HTC is expected to release its next-generation flagship smartphone to succeed the HTC 10 next year. A concept video for that device has been created to give us an idea of what we might expect to see in the HTC 11. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Qualcomm’s mid-level Snapdragon chips all feature marked performance boosts. They also offer a peek at future mid-range smartphone features such as dual camera, increased data speed and support for fast charging. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Samsung is setting up customer service points at airports in the United States, Australia and South Korea to make it easier for users to return and exchange their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unit. Users can get a replacement unit on-site alongside extra trade-in credit. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey This week is the Association for Computing Machinery’s Multimedia conference in Amsterdam, and the theme this year beyond a doubt is machine learning. Many of the papers and presentations in some way or another leverage neural networks and deep learning, and the purposes to which they put these increasingly useful tools are…

By Darrell Etherington If you’re kind of an ass when you drive, autonomous cars are going to be great for you, a new study from the London School of Economics and Goodyear has found (via Geekwire). Basically self-driving cars will opt on the side of safety and caution, which means aggressive jerks who drive like…

By Devin Coldewey Yves Behar, designer of many round-edged objects, has at last turned his attention to the piece of furniture rated “most restful” by babies: the crib. His robotic, Wi-Fi enabled creation, called Snoo, also puts to rest the classic “what’s snoo with you” joke, since now everyone will know what snoo is and…

By Darrell Etherington There’s a new remote-controlled Star Wars droid on the way, but it might not be the one at the top of most people’s gift lists. The R/C Mouse Droid (via Gizmodo) is about as basic as a bot can get, but the tiny scene stealing droid will be very familiar (and possibly…

By Romain Dillet If you’ve been looking for cycle clothing, chances are you’ve seen some of Rapha’s items. Rapha isn’t just a utilitarian clothing company and focuses on design to make cycle clothing a bit more sylish. And interestingly, Rapha’s head of design Alex Valdman has become a big Apple Pencil advocate. Apple has jumped…

By John Mannes Today, Joy, hardware startup and resident positive emotion, announced the launch of it’s first product, the Joy Album — an interactive photo frame designed from the ground up. Joy has raised $2.5 million in seed funding from investors including Obvious Ventures, The Chernin Group, BoxGroup, and Maywic Select Investments. At first glance,…

By Dave Rudden,Nick Pino The Nintendo NX could be one of the most revolutionary consoles of all time, but the only official information we’ve had so far from Nintendo is a vague release date of March 2017. Everything else we know about the console has come from a number of leaks where we’ve learned some…

By Christian de Looper The addition of a second touch screen to a handheld might have raised eyebrows at the time, but the Nintendo DS has gone down in history as one of Nintendo’s greatest handhelds. As it turns out, all it took was for developers to get the hang of making games for two…

By Christian de Looper The addition of a second touch screen to a handheld might have raised eyebrows at the time, but the Nintendo DS has gone down in history as one of Nintendo’s greatest handhelds. As it turns out, all it took was for developers to get the hang of making games for two…

By Kevin Lee The 3D printer world is heating back up. Just last month MakerBot introduced a new pair of Replicator machines and now Ultimaker is following suit with the Ultimaker 3. The headlining feature of the Ultimaker 3 is its new dual extruder head allows it to create objects with a complex composition and…

By Kevin Lee The 3D printer world is heating back up. Just last month MakerBot introduced a new pair of Replicator machines and now Ultimaker is following suit with the Ultimaker 3. The headlining feature of the Ultimaker 3 is its the company’s first 3D printer with a two extruders that allows it to create…

By Jon Porter Excitement for Nintendo’s new console might be reaching a fever pitch, but the finance world is less excited about the upcoming Nintendo NX – which may also give a hint towards just how expensive Nintendo’s next console will be. Credit rating agency Macquarie has recently downgraded its rating for the home of…