By Matt Burns In 2014 the Roost Smart Battery accumulated nearly $100,000 in Kickstarter pledges. But that was just the start for Roost. Today the company is announcing a $5.5 million Series A lead by RPM Ventures as the company expands its operations and gears up for launch. The Roost Smart Battery turns ordinary smoke…

By Natasha Lomas We got a glimpse of BlackBerry’s rumored Android-powered smartphone last month, in the form a render shared on Twitter by notorious leaker Evan Blass. Now photos of the Android BlackBerry have apparently leaked too. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Natasha Lomas Qnovo, a Newark, California-based firm that’s been developing battery charging enhancement technology since 2010, is today announcing an $8.6 million Series B funding round, with Intel Capital joining as a strategic investor, alongside existing investors RockPort Capital, US Venture Partners and Blue Run Ventures. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By SJ Azar You might have imagined that 2D gaming has had its day in a world of VR, but artist Chris Bischoff’s isometric Fallout designs have convinced us that there’s life in the old dog(meat) yet. Whilst promoting new isometric game, Stasis, Bischoff acknowledged the influence of Fallout by releasing re-imagined the post-nuclear landscape…

By Juan Martinez Not all powerful laptops have to cost you an arm and a lag. The 14-inch Lenovo IdeaPad 300 is a fully customizable Windows 10 laptop capable of running on the new six-generation Intel Core i processor. Oh, and it starts at only $399 (£260, AU$560). Unfortunately, most great deals do require some…

By Juan Martinez The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 460 (starting at $999, £648, AU$1,405) follows in a long line of successful Lenovo hybrids designed for work. You’re probably familiar with the wildly popular Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, and its larger, more powerful sibling, the Lenovo Yoga 3 14. Each of these laptops feature Lenovo’s signature…

By Juan Martinez Not all powerful laptops have to cost you an arm and a lag. The 14-inch Lenovo IdeaPad 300 is a fully customizable Windows 10 laptop capable of running on the new six-generation Intel Core i processor. Oh, and it starts at only $399 (£260, AU$560). Unfortunately, most great deals do require some…

By Juan Martinez The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 460 (starting at $999, £648, AU$1,405) follows in a long line of successful Lenovo hybrids designed for work. You’re probably familiar with the wildly popular Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, and its larger, more powerful sibling, the Lenovo Yoga 3 14. Each of these laptops feature Lenovo’s signature…

By Chuong Nguyen HP unveiled six new printers under its OfficeJet and Envy lines with easy ink cartridge replacement options. These printers ship out of the box with compatibility for HP’s ink subscription service called Instant Ink, a home solution that’s comparable to enterprise-class managed print services. The program is available on the HP Envy…

By Chuong Nguyen HP unveiled six new printers under its OfficeJet and Envy lines with easy ink cartridge replacement options. These printers ship out of the box with compatibility for HP’s ink subscription service called Instant Ink, a home solution that’s comparable to enterprise-class managed print services. The program is available on the HP Envy…

By Nick Broughall It probably has something to do with the whole “wear” part of its name, but so far all of the Android Wear devices on the market have been inconveniently restricted to being worn on the wrist. But the platform has the potential to be so much more, and it has taken bicycle…

By Nick Broughall It probably has something to do with the whole “wear” part of its name, but so far all of the Android Wear devices on the market have been inconveniently restricted to being worn on the wrist. But the platform has the potential to be so much more, and it has taken bicycle…

By Guy Cocker Release date, consoles and characters Update: Star Wars Battlefront will get a technical beta on PS4 and Xbox One in early October. The beta will feature the Walker Assault on Hoth map from The Empire Strikes Back and will support matches of up to 40 players. Also part of the beta will…

By Nick Pino It’s official: Sony’s PS4 will be the first console to support Twitch’s all-new game streaming rival, YouTube Gaming, as soon as software 3.0 (codenamed: Kenshin) comes out. Sony made the announcement on the PlayStation Blog Tuesday afternoon in a post that details what features users can look forward to in the next…

By Chuong Nguyen Skylake performance With more than half of the PCs in the world more now five years or older, Intel says that this is the time to upgrade to a new desktop, laptop or tablet. At IFA 2015, Intel officially took the wraps off of its sixth generation processor, known as Skylake, and…