By Chuong Nguyen If you’re feeling blue that your latest smartphone doesn’t ship with a microSD card slot to store all your high resolution photos and videos, Samsung has you covered. At CES 2016, Samsung unveiled a new portable external solid state T3 drive that can deliver up to 2TB of external storage for your…

By John Biggs The Rokos Core, now in its fourth version, is a disk image for Raspberry Pis that can turn your single-board computer into a full bitcoin node. The system will allow you to hold a bitcoin wallet and mine, send, and receive bitcoin over the network. Understand that without specialized hardware this thing…

By John Biggs Remember Chromebooks? Acer does. The company has announced a $180 “rugged” Chromebook laptop and an iMac-like all-in-one – called a Chromebase – with optional touchscreen. The devices are low cost and promise a bit of performance. The laptop, the CB3-131, has an 11.6-inch display, Intel Celeron processor, and up to 4GB of…

The Blink-Board is an electric skateboard that separates itself from much of the pack with the addition of Bluetooth connectivity. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Kane Fulton VR has been called the next frontier in PC gaming, but the path to headset-wearing, arms-waving bliss is one that’s still full of questions. Nvidia is hoping to answer one of them by launching the GeForce GTX VR Ready program, which will help gamers identify PC components and entire systems that can…

Specs of the alleged Galaxy S7 edge+ have emerged online. Details suggest that the phone will tout a 12-megapixel snapper. Reportedly, this will also come packed with a larger sensor. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Some Nexus users running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and up have reported a syncing issue that delays the appearance of notifications from Gmail, Inbox and a few other apps. A new feature in the operating system could be the cause of the problem. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Jon Russell Mark Zuckerberg is known for setting himself tough challenges — whether that’s learning Mandarin, promoting equality, or (controversially) trying to solve global Internet access — but this year the Facebook founder just took things to another level. His personal project for 2016 is to bring Jarvis, Iron Man’s trusty digital assistant, to…

By Chuong Nguyen Lenovo is continuing its push into the modular desktop PC space. At CES 2016, Lenovo unveiled two new displays, each with a different take on how a modular monitor should work. The ThinkVision X24 Pro is a 23.8-inch full HD IPS monitor that can connect via mDP or USB-C wires. The monitor…

By John Biggs Wireless whole-home audio is a tough nut to crack. Only a few folks – primarily Sonos – have cracked it but Samsung is hot on the whole-home kick with the HW-K950, a Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar that includes three forward-facing and two upward speakers. The HW-K950 can connect to subwoofers and rear speaker…

By Romain Dillet It’s true, startups are taking over CES. But this is just part of the story. CES isn’t yet another startup show. It’s a now a startup show with hundreds of companies launching compelling new products at the same time coming from many different countries — and French startups in particular are coming…

By Matt Burns The Consumer Electronics Show keeps on growing. Several years ago the show outgrew the massive Las Vegas Convention Center and started using part of the Sands Expo Center several blocks away. They called it Eureka Park and made the exhibit space less expensive in a bid to attract startups to the show.…

By Anthony Ha If you’re a regular person looking to shoot some video, it’s hard to complain about the many, many options available. Heck, the iPhone camera is good enough at this point that it’s been used to shoot a critically acclaimed feature film. But unless you’re a video professional, there’s probably still one big…

The Windows 10 Mobile powered Microsoft Lumia 950 XL comes with a 3,340 mAh battery. Here are some tips to improve the battery life of the Lumia 950 XL. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A new Oppo device, named Oppo A30, has been listed on TENAA. Meanwhile, a purported beefed-up version of the OnePlus X has also been certified by the Chinese regulator. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones