Wearable technology can help soldiers who go through more batteries than bullets. Oleg Zabielin/Shutterstock LONDON — If you thought your Fitbit, Samsung Gear or Apple Watch was a bit fiddly, imagine using a wearable while “holding a rifle, in the dark, when you’re being shot at.” That’s the challenge facing companies building wearables for the …

BARCELONA — We’ve all dreamed of scoring the winning goal, home run or touchdown. The only exercise I get is jumping to conclusions, throwing caution to the wind and running up the tab — so First V1sion is the next best thing, with a wearable camera showing you exactly what it’s like to be on the pitch. First V1sion is …

The Apple Watch is the first wearable from the company behind the iMac, iPhone and iPad. CNET App-makers are hard at work building apps for the Apple Watch in top-secret conditions that would make Maxwell Smart jealous, according to a new report. Behind those closed doors, Apple is offering guidelines on how Watch apps should work and suggesting that wearers …

Airbnb launched a major marketing campaign in New York City over the summer, hanging upbeat posters in the city’s subways. CNET Airbnb is one of the success stories of the current dot-com boom. Valued at more than $10 billion, the company has rocketed its founders onto the Forbes billionaires list, even while negotiating fierce resistance from the hotel industry and …

Ubuntu has arrived on phones. Rich Trenholm/CNET The smartphone market has been a two-horse race almost from day one. But Apple and Google may have had their own way for too long, and many of the industry’s biggest players are looking for an alternative to Google’s Android mobile operating system. One possible alternative is Ubuntu, which is making the leap …

The 64GB Jolla Tablet, now seeking backing on Indiegogo. Jolla Make sail — Jolla has unveiled the second generation of its Android-rivalling smartphone software, Sailfish OS 2.0, and issued a call to companies from Russia, India, China and Japan to join the Sailfish crew. Setting sail in spring, the new software promises an improved user interface and support for Intel …

“Black Mass”: it’s OK, I didn’t want to sleep for a week anyway. Jaunt BARCELONA — Virtual reality allows you to step into another world — or in the case of disturbing VR film “Black Mass”, be kidnapped, drugged and initiated into a good old-fashioned thorough freaking out. A company called Jaunt records films and events with a 360-degree camera …

A hacker, yesterday. Shutterstock Privacy is hot topic right now as spies and hackers are snooping into our lives and our phones like never before. Keeping your communications locked away from prying eyes, Sailfish Secure is a new version of the niche mobile operating system that’s designed to bring peace of mind to businesses, government officials, and privacy-minded phone fans. …

BARCELONA — Dolby’s Atmos sound system shakes moviegoers with 51 speakers of ear-popping surround sound — and the company now claims to be recreating the Dolby Atmos effect in new phones and tablets. Can Dolby Atmos for mobile devices live up to its cinematic pedigree and meet Dolby’s claim that it will “really surprise people how much sound you can …

Mobile payments let you split a restaurant bill, pay a small business or lend a friend a few quid from your phone. Shutterstock Want to pay someone some of your hard-earned, but don’t have their account number or sort code to hand? Now all you need to know is their Twitter name and you can bung ’em the cash through …