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 Juan Martinez Hate how small your smartphone screen is? Have you sworn off giant phablets? Lenovo may be in the process of inventing the perfect technology for you. The Lenovo Smart Cast Smartphone enables you to project images and video onto tabletops and walls. This means you may someday be able to turn any…

By Raja Koduri The experience of “reality” is a result of our sensory organs delivering information about the external world to our brains via electrical stimulus. The brain interprets this input and creates our reality. The ultimate goal of virtual reality (VR) is to achieve a true replacement for the external world as the source…

By Jordan Crook Kinsa, the maker of a smart thermometer that tracks the spread of illness, has today announced their second product in the form of the Kinsa in-ear thermometer. Unlike the first thermometer, which was a standard (though smart) stick thermometer, the new in-ear thermometer is completely wireless, and connects to the smartphone app…

By Josh Constine The mad scientist who started Hoverboard Technologies calls his vehicle an “earned experience.” That means it’s hard to ride. Despite the name, this hoverboard* doesn’t levitate. Instead, it uses gyroscopes like a Segway to help you balance with your feet on either side of one giant rollerblade-style wheel in the center. Read…

Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 2 tablet is scheduled to launch before the end of the year and is said to cater to both Windows 10 and Android users since the tablet will be designed with a dual OS. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

LG’s new 10.1-inch tablet makes its way to the United States, with AT&T as the sole distributor. Here is what the LG G Pad X 10.1 has to offer. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

By Gareth Beavis Update: We’re really close to publishing our new Galaxy S6 Edge+ review – in the (short) mean time here are some of our, frankly lovely, pictures of the new phone in action. Let’s be clear about one thing with this phone: the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ is a big Galaxy S6 Edge.…

Kobo launched the second version of its standard Touch e-reader, scheduled for release in the U.S and Canada on September 9th. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

A purported Nexus 8 dummy unit has surfaced online, showing an 8-inch tablet that could debut in late September alongside the rumored Huawei Nexus phablet and LG Nexus 5 (2015) smartphone, serving as a launch vehicle for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

By Matt Swider …read more Source:: techradar.com – Phones

The Archos Diamond Tab is scheduled to begin shipping in the U.K. in October. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

By Matt Hanson Introduction and design Huawei is one of the few Chinese handset makers to enjoy a rise in popularity outside its home country. Being linked to Google (it’s heavily rumoured that they will be working together to bring us this year’s Nexus phablet) certainly hasn’t hurt, and with the launch of the Honor…

By John McCann Introduction and design The tricky second album. That’s probably the best way to describe the OnePlus 2. After the surprise success of the OnePlus One there were big expectations for its successor, so has the fledgling Chinese brand delivered? OnePlus has dubbed its new phone ‘the 2016 Flagship Killer’, a claim that’s…

With just about a year between the release of the two tablets, what did Samsung do for the Galaxy Tab S2 to improve upon the Galaxy Tab S? …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets