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By Natasha Lomas Fitness tracker makers would have you believe that all that stands between you and the motivation to get up off your couch and get healthy is their shiny wearable device. But a new study conducted by researchers in the UK found groups of teenagers ended up being discouraged from exercising after using…

By Sarah Perez Wi-Fi hotspot maker Karma Mobility will this fall unveil a specialized version of its KarmaGo hotspot device that includes built-in security features, including support for private anonymous browsing through Tor, an integrated VPN, black listing, and ad blocking. For customers, the promise is a device that encrypts your web activity, hides your…

By Mike Williams StackPath is an interesting new web services company founded by Lance Crosby, the co-founder and former CEO of SoftLayer. In the past year StackPath has acquired MaxCDN, Highwinds, Cloak (a VPN service), and the web security companies Fireblade and Staminus, and it has now brought some of these technologies together in its…

By Darrell Etherington Ikea is getting into the domestic solar power generation and storage market in the UK, with new solar panel and home storage battery system products. The products include panels that integrated with existing roofing solutions provided by Solarcentury, a UK solar power company, which includes a 25 year guarantee on the panels…

By Darrell Etherington HP has a new entrant in that most curious PC niche – the backpack computer. A product of the virtual reality computing wave, the backpack PC provides all the power needed to drive high-quality VR headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but with a form factor that allows the user to…

By Emma Boyle Once there was a time when pretty much every major movie release had some kind of video game tie-in. You probably remember the thrill of going to see a film you love and then being able to go and pick up its accompanying game to take home and stretch out your new…

By Jon Porter There are two kinds of people in the world; those who like all of their controllers to match, and those who want them to stand out with awesome color-schemes called stuff like like Volcano Shadow. If you’re part of the former group then I have little to offer you this morning, but…

A new Samsung Galaxy Note 8 render has just been leaked by trusted tipster Evan Blass, possibly showing the final design of the forthcoming device. Samsung will unveil its flagship Note device on Aug. 23. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Stephen Lambrechts While most users have had no problems with their Nintendo Switch units since the device launched back in March, some people have been experiencing a battery indicator issue since day one. Now, Nintendo has issued an update to address the problem, though it requires some hoop jumping on the user’s part. The…

By Patrick Holland Motorola announces the Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus, which add better cameras and a larger display to the popular Moto G5 and G5 Plus. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Parker Wilhelm The classic keyboard-and-mouse setup may be the preferred way to handle most PC games, but that doesn’t stop some titles from playing their best with a controller. Thanks to Microsoft’s plug-and-play wireless dongle, the Xbox One‘s gamepad makes an excellent go-to for PC play — and now an improved version is in…

By Katie Roof Apple Watch sales are up over 50% since last year, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook. He mentioned this when discussing Apple’s strong third quarter results on the investor call Tuesday. Overall, Apple beat analyst expectations with $1.67 per share, versus the anticipated $1.57 per share. Revenue was $45.4 billion, when Wall…

By Sean Hollister Yes, the same Red that makes cameras for Hollywood. …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders

By Mike Williams Amazon CloudFront is the CDN element of Amazon Web Services (AWS). First unveiled in beta form back in 2008, CloudFront currently uses a global network of 79 edge locations across 49 countries covering North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America (the detailed list is here). CloudFront can speed up the delivery…

By Megan Wollerton The Swidget outlet comes with a bunch of detachable smart accessories. …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders