The latest iPhone is a desired gadget in China. Getty Images Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are popular gadgets in China. At one point, smuggled iPhone 6s were going for over $2,400. While the phones are now officially available from Apple, there’s still an active market for stolen phones. Feeding those underground sources …
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One smart ring to rule them all. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Kevin Bates likes to shrink things. The maker of the Arduboy interactive business card already created a miniscule playable Tetris game. Now he’s turned his attention toward the most dainty of wearables: the smart ring. The Ö ring is a Bluetooth smart ring sporting a tiny 64×32 monochrome …
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Strap on some smartwatch brains. Montblanc Luxury accessories maker Montblanc is known for supplying high-end old-school supplies like $1,000 fountain pens, leather briefcases and mechanical watches marked with “price available upon request.” It’s not exactly the sort of company you expect to throw its hat into the ring with the likes of Samsung, Apple and LG. According to watch blog …
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No, this doesn’t look odd at all. AirVR Anybody can make a slim, demur smartphone case that doesn’t draw attention to itself. Anybody can make a backup battery that sits discreetly on your desk, recharging your gadgets. It takes a bit of inspired madness, however, to create a phone case that looks like a giant piece of fried chicken or …
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This has to be a mock-up. Mervis Diamond Importers If the estimated $349 (basic version) to $5,000 (gold version) price tag for an Apple Watch just seems way too low for your tastes, you can turn to jeweler Mervis Diamond Importers to provide you with a bonkers luxury alternative. Mervis is offering up a $30,150 (about £19,250, AU$36,730) diamond-encrusted version …
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Get up to speed with Uno. Uno The market for high-tech wrist-worn wearables is already feeling a bit crowded with smartwatches, fitness bands and the looming shadow of the oncoming Apple Watch. The Uno Noteband, an unusual wearable, is looking to stand out from the crowd, one word at a time. The gadget is currently raising funds on Indiegogo. Uno …
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Girl Scouts Soon, you may be able to get your Do-si-dos, Samoas and Thin Mints online. (Or Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Caramel DeLites and Thin Mints, depending on your part of the country.) That would mean no more trudging about town, seeking out your crunchy sugar fix in a blind frenzy, hoping to stumble on a cookie stand at a nearby …
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This is high-stakes gaming. Blood Sport Gaming Taran Chadha and his friend Jamie Umpherson had talked for years about intravenously losing blood while playing Mortal Kombat. They combined that concept with the altruistic idea of blood donation to create Blood Sport, a Kickstarter project for hardware that draws real blood from your body when you take damage in a video …
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Snoozing with the DreamPad and a podcast. Amanda Kooser/CNET I have developed a bedtime habit of downloading all three hours of the Dan Patrick sports talk radio show, queuing it up on my iPad 2 and letting it play at low volume while I fall asleep. My husband, however, couldn’t care less about why the Bears are having a crummy …
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The secret is the solar film across the top of the band. Exod Few things are as aggravating as untangling the fine wires of your headphone cords. Bluetooth headphones make this pesky problem disappear, but then you have the new issue of keeping your headphones charged up so you can groove to your tunes when you want them. Enter Helios, …
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