The instant gratification of a Polaroid-style camera has nearly disappeared thanks to the popularity of digital shooters and smartphones. Services such as Instagram, VSCOcam and countless others have filled that void, bringing down the need for actual physical pictures. But like every great trend, the satisfaction of the instant print could be making a come back—and its source is a...
One of the constant limitations of Apple’s iPhone is its inability to expand storage. When you choose the device, you only have three options: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB—that’s it. If you want more, you either have to take advantage of the numerous cloud services on the market, including Apple’s own iCloud service, or deal with constantly deleting and adding files. Mophie has a slick new...
Away from the noise of CES, away from the curved 4K TVs, activity trackers and sad accessories, I’m sitting in the cockpit of a spaceship. I look to my left, lean in to inspect a screen of information, and do the same on a screen to my right. All systems are go. When I give the thumbs up, I’m launched into the middle of a huge, operatic space battle. I look to my left, and there is a...
Motorola isn't showing off any new smartphones during the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, but it definitely brought a lot of executive muscle to the show. We had a chance to sit down with Motorola's head of global software engineering Steve Horowitz, and Steve Sinclair, vice president of product marketing at Motorola to ask several questions that we've been pondering. We discussed the...
Sony’s new PlayStation Now streaming service, announced at CES this week, is how Sony wants you to play PlayStation 3 games in the future—and that’s just the beginning. Initially, the company says the service, which is launching in beta later this month and becoming available sometime over the summer, will allow users to play (currently just) PlayStation 3 games over the PlayStation 4...
Many workflows today rely on a two monitor setup, allowing folks to separate applications for maximum productivity. But looking back and forth between two monitors can be exhausting, and that’s assuming you even have space for two large monitors in the first place, which not everyone does. LG has a pretty sweet alternative that we’d have in our office right now if we could. We’ve...
T-Mobile today introduced its new “UnCarrier 4.0” approach that incentivizes customers to move from Sprint, Verizon or AT&T over to its network. T-Mobile is offering up to $650 to make the switch. Meanwhile, AT&T introduced a similar incentive last week that it hopes will attract customers away from T-Mobile, and it’s offering up to $450. It might sound a bit confusing, so we’ll...
We’ve seen some impressive stuff come out of CES this year—new phones, new tablets, TVs, activity trackers, etc. But they are impressive the same way a dog jumping through a hoop is impressive. We weren’t truly blown away until meandering through LG’s booth on Tuesday and finding a few different things that truly (everyone says this a lot) seemed like technology straight out of the...
It’s not easy to get excited about Bluetooth speakers any more; mostly, we’re treated to the same mediocre sounds in a brightly colored shell. That’s why we were surprised at how impressed we were when we stopped by Fugoo’s booth at Pepcom here at CES 2014. Fugoo is a new entry into the wireless speaker market, with Bluetooth 4.0 on board and an interchangeable, chameleon-esque form...
Curved TVs, flat TVs, they’re all here in full force at CES. When there are so many options out there, which do you choose? Well, why not get the best of both worlds? A number of companies are showing off flexible TV technology here at CES, and we just got our eyeballs on LG’s monster UHD OLED TV, which is bendable at the touch of a button. We saw Samsung demo similar technology at the...