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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Razer Nabu X smartband

By Lily Prasuethsut Razer has really stepped into the wearables game with the Nabu X. Not only is it much more affordable than its predecessor, the Razer Nabu, it’s essentially the exact same smartband, specs-wise. The X will deliver the same notifications from smartphones, track sleep, steps, calories, distance and has social band-to-band capabilities. It…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Razer Nabu X smartband

By Lily Prasuethsut Razer has really stepped into the wearables game with the Nabu X. Not only is it much more affordable than its predecessor, the Razer Nabu, it’s essentially the exact same smartband, specs-wise. The X will deliver the same notifications from smartphones, track sleep, steps, calories, distance and has social band-to-band capabilities. It…

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Live With TechCrunch At CES 2015

By Jordan Crook Press day is over. The monster companies — Samsung, LG, etc. — have had a chance to say their piece. And now, we focus on what’s really exciting: the little guys looking to make it big in the hardware game. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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Ford Has Big Plans For Autonomous Cars And The Future Of Driving

By Frederic Lardinois,Alex Wilhelm At its CES keynote today, Ford announced its Smart Mobility initiative, a set of 25 experiments ranging from big data analytics to a car swap service that let you swap your Mustang in for a minivan for the weekend. The company also talked about its plans for autonomous cars. Ford CEO…

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Hands-on review: Sony SmartEyeglass Attach

By Gareth Beavis The Sony SmartEyeglass Attach is a new idea from Sony (surprisingly) to bring augemented reality to your run. Well, in theory the piece can attach to any pair of glasses and could be used to improve any activity with info near your pupil, but the first iteration is designed for sport and…

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Hands-on review: Sony SmartEyeglass Attach

By Gareth Beavis The Sony SmartEyeglass Attach is a new idea from Sony (surprisingly) to bring augemented reality to your run. Well, in theory the piece can attach to any pair of glasses and could be used to improve any activity with info near your pupil, but the first iteration is designed for sport and…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Sony Smart B-Trainer

By Gareth Beavis If there’s something runners like, it’s more toys to play with when pootling around the streets and fields of the world. With that in mind, the new Sony Smart B Trainer prototype (B stands for Beat, apparently) offers a lot of new things to play with – well, it offers the same…

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Hands-on review: Sony Smart B-Trainer

By Gareth Beavis If there’s something runners like, it’s more toys to play with when pootling around the streets and fields of the world. With that in mind, the new Sony Smart B Trainer prototype (B stands for Beat, apparently) offers a lot of new things to play with – well, it offers the same…

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Misfit Debuts “Bolt,” A $50 Smart Bulb That Works With Sleep Monitoring Devices

By Sarah Perez On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of a new collection of Swarovski-encrusted Shine wearable devices, connected products maker Misfit today unveiled a wirelessly-connected, color-changing light bulb called Bolt. The bulb, which competes to some extent with Philips Hue’s smart bulbs, as it supports multiple colors into addition to white light, but can…

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iDrive Debuts 1 TB And 2 TB Wireless Drives Offering Encrypted Local Backups And Cloud Storage

By Sarah Perez Cloud storage and backup company iDrive today launched its first hardware product sold directly to consumers and businesses, with the debut of the new iDrive Wi-Fi. The encrypted external drive offers either 1 TB or 2 TB in storage space and, as the name implies, includes wireless connectivity. This allows customers to…

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ZBoard’s New Foot-Triggered Electric Skateboards Go Far But Feel Unstable

By Josh Constine There’s no lazy thrill quite like not having to kick-push while riding an electric skateboarding. And now ZBoard has added more miles of effortless cruising to that dream with its new bigger-battery generation of vehicles. But a core design problem still poisons the ZBoard experience: you clumsily control acceleration and braking with…

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HTC Reports Slender $14.7M Profit In Q4 2014 But No Big Holiday Cheer

By Natasha Lomas HTC has released unaudited results for its Q4 2014 and the Taiwanese mobile maker is reporting a slim net profit, of $14.7 million (NT$0.47 billion), following the slender $19.7 million (NT$0.6 billion) profit it reported for its Q3 back in October. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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Fitbit Finally Starts Shipping The Charge HR And Surge Smartwatch

By Matt Burns Fitbit announced its latest and greatest fitness trackers back in October and the company announced today at CES that the devices finally shipping. The Charge HR retails for $150 while the Surge smartwatch commands $250. These are the models to carry Fitbit into 2015 and beyond. The company carved out a dominate…

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Razer Announces $199 ‘Open Source’ Virtual Reality Headset

By Kyle Russell The headset, which the company says will arrive this June, is meant to serve as an alternative hardware test bed for developers looking at the VR space. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

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Razer Unveils Its $100 Android-Powered Gaming Console, Razer Forge TV; Nabu X ‘Basic’ Smartband

By Ingrid Lunden Earlier this year, high-end gaming tech company Razer announced at Google I/O that it would be soon be making its first foray into Android-based gaming consoles. Today at CES, that device made its public debut. The Razer Forge TV is a micro-console, 4×4 inches and selling for $100, and Razer hopes it…

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