Sarah Tew/CNET Acer really wants you to head back to school with its products in your bag. At an unveiling in New York, today, the hardware, software and services company showed off more than 40 new products across multiple categories including laptops and hybrids, tablets, smartphones, wearables and a mobile home theater projector. Acer Corporate …
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3D Robotics Solo quadcopter drone may be the ultimate GoPro accessory
There are drones you can attach a GoPro to. And then there’s the 3D Robotics Solo. The Solo, its controller and optional Solo Gimbal — a motorized three-axis camera stabilizer — are the culmination of a couple of years of work and a partnership with GoPro. A partnership that has resulted in a drone with full in-flight camera control and …
Read More »Watch DJI’s April 8 ‘Experience Wonder’ event live here at 8:30 a.m. PT, 11:30 a.m. ET
UPDATE: DJI has announced the Phantom 3 drone. Read CNET’s hands-on coverage for more detail. DJI, maker of the popular Phantom quadcopters for aerial photography, is holding concurrent invite-only events in New York, London and Munich on Wednesday, April 8. The company posted the cryptic video above to tease the event, but has otherwise been tight-lipped about what’s coming. CNET …
Read More »DJI teases a big reveal for Wednesday, April 8
There’s nothing like a good teaser video to delight (and potentially anger) your fans. Drone-maker DJI posted the video above to its YouTube channel today. In it we learn the company is hosting three simultaneous events in New York, London and Munich. What will be revealed at those events, on the other hand, is a mystery. CNET hasn’t been briefed …
Read More »Push GoPro video recording time to nearly 8 hours with this battery
Limefuel Limefuel got its start on Kickstarter in 2013 with Blast, an ultrahigh-capacity portable battery pack. It headed back to the crowdfunding platform the following year for a rugged battery, and now it’s using its battery know-how for GoPro users. The Epic battery series, currently more than $55,000 past its modest $1,000 Kickstarter goal, are add-on batteries similar to GoPro’s …
Read More »Polar Pro filters help smooth out drone video Jell
Polar Pro A two- or three-axis camera gimbal — a device used to stabilize movement — can make your drone videos look buttery-smooth. It won’t necessarily reduce the artifacts caused by your camera’s rolling shutter, however, including Jell-O effect. For that, you’ll want these filters from Polar Pro, designed specifically for quadcopter-mounted GoPro cameras. Polar Pro has taken its high-quality …
Read More »Eyefi shoots for pros with new Wi
Joshua Goldman/CNET Eyefi’s Mobi Wi-Fi enabled SD cards wirelessly send photos and videos taken with just about any camera (as long as it uses SD cards for storage, of course) straight to a smartphone, tablet or computer. The Mobi card’s set up and use is nearly effortless too, something camera manufacturers have yet to master, which is consequently why there’s …
Read More »A $10,000 price tag on the gold Apple Watch Edition wouldn’t be crazy. Here’s why
Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s $10K gold Watch on the wrist 1:58 It might just be another smartwatch to some, but to Apple, its Watch is clearly meant to be more than a “wearable.” At its announcement in September 2014, the company said the Apple Watch would be available in three different collections: an entry-level aluminum-and-glass Watch Sport, a midrange …
Read More »Livestream wants to democratize live broadcasting and is offering this little box to do it
Now playing: Watch this: Livestream’s duo of Broadcasters makes mobile live streaming… 1:15 It’s still rare to find cameras with wireless livestreaming capabilities built in, and add-on solutions are typically aimed at professionals. That’s why the Broadcaster Mini is so remarkable. Through a Micro-HDMI port on the side of this little red box — it measures just 2.9 inches wide …
Read More »Lytro tries to right itself with $50 million and new purpose: Video and VR
Sarah Tew/CNET Entering a dying market is rarely a good idea — even if your product is groundbreaking. As first reported by Re/code and confirmed by CNET, Lytro, the company known for creating the first consumer light-field camera for capturing pictures that you can refocus again and again after you’ve shot them, has received $50 million in new funding and …
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