Anyone on an iOS or Android tablet or smartphone now can use the app free of charge. But there is one catch. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek at the company’s media event Wednesday in New York. Spotify is setting its mobile app free. The streaming music service said Wednesday that it would allow anyone on an iOS or Android tablet or smartphone to …
With new USB connector, no more wrong-way-up cables
A major revamp of the ports and cables of the ubiquitous connection technology will make USB connectors reversible, slimmer, and better at transmitting data and power. It can take a little concentration to figure out which way is up when using a USB port such as this one on a MacBook Air; the Thunderbolt port to the right is keyed …
The game console that would rule your living room, Xbox One review
As smartphone theft grows, handset owners need to do all they can to secure their devices. Read the steps you can take and find just what else the industry is, and is not, doing. The good:Â Microsoft’s new console integrates live TV in an innovative fashion and can control your cable or satellite cable box, TV, and receiver. Most games present …
Emerging technology heightens video-game realism
(CNN) — Next-generation video game consoles are nearly upon us, and with them will come increased power and cutting-edge developer tech. Analysts expect early games on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will look more realistic thanks to enhanced graphics capabilities. But some current-generation games are already bridging between real-life actors and near-real-life game simulations. The result is a film-like quality to the …
Apple, Google, Microsoft unite against NSA spying program
The tech giants, along with Yahoo, Facebook, and AOL, call upon the Senate Judiciary Committee to substantially reform the US government’s mass surveillance practices. The top tech companies are sharpening their blades in their battle with the National Security Agency. While they’ve been doggedly asking for transparency on the agency’s mass surveillance program for months, they’re now calling for reform. …
MacBook Air is the best Apple laptop
The MacBook Air is attractive, durable, thin and light – all qualities you want in a laptop. It says a lot that the 2010 revamp of Apple’s ultra-thin laptop was the lynchpin that single-handedly forced Intel (INTC, Fortune 500) to create the specifications for rival PC ultrabooks in 2011. Three years later, it’s still the gold standard for laptop hardware — and CNNMoney’s Best …
Apps on iPhone 5S more crash-prone than other models
Apps crash twice as often on the iPhone 5S, compared with the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C, according to data from a mobile app analytics company. The mixture of new software and hardware improvements is enough to make apps running on the iPhone 5S more crash-prone than those on other iPhone models. Apps running on the iPhone 5S crash twice as often …
Adobe hacked, 3 million accounts compromised
The massive attack exposes customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders. Adobe announced on Thursday that it has been the target of a major security breach in which sensitive and personal data about millions of its customers have been put at risk. Brad Arkin, senior director of security for Adobe …
California gives teens an ‘eraser button’ to hide online skeletons
Sites and apps targeting minors will have to delete content on request, but the new law has limitations. Teenagers in California worried that their online posts might jeopardize their future opportunities have gained a measure of recourse in the form of an online “eraser button.” Legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown will require Web sites, apps, and online services …
Apple’s new iPhones draw record crowds, but how about sales?
Apple’s new iPhones draw record crowds, but how about sales? Apple’s new iPhone is believed to have brought in record crowds for an opening weekend, though it’s unclear whether Apple will top last year’s 5 million phones sold. Any critics expecting Apple’s iPhone 5S and 5C launch to be a snoozer got a wake-up call Friday. Large lines at Apple’s …