April 22nd, 20140793One good thing about being in Amazon's system is that the Fire TV has a feature the company calls Advanced Streaming and Prediction (ASAP). It's a caching technology that learns what you're likely to watch, then lets you load Amazon's Instant Videos, well, instantly. According to Amazon, the longer you use the Fire TV, the more accurate...
April 22nd, 20140403We've seen many structures that offer shelter while hanging from tree branches over the years, but the Baobed treehouse adds some extra versatility to the equation. The portable capsule is designed to allow one person, or two very close friends, to hang from a tree or camp on the ground.
Though its shape may bring to mind classic TV...
April 22nd, 20140366Audi has just raised the bar for all-round techno-mastery with the new TT coupe. Here's a quick taste of what we're talking about. High-res LCD panels, twin quad-core CPUs, 4G data, touch control, natural-language voice recognition, iOS-aping search functionality, intelligent auto-dimming headlights, hybrid aluminium and steel...
April 22nd, 20140400While many people are probably thinking about buying Google Glass, $1500 is a lot of money to throw down for face gear without ever trying it on. It's not like people can walk into a shop, test it out, and see how the computer-enabled eyeglasses fit and feel.
So, Google is making it easier for would-be customers to take Glass for a...
April 22nd, 201401539You're looking at the "world's lightest gaming notebook." At least that's what gaming hardware vendor MSI claims, pegging its brand new GS60 Ghost Pro at around four pounds.
The company just launched its first 15.6-inch thin and light gaming laptop, the GS60 Ghost, packed with an FHD display and Nvidia's latest 800M series GPUs. But...
April 22nd, 20140370Fitness trackers and smartwatches come a dime a dozen, but devices that combine the best of both? Still exceedingly rare. Now, however, Samsung thinks it has the perfect solution in the Gear Fit, a fitness band with a beautiful, curved screen, as well as a heart rate monitor, pedometer and a few smartwatch features thrown in for good...
April 22nd, 20140358It's an oft-repeated maxim of gadget design that the overall experience should be so engaging that the device itself should "disappear." Sony appears to have taken that advice literally with the Xperia Z2 tablet — probably the lightest and thinnest full-size tablet you can buy.
In look and feel, the Z2 mirrors the aesthetic that all...
April 22nd, 20140433Good news for Android users: You can now access your PC desktop computer directly via your smartphone or tablet.
Google announced the launch of Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android this week, which lets you access files sitting on your home PC or Mac even when you're nowhere near it.
The move builds off its Chrome Remote Desktop...
April 22nd, 20140313Sony's PlayStation 4 console sold 7 million units since its launch Nov. 15 last year, the company announced.
In addition, PlayStation 4 games have sold 20.5 million copies at retail stories and through the digital PlayStation Store as of April 13.
"The PS4 journey has just begun, and although we are still facing difficulties...
April 22nd, 20140595Oppo makes great-sounding Blu-ray players, but now with the PM-1 the company is jumping into the highly competitive headphone market. It's a bold move, and rather than just introduce a line of Beats clones, Oppo went upmarket and made a headphone that can be judged against the best from established giants like AKG, Beyerdynamic, Grado,...
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