By Devin Coldewey We’re all curious to see whether Light’s crazy 16-lens camera can live up to its own hype, but it looks like we’ll have to wait just a little bit longer for the already-delayed gadget. On the bright side, so to speak, the camera is getting a significant improvement to its many lenses’…

By Devin Coldewey Smart contact lenses have been the stuff of science fiction for a long time, but as with jetpacks and faster-than-light travel, we’re still waiting on them. Research is ongoing, though, and a project at the University of Ghent shows promise not just in advancing the technology but providing some therapeutic value, as…

By Devin Coldewey Pebble has had a long, one might say rocky road. As one of the earliest and biggest crowdfunding successes, it showed the potential and perils of hardware startups that were increasingly having to scale from back-of-napkin idea to a global operation almost overnight. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Darren Allan Western Digital has revealed new hard drives and SSDs aimed at the enterprise, including a new fourth-generation helium drive which offers the biggest capacity available in the HDD world, and a super-speedy solid-state drive. The Ultrastar He12 is helium-based 3.5-inch hard disk which uses PMR technology and notches up 12TB in capacity,…

By Darren Allan Nvidia has a new offer on the go for those buying GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060 graphics cards (or systems containing them), with a choice of one of three free indie games being offered, including the virtual reality shooter which some have described as the best reason to buy…

By Matt Hanson Usually when you want to take advantage of the speeds that solid state drives provide you have to make a compromise when it comes to storage space, as SSDs usually come in smaller capacities than regular hard drives. Thankfully there are an increasing number of high capacity SSDs being released, such as…

By Kane Fulton The 15-inch MacBook Pro has always been the go-to computer for creatives and media enthusiasts. Need quad-core processors, dedicated graphics and a big old screen that’s only slightly smaller than your monitor? If so, Apple’s 13-inch laptops probably haven’t cut the proverbial mustard for you in the past. Like the new 13-inch…

By Darren Allan The GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM could possibly become a more compelling budget graphics card option, at least if speculation about it adopting the same chip as the GTX 1070/1080 is on the money. According to the rumor mill, Nvidia is set to use GP104 chips (as seen on…

By Darren Allan One of the bigger complaints concerning Apple’s new MacBook Pro – particularly the base 13-inch model – is its relative lack of connectivity. A dongle is a potential way round this, of course, and a nifty new offering which claims to be the world’s fastest and most compact Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub…

By Darren Allan HP has announced an overhauled Secure Managed Print Services (MPS) solution which the company claims represents a new standard in bolstering the security of networked printers against cyber-attacks. Broadly, the redesigned scheme includes a raft of professional services such as ‘print security implementation’, whereby trained security technicians deliver and implement corporate print…

By Darrell Etherington Welcome to the 2016 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide! We’ll be rolling out a bunch of guides leading up to Christmas, hopefully making your holiday shopping a little easier. Looking for gifts for others on your list? Check out our full 2016 Gift Guide Hub. Photography is a habit that tends to attract…

By Emma Boyle It’s been ten years in the making, and now Final Fantasy XV has finally launched on PS4 and Xbox One. We know when you’ve waited this long you’re likely to want to throw money at the first copy you see to get it in your console as quickly as possible, but we…

The purported Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro recently popped up in a Geekbench benchmark, and now it surfaced again on AnTuTu. The latest benchmark now reveals more spec details, including 16-megapixel cameras on both the front and back. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By David Katzmaier Sony’s PlayStation Vue lets you ditch cable TV and still enjoy tons of live channels and DVR features, but is it the bargain it’s made out to be? …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Darrell Etherington Ditching frills for focus The Headphone doesn’t offer activity tracking or fancy gesture controls – instead, it promises Bluetooth audio, with physical buttons on the right earbud to control playback and volume. The case for The Headphone just holds the buds for charging; unlike The Dash, the storage container does not also…