extending the duration of the trial to give the parties time to …

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• 25 April

  Speck CandyShell Amped: Will this case make your iPhone louder?

  

  The CandyShell Amped for iPhone 5/5S comes in a few different color options for $44.95. Sarah Tew/CNET In recent months, Speck, one of the leading case makers for mobile phones and tablets, has coalesced its marketing efforts around its signature CandyShell brand, which now includes the freshly released CandyShell Amped, a case that’s supposed to double the volume of your …

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• 25 April

  Apple offers to replace faulty iPhone 5 on

  

  CNET Apple on Friday said it would replace power buttons that are not working properly on some iPhone 5 handsets. iPhone owners with the problem can enter their phone’s serial number into Apple’s support website and, if the phone is eligible, the company will repair it for free. Apple said the on-off — or “sleep-wake” in Apple parlance — issue …

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• 25 April

  Exclusive: Nike FuelBand engineers courted by Nest, Oculus, Intel, and Microsoft

  

  Sarah Tew/CNET Nike engineers and other hardware and manufacturing experts from the company’s FuelBand team are at the top of the recruitment list for high-profile tech firms racing to deliver new products in emerging categories like wearable technology. Related Stories Exclusive: Nike fires majority of FuelBand team, will stop making wearable hardware Nike CEO confirms FuelBand focus now on software, …

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• 25 April

  Farewell Nokia: The rise and fall of a mobile pioneer

  

  Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, is known as Nokia House, or NoHo, and is the centerpiece of an industrial park on the bay. It’s about a 10-minute drive from the center of neighboring Helsinki. Roger Cheng/CNET You never forget your first cellphone. Mine was the Nokia 5190. By today’s standards, it was bulky and embarrassingly lacking in features. It made …

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