By John Biggs DISH DVR owners can now connect directly to the Amazon Echo or Dot and tell Alexa to turn on ESPN, find Matt Damon movies, or bring up lots of comedies. The feature will be rolled out in the “first half of the year” according to a DISH press release. “You no longer…

By Darrell Etherington Dish is unveiling a new streaming device at CES this year, the AirTV, which uses Android TV as its base operating systems, providing access to the wealth of Android media apps available. But it’s also able to grab over-the-air signals with an antenna for streaming live TV, and it works with Sling…

By Natasha Lomas 2016 had a little more woe to deliver in the wearables space as London-based high end connected device maker, Vinaya, went into administration last month. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Darrell Etherington Mayfield Robotics is a startup fully owned and funded by Bosch, with a team of co-founders that have extensive experience in the field of robotics, but also in interaction design and machine learning. Their first product is Kuri, an intelligent home robot making its official debut at CES this year, with pre-orders…

OnePlus has promptly released a new hotfix mere days after OnePlus 2 users complained of persistent network drops post their upgrade to the OxygenOS 3.5.5. The company stated that the OTA update is incremental. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Dong Ngo Stand aside Google Wifi, Belkin released a much more powerful contender today at CES 2017. …read more Source:: cnet Camcorders

Google has now fixed a security flaw with the Pixel and the Pixel XL’s front-facing camera, which could have opened up the possibility of individual device tracking. All will be sorted out when this month’s security patches arrive. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Sony’s Xperia X is the first non-Google smartphone to receive an Android 7.1.1 Nougat update, but not for all units of the device. The upgrade was only made available through Sony’s Concept for Android program. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The rugged Samsung Galaxy S7 Active has popped up on GFXBench with Android 7.0 Nougat on board, indicating that an update could be imminent. The Nougat treat will mark a major upgrade from Android 6.0 Marshmallow, bringing a number of neat new features. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Luke Lancaster In a world-first for a gaming headset, the Revolver S has plug-and-play Dolby 7.1-channel surround sound. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Luke Lancaster HyperX is bringing its slick, minimalist design ethos to gaming mice. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Luke Lancaster There are three new keyboards from HyperX at CES, and colour is the name of the game. …read more Source:: cnet Cell Phones

By Kevin Lee HyperX has unleashed what it claims to be is the first plug-and-play 7.1 Dolby surround sound headset – and at an affordable price no less. Meet the Cloud Revolver S, which is an upgrade over HyperX’s older generic surround sound capable Cloud Revolver gaming headset. The gaming peripheral maker claims, the new…

By Darrell Etherington Fiat Chrysler is getting ready for a future in which your vehicle is an extension of your living space with their new Portal concept car, which is debuting at CES this year. The Portal is an electric-powered vehicle with its own wireless network, Level 3 semi-autonomy standard and the hardware necessary for…

Qualcomm accidentally unveiled the Asus ZenFone AR, the second Google Project Tango-enabled smartphone. The device will be powered by the Snapdragon 821 processor and will be officially announced at CES 2017. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones