By Darrell Etherington Apple has a new patent (via AppleInsider) that covers modular accessories for mobile devices like the iPhone, which include a physical gamepad with action buttons, D-pads and analog joysticks; a QWERTY hardware keyboard for typing; additional camera, speaker and microphone units; and even a full, secondary multitouch input like a trackpad. The…

By Natasha Lomas The U.K.’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has identified four areas it plans to prioritize in order to support the development of the Internet of Things, after taking input from various industry “stakeholders” last year. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By James Deal TechRadar has a team of tech-savvy super-elves putting together our daily deals, and today we’ve got some great ideas for some January bargains. We’ve got TV deals, gaming deals, phones, speakers and more! Let’s start with this great deal on a Philips 4K TV. This 50-inch machine comes packing Philips’ legendary good…

By Michael Rougeau We’ve known for a long time that gaming is not Oculus VR’s only focus, but it seems film might play an even larger role in virtual reality than we suspected. The company behind Oculus Rift has introduced a new entertainment-focused internal group called Oculus Story Studio, reports The Verge. The studio aims…

By Michael Rougeau We’ve known for a long time that gaming is not Oculus VR’s only focus, but it seems film might play an even larger role in virtual reality than we suspected. The company behind Oculus Rift has introduced a new entertainment-focused internal group called Oculus Story Studio, reports The Verge. The studio aims…

By Greg Kumparak For the past few years, Dropcam’s product lineup has been a bit… confusing. Since October of 2013, Dropcam has sold two products: the Dropcam HD, and the Dropcam Pro. Which one were would-be buyers supposed to see as the “better” one? That won’t be a problem anymore. Read More …read more Source:…

By Josh Constine Oculus just premiered its Story Studio’s first virtual reality cinema experience Lost that’s designed to demonstrate the narrative potential of VR to filmmakers. The experience features a massive robotic hand traipsing around a darkened forest in search of its body. While cute, the film doesn’t push the limits of VR much. All…

By Alex Wilhelm In its most recent quarter, Microsoft sold 10.5 million Lumia handsets, and the Surface line generated $1.1 billion in revenue. Both figures are all-time highs. Microsoft did break out total phone revenue — $2.3 billion, down from $2.6 billion in the sequentially preceding quarter — but that figure includes the sale of…

By Kitty Ireland Remember wearables? Those wristbands and glasses that were going to take over our lives? This time last year, many of us had high hopes that 2014 was (finally) going to be the year of the wearable. Whoops. The wearables revolution didn’t come to pass in 2014, and it’s not going to happen…

By Juan Martinez HP recently unveiled its newest fleet of enterprise tablets and convertibles. Leading the pack was the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. The Pro Slate 12 fits nicely into a category that is already jam-packed with excellent…

By Juan Martinez HP recently unveiled its newest fleet of enterprise tablets and convertibles. Leading the pack was the HP Pro Slate 12 ($529, £349, or AUS$646), a large format tablet that can turn physical pen-to-paper drawings into digital files. The Pro Slate 12 fits nicely into a category that is already jam-packed with excellent…

By Alex Blake If you like games, you love Team Fortress 2, which features beautiful visuals and fast-paced gameplay – and some rather fetching hats. Why you need it Team Fortress has been around for a while now, and with good reason – it’s one of the most popular multiplayer games around, combining addictive gameplay…

By Alex Blake If you like games, you love Team Fortress 2, which features beautiful visuals and fast-paced gameplay – and some rather fetching hats. Why you need it Team Fortress has been around for a while now, and with good reason – it’s one of the most popular multiplayer games around, combining addictive gameplay…

By Jordan Crook The home security market is quickly heating up. As IoT continues to be a dominating trend, security systems that use smaller, faster technology will become the central hub of the home for a fraction of the cost of traditional home monitoring systems. Canary is one of the most affordable and attractive options…

By Natasha Lomas This week Google’s Eric Schmidt was on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he suggested that the future Internet will be, in one sense, invisible — because it will be embedded into everything we interact with. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets