Gadgets

Skip the invite system line and get your hands on the flagship OnePlus 2 smartphone from Gearbest. The new smartphone can be at your door by the end of next week – no shipping fees and no taxes to pay for, too. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Natasha Lomas Sony has announced it has acquired Belgium-based SoftKinetic, a maker of 3D sensing computer vision technologies including Kinect-style depth cameras, CMOS depth chips and gesture-tracking middleware. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Catherine Shu I like to think I’m not squeamish about menstruation. I track my symptoms every month and am rarely hesitant to talk about periods with close (and even not so close) friends. I was still taken aback, however, when I heard about Looncup, which bills itself as the “world’s first smart menstrual cup”…

By Jon Russell Coming soon to Singapore: robotic postmen in the skies! SingPost, the country’s postal service provider, has just revealed plans to handle some mail deliveries using drones. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

Another $299 deal for the Nexus 6 32 GB is on eBay yet again, and like before, the device is selling like hotcakes. Get your hands on one now while supplies last. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Drew Olanoff When we first checked in on hardware startup Butterfleye, they set out to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo to build its smart home monitoring system. Well, it blew through that goal and has raised an unbelievably impressive $604,451. The camera itself promises to cut out false positives when alerting you of movements in…

By John Biggs Alas, poor Nook! I knew him, Reader: a tablet of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: it hath borne me into the library a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. The Nook as we knew it is now a rebadged Samsung tablet…

By Sean Lorenz A developer colleague of mine recently went on and on about Google Photos. He knew my background in computational neuroscience and thought I would be interested in what Google was doing with deep learning. That night I moved all my iPhone photos from an external hardware to The Magical Cloud, then forgot…

By John Biggs Is there anything you can’t crowd fund? First it was smartwatches and books and now it’s shoes, pants, and now knives. In fact today’s crowdfunding treat comes from Misen, a group that wants to make a high-tech knife for home chefs who might want to cut some tomatoes and, potentially, a tin…

By Sarah Buhr The first batch of startups in Disney’s startup accelerator produced successes like the bb-8 droid from Sphero and Naritiv, a marketing platform that nabbed a deal with Snapchat. Sphero produced the bb-8 droid in anticipation of the upcoming Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. But it was a fated meeting with Disney…

The tech giant announced that it will integrate AMP HTML into Google News and that other tech companies such as Twitter, WordPress.com, Pinterest and LinkedIn, will as well. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

HP unveiled its new Spectre x2 two-in-one tablet Wednesday. The new device serves up some competition to Microsoft’s newly announced Surface Pro 4. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Tablets

The full set of specs and features for the rumored new OnePlus smartphone said to be in development has been released online. Here’s what we know so far about the OnePlus Mini. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Drew Olanoff It’s amazing to think that the original Pill hit the shelves over three years ago to take on Jambox. Since then, the company behind it, Beats, was acquired by Apple. With over a million sold since its first incarnation, the mobile bluetooth speaker has two new products to add to its stable.…

Synaptics will release the ClearPad 3700, a pressure-sensitive display controller that runs on ClearForce technology, in 2016. The company hopes to spread its influence over the Android market. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones