Ember Technologies is touting its upcoming Ember as “the world’s most advanced mug.” The mug, which is scheduled to ship next April, is being sold on crowdfunding site Indiegogo for $130, which is a $20 price break from its expected $150 retail price. Sounds like a lot of money for a mug that keeps your …
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Now playing: Watch this: Lumenus Jacket 0:15 A startup called Lumenus is aiming to make biking and running safer with its LED-equipped “smart” clothing and backpacks. There’s already clothing with LEDs stitched into it, but what makes Lumenus unique is that its LEDs are tied to an app on your smartphone (via Bluetooth) that uses GPS and Google Maps to …
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In a sign of things to come for retailers, Walgreens is making it much easier to use its Balance Rewards loyalty card with Apple Pay, Apple’s contactless payment system. Previously, members of the store’s loyalty scheme had to scan their Balance Rewards card before making a purchase via Apple Pay, by holding their iPhone near the contactless reader with a …
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Amazon is once again making it pay to be a Prime member — at least if you’re in the market for an e-reader. Both the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Voyage are on sale for Prime members at $89.99 and $169.99 respectively. That’s a $30 discount and the lowest price we’ve seen on the Paperwhite. It also marks the first time …
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Enlarge ImageMophie describes its upcoming Juice Pack Reserve as an iPhone 6 battery case but it also fits the iPhone 6S. David Carnoy/CNET So you’ve just bought a new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus and now you want to protect it with a case and maybe a screen protector. But you’ve heard that the new iPhones are ever-so-slightly bigger …
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Every time we do an update to our list of must-have Blu-ray discs we always get a bunch of comments about how passé it is to buy physical discs, digital streaming is the way to go. Maybe it is, but some people still like to own physical discs (often those discs now come with a digital copy). And we even …
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Enlarge ImageThe iPhone 6S has a 1,715mAh battery while the older iPhone 6 has a 1,810mAh battery. Apple In advance of Apple’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plus September 9 launch event, CNET was one of several sites around Web that served up polls asking readers what improvement they most wanted to see in the next iPhone. While these polls weren’t …
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If you were wondering whether you’ll be able to use a true game controller with the new Apple TV , the answer is yes, third-party game controllers are supported. The new Apple TV, which ships in October and costs $149 (32GB) or $199 (64GB), comes with a Siri Remote that doubles as a game controller, with the Touch surface acting …
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In case you missed it, Apple’s new 12.9-inch iPad Pro has an iPad Pro Smart Connector that will support a new line of accessories from Apple and others. At Apple’s September 9 event it showed its own Smart Keyboard (see our video). As far as third-party accessories go, Logitech is first out of the gate, teasing its upcoming Create Keyboard …
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Enlarge ImageSpeck has a new CandyShell Clear case that fits both the new iPhone 6S and old iPhone 6. Speck The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are ever so slightly bigger than the previous-generation iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. We’re talking a couple of tenths of millimeters on height, width and depth. But when it comes to iPhone cases, …
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