This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Taxi lines are miles long, traffic is terrible, and the Las Vegas Convention Center is bursting at the seams with 170,000 people from all over the world. Toss …
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7 January
Goodbye, Moto(rola). Iconic brand name to be phased out
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. The storied Motorola name will be wiped off phones this year. Lenovo, which bought Motorola Mobility from Google in 2014, is unifying its two phone businesses under the Lenovo name. It’s going to …
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6 January
All that matters on the first day of CES 2016
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. It’s only the first official day of CES, but it already feels like the show has been going for a week. That’s because the biggest news day of CES, also known as Press …
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6 January
BlackBerry going all
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. This will be an all-Android year for BlackBerry’s newest phones. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company plans to release one new product, and potentially a second phone, in 2016. Both will run on Google’s mobile …
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6 January
Samsung’s TipTalk smart strap gives old watches some finger phone magic (hands
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. On show at CES 2016, the Samsung-backed TipTalk is a clever new “smart strap” for traditional watches, adding fitness tracking, notifications and calling features to any watch. Its greatest trick? Letting you take …
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6 January
BlackBerry Priv will land on Verizon, Sprint and T
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. BlackBerry’s Android-powered Priv phone will soon be a lot easier to buy. BlackBerry CEO John Chen on Wednesday confirmed that Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint will sell its flagship phone. He declined to …
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6 January
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6 January
Street Surfer creates a whole new genre for electric commuting
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Now playing: Watch this: Street Surfer brings a new genre to electric scooting 1:34 There are those with grace and style, who can hop on a two-wheeled scooter and easily maneuver through pedestrians …
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6 January
Android’s latest version is still hard to come by
Still waiting for Android 6.0 Marshmallow to hit your phone or tablet? You’re in good company. Though it’s been available to some since October 5, Marshmallow has made its way into just 0.7 percent of all Android devices, according to the latest stats provided by Google’s Android Developer Dashboard. That number is up from 0.5 percent a month ago. Google …
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6 January
Fitbit users sue, claiming heart rate monitors miss the beat
Fitbit says its wearable heart monitors help “make every beat count.” A group Fitbit users say the devices don’t even count every beat. Three plaintiffs from California, Colorado and Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Tuesday against San Francisco-based Fitbit, claiming its Charge HR and Surge models significantly underestimated their heart rates during workouts. The lawsuit, which claims the company falsely advertised …
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