Sony May Step up in Smartwatches with a Stylish, Touchscreen E-Ink Model in 2015

Sony may be cutting its mobile business down to size, but that doesn’t mean the Japanese company is giving up on wearables. The company s planning a unique E Ink smartwatch design, according to anonymous sources familiar with its plans. The sources told Bloomberg that the next Sony smartwatch will…


Samsung Reveals New Eye-Tracking Mouse for the Disabled

Samsung has just unveiled the EyeCan+, a next-gen version of its eye-tracking mouse. Positioned below a monitor, it helps people with disabilities write and edit documents or surf the web using eye movement and blinking. Created as a a labor of love by Samsung engineers on their own time, the new…


Amazon Signs Lease on Huge Manhattan Premises, Possibly for First Physical Store

Following reports last month that Amazon was gearing up to lease a location in New York City possibly for its first customer-facing retail effort, real estate manager Vornado Realty Trust on Thursday confirmed that the e-commerce giant has signed a deal for 470,000 square feet of space in midtown…


Mozilla Partners with Yahoo

Starting in December, Firefox will use Yahoo as its default search engine in the United States on mobile and desktop. As a part of this five-year deal, Yahoo will also launch a new search experience for Firefox users in the U.S., which should go live at the same time Firefox makes the switch away…


Apple Watch Developer Kit Reveals Tantalizing New Details

Apple kept a tight lid on everything to do with its first wearable, but now some of the secrets of the Apple Watch have been revealed. Apple has launched WatchKit for developers who want to create apps for the wearable. The detailed software development kit (SDK) hints at several key aspects of the…


You Can Now Make Amazon Purchases with an Android Wear Watch

 If you're an impulse buyer and own an Android smartwatch, you may not want to read this. Amazon's Google Play app for Android Lollipop now lets you "search for products, buy with 1-click or add products to (your) wish list" with an Android Wear watch. On top of being able to order a banana slicer…


Acer’s Liquid Leap Goes a Step Beyond Being a Fitness Band, Thinks it’s a Smartwatch too

Acer has put its Liquid Leap wearable on sale, after giving us a sneak peak way back in April, and finally revealing it during the IFA tech show in September. The Leap has shown up on Amazon’s website in the UK, priced at £80, or about $125. It’s a competitive price, particularly given Acer’s…


Moment iPhone 6 Lens Add-Ons are Big, Bold and Feel a Bit Dangerous

Moment Lens asks the question: How committed are you to high-quality iPhone photography? Its two, $99-a piece iPhone 6 add-on lenses require a special, bayonet-style mount that you have to basically glue onto your iPhone. Putting anything on your brand-new device that can’t be slipped off is, well,…


Samsung wants its Sensor-Packed Simband to Change Your Life for the Better

Samsung has uncovered the Simband, the result of several months development following the announcement of its health-focused SAMI platform back in May, when the wearable was only seen as a concept. The wristband has been redesigned, and it’s based on Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch, only loaded with…


Beats Announces Solo 2 Wireless Headphones

Beats is releasing its latest wireless headset, the Solo 2 Wireless on-ear headphones, just in time for the holiday season. The headphones, a wireless version of the cans released in May, is the first product Beats launched since its acquisition by Apple was completed in July. But don't get it…