Gadget News

Many would argue that the Google Play Store for Android is useful in its current form , but pretty? Not so much.

A build of the next major Windows update is believed to have leaked online. Microsoft has already said that it is going to bring back the start menu in the next major update .

Not everyone's compelled to backflip across a canyon on a BMX bike or dive from suborbital space in search of extreme sports thrills.

Sony unveiled the Xperia Z2 tablet earlier this year and both Wi-Fi as well as LTE variants of the device are now available for purchase in the U.S. Those who picked one up and now want to flash a custom ROM on it are in luck.

Navigation apps can tell you how to get across town using only public transportation , but they don't make it a seamless experience.

Soldiers have long dreamed of smart bullets that always hit their targets, and it looks like they're now much closer to getting their wish.

This week, we dove into the history of DARPA, explored the hand-drawn world of Cuphead, took an in-depth look at Google's 3D-mapping tablet and interviewed two people who managed to cut ties with technology.

You can pick up a Chromebook for a dirt-cheap $200 , if you know where to shop. However, there are now signs that these Google-powered portables could get even cheaper.

Back in April CNNx launched, letting viewers jump through the news of the day and watch what they want, when they want.

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There are good cameras that look cute , take passable pictures and don't cost an arm and a leg .

Part of the reason app-based car services like Uber and Hailo have become so popular is their quick service and no-fuss payments.

Cloud storage service Dropbox has announced a feature called Streaming Sync , which promises to improve the way its platform handles the syncing of large files.

Let's try something really quickly: pull your phone out, flip it over, and maybe squint at it a bit.

The FCC is ready to start dolling out up to $2 billion dollars in grants to American schools to pay for WiFi networks, but it doesn't seem that anyone -- especially the schools -- are happy about it.

Over the last few years closed captions have become increasingly prevalent in online video, but now the FCC is pushing for providers to go even further .

Members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate -- or, more likely, their interns and aides -- spend an awful lot of time editing Wikipedia entries.

Adobe has been making quite the heavy-handed push with its mobile apps as of late, and one of its older no-cost options just received a significant update.

Lyft's pink mustaches were all set to prowl New York City's outer boroughs this week, but it seems that the city itself is having none of it: New York's attorney general is pursuing a court order that will block the company from providing transportation services in Queens and Brooklyn.

When smartphones started to feature built in cameras, you know that this double-edged sword would have roosters that will come home to roost eventually, and in some ways, they have already.