By Darrell Etherington Another day, another seemingly random location drop for Snapbot, your friendly neighborhood Snapchat Spectacles vending machine. Today’s lucky destination is Santa Monica, bucking the recent trend of out-of-the-way spots for one just up the coast a bit from its original Venice Beach location in LA. Snap, Inc. began selling Spectacles without much…

By Darrell Etherington Coca-Cola may be thinking of Snapchat Spectacles with its latest marketing ploy, a selfie snapping bottle that features a camera in what can only be described as a bottle boot with USB out for transferring your images. The red bootie shoots a selfie whenever it tips past a 70-degree angle, giving you…

By Gerald Lynch Forget Hatchimals – there’s only one present we want under our trees this Christmas, and that’s Nintendo’s crazy-cute Nintendo Classic Mini: NES (or as it’s more commonly known, the NES Mini). Released to fill the gap between the Wii U‘s demise and the Nintendo Switch‘s (hopefully) triumphant rise, the Mini NES has…

A Winnipeg man’s Samsung Galaxy S7 explodes in his hands, leaving him second- and third-degree burns. Following the incident, Samsung says that the customers’ safety remains as top priority and that the Galaxy Note 7 issue is isolated. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The OnePlus 3T is pitted against the Google Pixel XL in a bid to find out which smartphone charges faster with their respective Dash Charge and USB-C Power Delivery fast charging technologies. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

To make room for the OnePlus 3T, OnePlus has withdrawn availability of the OnePlus 3 in the United States and Europe. The OnePlus 3T launches Nov. 22, featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, 16-megapixel front and rear-facing cameras and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Apple could be bringing augmented reality to the iPhone, with focus on object recognition and face manipulation as the primary features. Employees from AR companies it acquired in recent years are said to be working on the technology at present. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By John Biggs In a surprising move 3D printer maker Markforged has announced they are going to release the $3,499 Onyx One, a Carbon Fiber 3D printer for entry-level makers and hobbyists that prints “end-use” parts using carbon-fiber infused materials. The printer uses Onyx, a nylon and micro-carbon fiber material that has a high durability…

By Haje Jan Kamps The Ken plays the starring role in the traditional Japanese Kendama game. It’s a cup-and-ball style juggling toy that hasn’t seen much disruption since 17th century. Until now, that is. Dendama is an Internet of Things-oriented company that’s working on bringing the Kendama toy into the current century. Read More …read…

By Rod Lawton The bad news is that Luminar is a Mac-only application. The good news, for those who own a Mac, is that it’s cheap, fun and rather clever. You can use it as a simple standalone photo-editing tool, as a plug-in for Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture and Elements and even as an editing extension…

Barnes & Noble is attempting to corner the holiday season with a new Nook Tablet coming Nov. 25 for $49.99. It’s a 7-inch Android-powered tablet with front- and rear-facing cameras, 8 GB of storage and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Stephen Lambrechts Having broken away from the Microsoft exclusivity of the previous Titanfall game, EA and Respawn Entertainment have brought out the big guns for its sequel, Titanfall 2. Not only have the publisher and developer finally brought the series to the PS4, they’ve also seen fit to include a proper story-driven single player…

By Haje Jan Kamps Electronics and water go together like, well, electronics and water. But how are you going to talk to your friends when you’re knee deep in snow or plunging down a mountainside on a bike? Bonx to the rescue. The Indiegogo-funded Bonx Grip brings group-chat to the masses. Shipping this month, the…

By Matt Burns Disney World’s nightly fireworks might soon have competition. Drones. Hundreds of drones lit up with LEDs and they’re all controlled by one person. Intel turned to Disney to showcase its next generation drones. And these drones can do things fireworks cannot. Flying as a fleet, these Intel drones can paint the sky…

T-Mobile announced new pre-Black Friday deals part of Magenta Friday, as well as actual Black Friday offers set to kick off on Thanksgiving. Two free lines for a family of four and other additional perks are in store, so here’s the deal. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones