By Darrell Etherington Apple is working on a new, larger iPad as rumored, according to the Wall Street Journal, with suppliers told to gear up for production in the second half of this year. That’s a revised timeline from an earlier plan that targeted the first half of this year, but since the product’s existence…

By Ron Miller As I walked around Mobile World Congress this week, I couldn’t help but notice some big trends. The Internet of Things was certainly top of mind. Vendors are merging mobile into your biggest mobile device: your car. Smart watches are a growing force, but what really caught my attention is that we…

By John McCann While ZTE has a big presence in Asia, it’s yet to break into other markets in the same way, but at the Chinese’s firm booth at MWC 2015 its latest handsets and edging closer to the standards expected from consumers in other territories. A good example of this is the ZTE Star…

By John McCann While ZTE has a big presence in Asia, it’s yet to break into other markets in the same way, but at the Chinese’s firm booth at MWC 2015 its latest handsets and edging closer to the standards expected from consumers in other territories. A good example of this is the ZTE Star…

By Hugh Langley When HTC announced Vive, the virtual reality headset it built with Valve, we suspected that it wouldn’t be the last manufacturer to announce a visor running the SteamVR platform. We’ve been hearing mumblings from sources that more are being worked on from different manufacturers. Further to that, this week Bossa Studios, who…

By Hugh Langley When HTC announced Vive, the virtual reality headset it built with Valve, we suspected that it wouldn’t be the last manufacturer to announce a visor running the SteamVR platform. We’ve been hearing mumblings from sources that more are being worked on from different manufacturers. Further to that, this week Bossa Studios, who…

By Hugh Langley Valve’s spoiled us at this year’s GDC, with Steam Machines, HTC Vive and Source 2 getting us more than a little excited. The company also promised us a look at the final version of the Steam Controller, and while it wasn’t flaunting itself on the show floor, we were invited behind closed…

By Hugh Langley Valve’s spoiled us at this year’s GDC, with Steam Machines, HTC Vive and Source 2 getting us more than a little excited. The company also promised us a look at the final version of the Steam Controller, and while it wasn’t flaunting itself on the show floor, we were invited behind closed…

By Michael Rougeau and Nick Pino Steam Machines at GDC We’ve been waiting for a long time now, but Steam Machines are finally beginning to appear. These living room PCs come from a variety of manufacturers, but they all share one thing: they use SteamOS to give gamers a streamlined way to play PC games…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Microsoft wants you to know it’s very serious about this “oneness” thing it’s doing, even down to the accessories you use to game. The Redmond firm revealed during GDC 2015 that all wireless Xbox gaming accessories will be designed for and supported on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs from now on.…

By Michelle Fitzsimmons Microsoft wants you to know it’s very serious about this “oneness” thing it’s doing, even down to the accessories you use to game. The Redmond firm revealed during GDC 2015 that all wireless Xbox gaming accessories will be designed for and supported on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs from now on.…

By Matt Burns Rumors of an iPad with a larger screen simply will not die. Bloomberg is today reporting that a 12.9-inch iPad will hit manufacturing lines in September. That is later than previously speculated, and the screen is to blame according to the report. But building the larger iPad could be the easy part.…

By Darrell Etherington Smartbike startup Vanhawks, part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 class, has raised $1.6 million from Real Ventures, Olympic triathlon gold medallist Simon Whitfield, Brenda Irwin of Relentless Pursuit partners and various angels. The company will use the funding to help deliver its Valour smartbike, which raised over $820,000 on Kickstarter last…

By Matt Burns This is common and one of the chief concerns Garmin is addressing with the Fenix 3. It looks and works like a normal watch. Just don’t call it a smartwatch. It sports some basic smartwatch functionality, but it’s mainly a glorified activity tracker. And I like it. After two weeks, I’m still…

By Michael Rougeau We’ve been waiting for a long time now, but Steam Machines are finally beginning to appear. These living room PCs come from a variety of manufacturers, but they all share one thing: they use SteamOS to give gamers a streamlined way to play PC games on the big screen. And at GDC…