By Anthony Ha Amazon.com hosted a summer preview event in New York City today, and I’ll be real honest: I thought there was going to be more tech stuff. Nonetheless, we soldiered on with a whirlwind tour of the cruelly summer-themed exhibits, highlighting new and popular products on sale on Amazon. Unfortunately, we couldn’t demo…

By Alex White Introduction, display and specs Lenovo has made a name for itself in computer hardware over the past few years. Boasting powerful, high quality and often affordable computers, this Chinese based company has provided plenty of competition for brands more established in the West. However, Lenovo appears to have struggled to break into…

By Alex White Introduction, display and specs Lenovo has made a name for itself in computer hardware over the past few years. Boasting powerful, high quality and often affordable computers, this Chinese based company has provided plenty of competition for brands more established in the West. However, Lenovo appears to have struggled to break into…

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction, setup and design If you want to bring the bezel-less aesthetics of Dell’s XPS 13 ($799, £517, AU$1020) to your desktop workspace, then Acer’s S277HK 4K UHD ($699, £452, AU$892) display may be just the ticket. The S277HK features a high resolution output, fast refresh rates, and plenty of ports for…

By Chuong Nguyen Introduction, setup and design If you want to bring the bezel-less aesthetics of Dell’s XPS 13 ($799, £517, AU$1020) to your desktop workspace, then Acer’s S277HK 4K UHD ($699, £452, AU$892) display may be just the ticket. The S277HK features a high resolution output, fast refresh rates, and plenty of ports for…

By Matt Burns Robocoin released its first Bitcoin ATM nearly two years and today the company is announcing a software pack that enable any ATM or kiosk to accept, dispense or transfer money with Bitcoin. Called Coin SDK, the software pack is part of the company’s mission to bring the power of Bitcoin to the…

By Darrell Etherington Apple’s car ambitions may go well beyond simply developing tech that benefits from automotive advances to serve its existing offerings. A new breakdown by 9to5Mac of the employees amassed under Apple’s automotive lead Steve Zadesky includes a list of talents that go well beyond skillets which would be useful in building a…

By Darrell Etherington Apple is said to be building a new battery division that competes directly with a firm that builds lithium-ion batteries for cars and other large vehicles, in a new lawsuit that accuses Apple of poaching engineers from said firm in order to build said division. Battery maker A123 Systems has filed court…

By Natasha Lomas Spanish smartphone maker Geeksphone, perhaps best know for its partnership with Silent Circle over the pro-privacy Android fork Blackphone, is expanding from handsets into fitness wearable Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Kane Fulton While laptops, tablets and other devices become thinner and lighter, monitors are having some trouble shedding the pounds. But despite recent trends such as 4K laptops and tablets with larger displays, dual-monitor setups remain as popular as ever. If you’re after a second screen to lend your laptop extra screen real-estate on…

By Kane Fulton While laptops, tablets and other devices become thinner and lighter, monitors are having some trouble shedding the pounds. But despite recent trends such as 4K laptops and tablets with larger displays, dual-monitor setups remain as popular as ever. If you’re after a second screen to lend your laptop extra screen real-estate on…

By Desire Athow Remember talks of a paperless office/world where everything would be digitised, available only on a display near you? Well it never happened. We’re printing more than ever before and mobile devices have, ironically, been fueling the growth of printing. We gathered the best printer deals around in three categories: Laser printers, inkjet…

By Kyle Russell Last week Chinese electronics company Xiaomi gave Western media an in-depth look at its products and business model. From its phones and the Android variant that powers them to its ambitions in the smart home of the future, Xiaomi demonstrated its approach to capturing the demand for premium gadgets while costing less…

By Darrell Etherington Samsung said they would be working towards building LoopPay’s technology into future devices, and stressed that this isn’t just about mobile payments: It’s about building a mobile wallet that is more comprehensive in scope, without requiring either merchants or consumers to change their behavior at a faster pace than they’re necessarily willing…

By Mary Branscombe and Dan Grabham Introduction and installation Windows 8.1 has now been out for a few months and is a freely downloadable update. Microsoft has already released what is the equivalent of a first Service Pack for it, Windows 8.1 Update 1. The latter should already have landed automatically on Windows 8 systems…