Gadgets

By John Biggs If you love Star Wars have we got a 3D printing project for you. MontyBug of the BB8BuildersClub has posted a build record of his model BB-8 droid. The droid is made of 3D printed parts and a little Arduino board to run his lights and Monty spent hours sanding and filling…

OnePlus announced an all-new OnePlus X Champagne edition that will be available in White and Gold models. This model was a China-exclusive at first, but it’s now ready to land Europe with other markets to follow soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Romain Dillet Telecommunications infrastructure company Ericsson just announced that it has reached an agreement with Apple over an ongoing patent dispute. For the next seven years, Apple will pay a fraction of its iPhone and iPad profit to Ericsson in royalties. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

Aside from the Kirin 950, Huawei said it will also release its own brand of GPU and flash memory in the near future, according to recent reports. Also, the smartphone maker might introduce a fully functioning Kirin OS soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Good news, Samsung Galaxy S3 owners, your handset can now run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow thanks to a CyanogenMod 13 update. It looks like the reliable handset is gaining a second wind. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Brian Chemel The LED revolution is over. To no one’s surprise, LEDs have won. Solid-state lighting is changing how we light the world, successfully displacing traditional illumination sources across every part of the global lighting market. Over the next few years, billions of sockets will be in play. This transition has kicked off a…

By Natasha Lomas The ratio of overcooked concepts to ideas that might genuinely be called ‘revolutionary’ has long been skewed on crowdfunding platforms, but when a “founder” is pitching a “revolutionary” sponge holder with a straight face a line has surely been crossed. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

Huawei officially confirmed that the Nexus 6P Special Edition, which comes in a gold color, will soon be available in India exclusively through Flipkart. Here’s what you need to know in terms of pricing and availability. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Asus ZenFone 3 is under development, and according to reports, it’s going to have a fingerprint scanner under its hood. Asus is believed to unveil the mid-range smartphone sometime between May and June 2016. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Leaks regarding the next Huawei handset say that the P9 will launch early next year. The Chinese OEM prepares the Huawei P9 for March 2016, and it comes with better features than its predecessor, the Huawei P8. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Xiaomi is expected to finally release their long-awaited Mi 5 handset early next year. Rumors on the Internet point to a smaller screen, a physical home button, the first Snapdragon 820 processor, and more. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The ASUS ZenPad S is now more affordable than ever with a price drop seen on Amazon. Users can now get the 64 GB ZenPad S with an 8-inch display for only $249. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

Apple could be working on holographic screens in a secret laboratory in Taiwan, using holographs that are believed to be perceptible by the human eye without using special glasses. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Zaf Coelho We spent a large part of the year in the cities of Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur speaking to local enterprises about this (too) broad and (too) overused term: the Internet of Things (IoT). We discovered very quickly that, although IoT seems to be very much overly/wrongly used in the English-speaking…

FCC approves the Galaxy A9 of Samsung and assigns the device with an FCC ID. Customers in the U.S. should expect the device to launch anytime soon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones