Lenovo is making more VR-related products than simply the Tango phone. One of them is a live-streaming, 360-degree camera. The camera had been expected to be unveiled at Lenovo Tech World 16 in San Francisco this week, but it wasn’t. However, a Lenovo executive discussed its efforts with VR-focused site UploadVR. The camera uses Movidius …
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Apple at WWDC 2016: What’s rumored, what we expect, what we’d like to see
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: What to expect at Apple’s WWDC 2016 2:47 “Hey Siri: What’s up with Apple?” Apple’s annual weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off June 13 in San Francisco with the standard big press conference. We’ll be there covering live. …
Read More »Lenovo is set to reveal next
Lenovo looks like it’s set to debut new virtual reality hardware in a year already full of VR surprises, and it’s doing it with the help of a chipmaker named Movidius. A few days in advance of Lenovo’s Tech World event June 9 in San Francisco, chipmaker Movidius has announced via press release that its hardware will be inside a …
Read More »Facebook’s DeepText could open doors to much smarter global AI
Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s AI is almost as smart as you 1:32 You put a picture up on Facebook. You write a quick caption, a little joke about parking at the football game. Then Facebook suggests something to help. A different parking lot nearby? A friend who likes football? This is what Facebook does, but the artificial intelligence and …
Read More »Amazon’s Alexa gets a wearable: Pebble Core
Pebble’s upcoming Android micro-computer, the Pebble Core, has promised a lot of potential and on-the-go connections. Add Amazon’s Alexa to that list. CEO Eric Migicovsky confirmed that Alexa will be one of the Pebble Core’s new functions, and it will work when paired with a Bluetooth headset or a wired one. The Core has a standard headphone jack as well …
Read More »Aww, thanks! AT&T hearts you with ‘AT&T Thanks’ rewards program
Just in case you felt a bit unloved by your wireless carrier, AT&T wants to let you know it cares. AT&T on Thursday launched a new rewards program for customers, called AT&T Thanks. The goal is to make existing customers (post-paid wireless customers, “in good standing,” mind you) a little happier this summer. Basically, right now, AT&T Thanks amounts to …
Read More »Apple’s back
School’s out for the summer…which means it’s already time to start thinking about back-to-school shopping. At least there’s a good chance you’ll net some headphones if you’re buying something from Apple. Apple’s new back-to-school offers have gone live, and like always, students can get some modest savings on MacBooks, iPads and iPhones. Apple’s also giving away Beats headphones with certain …
Read More »Want a smartwatch or fitness tracker? Wait till the fall
So far, 2016 has been a lame year for wearable tech. The best watches and fitness bands you can buy right now were, for the most part, released in 2015. That’s because you can practically count the number of new and notable wearable things that debuted in the first five months of this year on one hand: The Fitbit Blaze, …
Read More »Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2, Pebble Core: Pebble’s fitness hat trick adds heart rate, GPS, Spotify, and 3G
Now playing: Watch this: Pebble unveils two new smartwatches and a wearable not… 2:43 Editors’ note, December 7, 2016: Pebble has announced that its assets have been acquired by Fitbit and it will no longer release new products. While the Pebble 2 and other Pebble watches will continue to work, no new software updates or features will be released. Pebble …
Read More »Google Duo: Knock
Google’s upcoming video-chat app, Duo, has a feature that’s been bothering me since it was unveiled days ago. It’s called knock-knock. Knock-knock is a peek-a-boo video preview of the person calling you. It’s like a video doorbell for your conversation. Stuck in a meeting? Oh, that’s my kids waving to me, maybe I should answer. Waiting on line at Starbucks? …
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