This CNET Update is jammin’ with news on the Apple Watch, Net neutrality, Google Play Music… and two old-school homies from Funkotron: Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s event could be time for more than a Watch 3:00 Read more on the stories featured in this tech-news roundup: Apple invites us to apple-invites-press-to-march-9-spring-forward-event LG unveils the …
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The crowdfunding champion returns. Pebble For two years, the record set by the original Pebble smartwatch on Kickstarter was the gold standard for crowdfunding, until a bizarre high-tech cooler stole the crown last summer. Now it seems that Pebble is on the way to reclaiming its throne. In just a few days, the latest smartwatch from the company, called the …
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It’s Pebble Time and Morphin’ Time! In this episode of CNET Update, learn about the new Pebble Time smartwatch . It debuted on Kickstarter and the company pulled in $5 million from pre-orders in just a few hours. This isn’t your average Update roundup. The tech-news stars have aligned to give us new emoji, Waffle House and Power Rangers: Now …
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The next time you’re headed to the park to play a game of ball, forget about the ball. A new startup called Zyro wants to replace tennis balls, soccer balls, hockey pucks and frisbees with a special aerial drone designed for sports and multiplayer gaming. Zyro’s creators — a team of engineers, drone enthusiasts and rugby players — recently launched …
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People who tried to drum up money to develop products and projects last year collectively raised $529 million via Kickstarter. This cooler — with a Bluetooth speaker, USB charger and built-in ice crusher — was one of the most-backed projects on Kickstarter last year. Coolest The site, where people can request pledges from the public to get an idea off …
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This is high-stakes gaming. Blood Sport Gaming Taran Chadha and his friend Jamie Umpherson had talked for years about intravenously losing blood while playing Mortal Kombat. They combined that concept with the altruistic idea of blood donation to create Blood Sport, a Kickstarter project for hardware that draws real blood from your body when you take damage in a video …
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The Matchstick hopes to convince developers and consumers alike that its open streaming Internet and media platform is more desirable than the Chromecast. Matchstick Mozilla is expanding beyond its Firefox browser and trying its hand in the suddenly hot streaming video business. Its take: the MatchStick HDMI streaming stick, which will sell for a limited time through Kickstarter at a …
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While many may have already written about 3D TV, if you’ve been hanging out for glasses-free models your perseverance might be rewarded very soon. Dutch company Dimenco has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its 4k glasses-free television which it plans to sell this year for €899 (US$1,244). The 39-inch television will feature an UHD resolution and it has a lenticular …
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