Now playing: Watch this: The Cowa Robot is a smart suitcase that follows you 1:06 It doesn’t have multiple tiny feet or lots of big square teeth, nor is it made out of sapient pearwood, but Shanghai-based Cowa’s walking suitcase has already got lazy me falling in love with it. And you would too, once …

If size matters not for you, then Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Max phablet could be just what you’re looking for. The company recently teased its new device in its MIUI fan forums, with a picture of the phablet in the pocket of a pair of jeans. While it made no mention of the device’s actual size, Xiaomi said the phone will …

The desktop version of the Opera browser has just been updated with a free built-in VPN service. That’s a big deal for those who are looking to bypass geo-restricted content gates. A virtual private network (VPN) services allows users to hide their location and is mostly used by those concerned privacy or wanting to access content only available in certain …

Xiaomi, the Chinese phone maker that has taken Asia and Brazil by storm, has its sights set on the US. The world’s second-most-valuable startup plans to sell its phones in the States by the end of 2017, Hugo Barra, former Googler and Xiaomi’s global vice president, said in an interview Wednesday. “I think we have to be in the western …

With no new phones to show off at Mobile World Congress this year, Oppo focused on two new technologies that could make using its upcoming phones much easier. The first, called SuperVOOC, is a fast battery charging technology that gets your phone from 0 to 100 percent charge in a mere 15 minutes, Oppo claims. The second, called SmartSensor, builds …

Samsung is listening. Its new Galaxy S7, launched at Mobile World Congress 2016, does more than bring back important features it jettisoned from previous Galaxy phones. It also fixes a minor, but unsightly, problem on the S7’s bottom end. The fix in question? A simple matter of aligning the holes of the S6’s speaker grilles and its microphones. Many Samsung …

Now playing: Watch this: LG’s trio of new affordable phones each have one distinctive… 1:12 It looks like LG is too excited about its 2016 lineup to leave any of it as a surprise for Mobile World Congress. The company, having already showed off a new cover for the as-yet-unveiled G5, on Monday released details on two new midrange devices …

There are only two places in Asia at the moment where the mighty liquid-cooled Asus ROG GX700 gaming laptop will be sold: Taiwan and Singapore. But fret not, as the Taiwanese company plans to sell this over-the-top machine in the US and other countries too, though no launch date has yet been revealed. In Europe, Asus will be selling the …

Hot on the heels of Netflix launching in Asia (as well as the rest of the world), Hong Kong’s largest telecommunications company, PCCW, is making a streaming service available in the region. The new service, called Viu (pronounced “view”), will be streaming the latest Korean dramas and variety programs a mere eight hours after they air on TV. Viewers will …

Eager audiophiles in Asia who want to get their hands on the latest Sonos Play:5 speaker will be in for a shock. That’s because the “best sounding Sonos speaker yet”, which costs $482 in the US, will sell at a much higher price of S$999, the equivalent of $700. The wireless speaker will be available in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong …