By Darrell Etherington Google purchased Boston Dynamics last year, which means it now owns the company’s ongoing robotics projects, including BigDog. Today, the Google subsidiary posted videos of a smaller dog-like robot, aptly named Spot, which weighs around 160 lbs, has an electric powerhouse and can operate both indoors and outside. The robot, as you…

By Andrew Hayward Introduction and design If gaming is your main driver for buying a new laptop, prepare to break the bank. The Razer Blade seems to have it all, but it’s also pushing a $2000+ price tag. What if you want to spend only half of that and still have a capable rig? The…

By Andrew Hayward Introduction and design If gaming is your main driver for buying a new laptop, prepare to break the bank. The Razer Blade seems to have it all, but it’s also pushing a $2000+ price tag. What if you want to spend only half of that and still have a capable rig? The…

By EZ Bardeguez Introduction, specs and performance Despite near-ubiquitous mobility among business professionals, there are still aspects of the professional world that are still stationary – like printers. Epson decided, by their own words, to expand the portfolio of business printing solutions by creating the Epson WorkForce WF-100 ($349, £229.14, AU$449.25), the world’s lightest and…

By EZ Bardeguez Introduction, specs and performance Despite near-ubiquitous mobility among business professionals, there are still aspects of the professional world that are still stationary – like printers. Epson decided, by their own words, to expand the portfolio of business printing solutions by creating the Epson WorkForce WF-100 ($349, £229.14, AU$449.25), the world’s lightest and…

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction and design When it debuted last year, the Atom-powered Venue 11 Pro impressed with strong battery life, a great 1080p display, and adequate performance to get most business tasks done. The pricier Intel Core i5 model in comparison was lackluster with weaker stamina and a chunkier body that housed a loud…

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction and design When it debuted last year, the Atom-powered Venue 11 Pro impressed with strong battery life, a great 1080p display, and adequate performance to get most business tasks done. The pricier Intel Core i5 model in comparison was lackluster with weaker stamina and a chunkier body that housed a loud…

By EZ Bardeguez Introduction Ten years ago, monitors were nothing more than necessary accessories. Today, they can be luxury items that dramatically improve all aspects of computing and content consumption. There are so many types of monitors that suit so many different needs. Screen resolution, response time, panel weight: everything should be considered when choosing…

By Michael Rougeau LG and Google have announced their very own Samsung Gear VR competitor: the VR for G3. It’s a Cardboard-inspired headset that turns the LG G3 into a virtual reality display, much like what Gear VR does for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The iPhone 6 is a stunner The G3 slots into…

By Michael Rougeau LG and Google have announced their very own Samsung Gear VR competitor: the VR for G3. It’s a Cardboard-inspired headset that turns the LG G3 into a virtual reality display, much like what Gear VR does for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The iPhone 6 is a stunner The G3 slots into…

By JR Bookwalter Introduction and Core processors Not so long ago, processors were judged largely by raw clock speed alone, a measure of how many calculations the chip is capable of performing in the space of a second. These days, it’s all about cores, which have allowed chipmakers like Intel to boost speed by splitting…

By John McCann Hands on: Honor Holly review The Honor Holly is the latest smartphone to come out of the Chinese startup and it follows in the footsteps of the Honor 6, offering better-than-expected specs for the price tag. While the Honor 6 is the flagship device, the Holly falls at the opposite end of…

By Natasha Lomas One of Europe’s busiest airports, Amsterdam’s Schiphol hub in the Netherlands, is trialling Google Glass for use by airport authority officers as a hands-free way to look up gate and airplane information. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Sarah Perez Wearables for women are already having a big year. Companies like smart ring maker Ringly and jewelry maker Cuff have both raised significant rounds of new funding in early 2015, as they work to bring their attractive smart jewelry to the mainstream. Now, a new competitor Trellie is poised to enter the…

By Steve O'Hear Breed Reply, the London-based Internet of Things (IoT) incubator run by Italian publicly-listed Reply, has announced that its backed three new startups in the smart home, health and energy sectors: Cocoon, the UK smart home security startup; BrainControl, an Italian startup that has developed an assistive technology to let disabled people control…