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Designers of a new app want to make monitoring your blood pressure more accessible, practical and comfortable, without you having to visit a doctor or use a machine in the store pharmacy. Swiss startup Biospectal and its app, of the same name, wants to combat the global epidemic of hypertension. According to the company’s CEO …

Belkin makes an accessory called the Rockstar Lightning Audio + Charge Splitter that allows you to use your Lightning headphones while charging your Lightning-equipped Apple device. Now it’s announced a new RockStar in-ear Lightning headphone that’s due to ship this summer followed by a USB-C version of the same product. There’s no word on pricing yet but hopefully they’ll sound …

The year of electrocardiogram tech is underway. You didn’t think it would just be the Apple Watch, did you? Withings’ newest fitness watch, the Move, was announced at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. It has the ability to take electrocardiograms, a chart of your heartbeat often abbreviated to EKG or ECG. It’s also a regular-looking analog watch — and at …

Bixby is about to take over Samsung’s digital world. Samsung’s at CES 2019, talking up how it’s supercharging Bixby through various partnerships and moving into new areas like robotics. The digital assistant now will help people manage their health routines using new Samsung robots or check whether their car’s gas tank is full. Apps like Google Maps and Gmail will soon …

With the exception of the iPhone 7 ($190 at eBay), every phone in Apple’s current lineup supports wireless charging. No more futzing with Lightning cables (unless you want to), just lay the phone on a charging pad and presto: magnetic-induction goodness. Bummer for those with older models, right? Wrong: For around $13, you can add wireless charging to nearly any …

CES eats amateurs for breakfast. Having a successful CES is about the intangibles — knowing how to cluster your meetings, wearing the right shoes, making time to eat something decent, staying hydrated and always making sure you get at least six hours of sleep. But if you’re at CES to create content, there’s even more to think about. Because if …

The fidget-spinner craze may have come and gone, but the new $30 Zenpod from Air Vinyl Design may help bring it back. Yes, this is the first-ever spinning case for your AirPods and is frankly kind of ingenious. Available in three color options, the ZenPod has precision bearings on each side of the case that give it that spin factor …

There are a good handful of cellular-equipped smartwatches, but no really great LTE fitness trackers. Garmin has joined the cellular fold with a Verizon LTE-ready version of its Vivoactive 3 Music fitness watch, announced at CES 2019. Garmin’s “Vivoactive 3 Music – connected by Verizon” (as it’s called) will use its LTE features largely for good: There are added safety …

After reporting record profit in the third quarter, Samsung expects a dramatic decline in its fourth-quarter profit due to lackluster demand for chips and intensifying competition in the smartphone market. The South Korean electronics giant said Monday it expects to record an operating profit for the three-month period ended Dec. 31 of around 10.8 trillion won ($9.6 billion), a 30 …

Apple’s finally opening up its services to TV makers — and it’s doing so at CES. Apple’s never had an official presence at CES, opting instead to host its own flashy events to launch its newest products. While Apple often has executives roaming around the massive electronics trade show floor, it doesn’t have a booth or host a press conference …