Enlarge ImageCould this ring help you sleep better? Olli Keskinen While most attention in the wearables market has been focused on devices that wrap around our wrists, there are some makers out there that are seeking to put smart technology on our fingers. There are the Ringly and Mota rings that bring notifications to our …

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET On Monday Google launched a new website devoted to all things Hangouts. Instead of forcing users to open one of many Google domains (Gmail, Google+, etc.) to access Hangout conversations, users can now simply point a Web browser at hangouts.google.com. The website provides a similar experience to that of the Chrome Hangouts app, but …

You can now try on an Apple Watch at an Apple Store without reserving a time. Apple Interested in an Apple Watch? You can now stroll into an Apple Store and slap one on your wrist without an appointment, according to 9to5Mac. Since the smartwatch was released in April, potential buyers have been required to set up an appointment to …

Enlarge Image Scott Stein/CNET Wearable tech and swimming don’t usually team up that frequently. The Misfit Shine is already one of a handful of fitness trackers that can be used while swimming. But Misfit is partnering with Speedo for the Misfit Shine Swimmer’s Edition, a version that’s had some firmware tweaking. The $80/£60 Swimmer’s Edition looks exactly like the Misfit …

Enlarge ImageThe watch comes preloaded with images of flowers and kittens so you can use such pickup lines as “I got these flowers for you” and “would you like to see my kitten?” Art Glass/Indiegogo Where there are lonely hearts, there are books, advice and even trinkets to help those lonely hearts find companionship. For gentlemen, the Pick Up Girls …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Face it — cloud storage services have made our lives way more convenient. There’s nothing quite like being able to save a file in a folder and then instantly have access to that file from a completely different computer. But what if you forget to save an important file in your cloud storage folder? Well, if you’re …

You can save $200 of the price of a Surface Pro 3 tablets, but only for today. Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft has again lowered the price of one of its Surface Pro 3 tablets. In a sale good only for today, August 18, Microsoft has reduced the price of its i5 128GB Surface Pro 3 by $200 to $799 from $999. …

Normally if you’d want to get a price quote for a Uber ride, you’d need to have an account on its website and use it, or its app, to check the fare. If you don’t want to sign up, you can use a tweet to check the fare prices via Twitter. The Digital Inspiration blog has created a Twitter bot …

Vodafone is looking to add perks to its plans. Vodafone Vodafone has rolled out a raft of new features across its prepaid and post-paid plans in a bid to win over customers, calling the changes its “biggest ever plan shake-up.” As part of the raft of new inclusions, all new plans will get unlimited national calls and text, selected plans …

We’ve finally gotten a glimpse of what Fossil’s long-awaited Android Wear watch will look like. And, it looks like a lot of other Android Wear watches. Intel already has already made several splashes in wearable tech, from Barneys jewelry to the still-unreleased Android Wear-powered Tag watch. Fossil has made smartwatches before, too. But now Intel and Fossil are planning a …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Not all apps make it into the Windows Store. And if you want to install an app that isn’t in the Windows Store, well, you’ll have to sideload it. Sideloading apps in Windows 8/8.1 was a hassle — Microsoft, for some reason, really wanted to lock down devices so that they were only running apps from the …

Apple Pay has already rolled out in the US and UK. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Since Apple CEO Tim Cook first announced the launch of Apple Pay in September last year, iFans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the contactless payments system in Australia. But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the iPhone maker, as new reports suggest Apple may been …

Canon Pixma MG7720 Canon Imagine you just just got back from a week-long holiday vacation with friends and you’re browsing through all the Instagram photos of your time together. If you start getting nostalgic and decide to save your favorites, it’s pretty easy to just take a screenshot for safekeeping in your photos folder, but most people don’t go through …

The previously banned websites are now once more free to visit. CNET The 857 porn sites blocked by the government of India in order to preserve “morality and decency” have been unblocked following a strong public backlash. India’s Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday decreed that Internet service providers (ISPs) would be asked not to block …

CNET If you’ve ever accidentally deleted a contact or an important file, you undoubtedly know the amount of dread and panic it can cause; especially when you realized it wasn’t backed up and there’s no way to get the important data back. Late last week 9to5Mac reported Apple had enabled a new feature for iCloud users. The feature enables the …