The Apple Watch is meant to be a do-it-all device. James Martin/CNET When it comes to wearable technology, more may not always be better. At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, device makers will tackle this conundrum as they display cutting-edge new devices on the world’s stage, discussing what’s to come …
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Wearable tech is dedicated to staying on your wrist, but its face is changing fast. Headed into 2015, the wearable market will soon be bidding a slow farewell to the dominance of screen- and app-less fitness wristbands and trackers, like the Fitbit Flex and Jawbone UP, and welcoming in the era of smartwatches, with the Apple Watch front and center. …
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From left to right, the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Mini 2 and iPad Air. Sarah Tew/CNET For both Apple and consumers this holiday season, the iPhone appears to be the gift that keeps giving. Apple devices accounted for 51.3 percent of all device activations in the week leading up to December 25, according to mobile analytics …
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Microsoft’s Windows Store gets apps, on average, 200 days after they’re released for Apple’s iOS mobile operating system. CNET At least someone in the industry is taking Windows Phone seriously. App Annie, the analytics firm that tracks app rankings, downloads and other metrics, now includes Microsoft’s Windows Store platform, App Annie announced Tuesday. Its analytics tools will monitor performance of …
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GoPro may soon be competing with the most popular drones, like the Phantom, from China-based DJI. Joshua Goldman/CNET GoPro has its sights set on the skies. The company makes a line of cameras that’s become so popular among extreme sports enthusiasts and videographers who strap them to helmets, surf boards and other objects that the company rung up sales of …
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Apple’s instruction page for deregistering iPhones from the iMessage system. Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET Apple’s next legal battle is not over patents, but missing text messages instead. The tech titan must answer to a federal lawsuit filed in May that alleged the company didn’t notify consumers about potential headaches when ditching their iPhones, US District Judge Lucy Koh of San …
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How will the data churned out by Apple Watch and its wearables competition be used? Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET When Apple releases the Apple Watch next spring, people around the world will want to know what this long-awaited wearable can do, how it feels and what it means. But as all-consuming as that will be, the discussion misses the …
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Destiny, the top-selling game of September and the best-selling new franchise launch in history, helped boost Activision’s fiscal third-quarter results. Bungie Activision Blizzard made a bet that Destiny, a new sci-fi video game that blends shooter games with multiplayer titles played exclusively over the Internet, would prove a success. And now that bet is starting to pay off. The game …
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Grand Theft Auto V, the fastest-selling video game of all time, is seeing a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release on November 18. Take-Two Could Take-Two Interactive Software have found its equivalent of World of Warcraft? Grand Theft Auto, the video game maker’s most popular franchise, may be morphing into more than just a short-term cash cow by generating sales …
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Fitbit’s new Surge smartwatch is set to compete with higher-end offerings from Apple, Samsung and others. Sarah Tew Fitbit, a leading maker of wearable activity trackers that count steps and track sleep, isn’t saying much about its ongoing dispute with Apple. Earlier this month, a report claimed Apple plans to remove Fitbit products from its physical retail stores. The reason: …
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