Sony’s Wearable Lifelog Camera Moves One Step Closer to Watching Your Every Step
Sony is making a lot of noise about wearables at this year’s IFA tech show. Not only does it have the new SmartWatch 3 and SmartBand Talk on display, but behind closed doors, it has shown a new version of its Smart Lifelog Camera. We first saw this interesting little device back at MWC, when it was…
Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Is Slimmer and Smarter Than Ever
BERLIN — Lenovo launched a series of part-tablet, part-PC hybrids at the 2014 IFA tech conference on Thursday, including its latest ThinkPad Helix for users who want tablets on the go and laptops later on for productivity. While Lenovo aims to grow bigger as a full consumer electronics company, PCs…
Metal-framed Galaxy Alpha is toughest Galaxy yet, says Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is the toughest Galaxy yet. Drop tests of the new metal-framed phone -- Samsung's first ferrous foray for the popular line of smartphones -- reveal the curved corners mean it can take a licking and keep on ticking. Revealed last week, the 4.7-inch Galaxy Alpha is a…
Wearable Device Bracelet Charger
Wearable devices are increasingly seen as tools primarily designed to track your life, but a new entrant into the category has a far more practical mission: charging your devices. The QBracelet looks like a stylish piece of wrist candy, but is in fact a portable charger capable of delivering juice…
Barnes & Noble launches the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook
Back in June Barnes & Noble announced that it would launch a co-branded Samsung tablet that would marry Samsung's hardware with its Nook software. Well, that tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, is now shipping, and it's exactly what what we imagined it would be. Indeed, the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook…
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua Waterproof Smartphone
Sony has announced the Xperia M2 Aqua, a revised version of the original Xperia M2, which was launched at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The phone shares many of the same features, but adds what Sony says is “the highest level of waterproofing available in any smartphone.” It demonstrates…
Intel and 50 Cent Headphones That Measure Your Heart Rate
Intel is teaming up with 50 Cent's SMS Audio to develop headphones designed for fitness and athletes. Back at CES 2014, Intel showed off a prototype of earphones that can measure heart rate. Intel wasn't the only company with that idea; LG also showed off heartbeat monitoring earphones and actually…
LightFreq isn’t just an LED Bulb with a Speaker – You can Talk Back to It
Ever wish you could blast your favorite tunes from the lamp in your living room? Oh, what’s that? You’ve never had such a ridiculous desire before? Well add it to your list of dreams and then promptly cross it off, because lightbulbs with integrated speakers are apparently becoming a thing.…
New super-fast USB Cable is Here
The reversible USB Type-C standard has now been finalized, which should save the world untold man-hours in mis-plugging. Roughly the size of a current micro-USB Type-B connector, it uses matching rows of contacts on the top and bottom so that you can shove it in either way around. Type-C is a…
Here, Take My Business Card With Built-in USB Drive
Young professionals who are fed up with LinkedIn, and who dislike the limitations imposed by traditional paper business cards, may find the best of both worlds in Swivelcards. Although these smart business cards are partly paper, the bottom third folds into a USB stick, which can be used to store…