This dress from LikeAGlove contains sensors which adjust the fabric to take your body measurements. The company hopes Amazon and other stores use it to help their customers get a perfect fit. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET Here’s a true online shopping experience I had recently. I ordered a pair of hiking pants from Amazon in my usual …
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These bras work best with a friend nearby. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Unless you’re Madonna, bras are usually meant to be hidden under clothing. That’s not the case with the Close Sisters Bras from Japanese lingerie maker Triumph. The bras sport a dark polka-dot or heart-dot pattern until one wearer comes into contact with another wearer. Then, the bras …
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Protect your iPhone while heating your hands. Exumme Heat sources and iPhones are usually two things you would prefer to keep far apart from each other. However, a Kickstarter project has figured out a way to bring the two safely together, all in the name of warming your cold little fingers. The Embercase from Exumme is definitely the sort of …
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Apply Pay is under way. James Martin/CNET Apple has grand ambitions for Apple Pay. It sees the mobile-wallet system as a replacement for plastic credit cards, a revolution in the way people pay for goods and services. Apple’s heft in the technology space gives it a fighting chance at making a dent in the young contactless mobile-payments market, but it …
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The Bluesmart acts as a high-tech travel buddy. Bluesmart Up until recently, the humble suitcase had pretty much one job to do: keep your stuff together so it doesn’t scatter to the four directions when you go traveling. There have been a few tech innovations when it comes to suitcases, but none quite so complete as what you’ll get from …
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Dorothy clips onto a shoe or boot. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET It sure would be nice to have a pair of ruby slippers you could click together to make something magical happen. We can’t all get carried off in a tornado to the Land of Oz, but we may soon be able to look to technology to provide some …
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The new iPad Air 2 is going for super-thin. Tim Stevens/CNET We’ve all made it to the other side of Apple’s latest announcement event. Now it’s time to huddle, think about what we’ve heard and decide if any of us are ready to plunk down somewhere between $399 and $829 to own a new iPad. The biggest changes are coming …
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Before and after Unsticker.Me. Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET I saw something disturbing on Facebook this morning. It was a human-like face, but distorted. I couldn’t stand to make eye contact with it for long. It was a sticker, a goofy little illustration now available to place in comments on Facebook. Think of it like an emoticon on steroids. Since I …
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Ampy wants to go along for the ride. Ampy Smartphones have some pretty sweet capabilities, but a super-long battery life is elusive. Some people have turned to portable backup batteries to keep their phones juiced up, but you still have to deal with finding a wall socket or USB port to recharge the devices. Ampy, a Kickstarter project that has …
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Both the Air and the Mini are likely to get updates. Sarah Tew/CNET Right on time ahead of Apple’s anticipated iPad announcement on October 16, we’ve gotten a fresh round of leaked product images purporting to be the iPad Air 2 . The alleged leaks appear to show a quarter-inch-thick tablet that’s slimmer than its predecessor. The rumors also say …
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