Articles tagged "Misc gadgets"

Today Amazon has sent press invites for an event taking place in the UK on September 14. The invites themselves don't reveal anything about the conference's theme, but thankfully Amazon's Alexa digital assistant comes to the rescue and confirms this...

Since Amazon's Echo line of smart wireless speakers has been a lot more successful than anyone anticipated, it makes sense that now every big company in the tech space wants to put out a competitor for the Alexa-touting devices. Google announced its...

The recent rumors were true, as it turns out. At its developer conference today, Google has announced Home, a device that's basically its response to Amazon's highly successful Echo line of smart Bluetooth speakers. Like Amazon's offerings,...

Three months after it went up for pre-order, the Oculus Rift has started shipping, with deliveries beginning March 28. This was announced by Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe in a tweet. The first Oculus Rift has shipped, deliveries begin Monday...

According to a new report, Google has noticed how unexpectedly successful Amazon's Echo speaker has been ever since its launch in 2014. What's more, the search giant apparently wants in on the nascent market of speakers with built-in virtual...

Oculus has announced a list of 30 VR games that will be launched with the company's Rift headset on March 28. These include AdrIft, BlazeRush, Chronos, Darknet, Elite Dangerous: Deluxe Edition, Fly to KUMA, and Herobound SC. The virtual...

Amazon's Echo smart speaker that has a digital assistant built-in has been a surprising success for the retailer ever since its launch in 2014. So now Amazon is adding two other members to the newly-established Echo family. Meet the Amazon Tap and...

There's no going around it, for most enthusiastic fans, the production version of the Oculus Rift came with one major disappointment - the $599 price tag. And sadly, even if you decide to fork up the money, there is also the matter of specs...

Today WSJ is reporting that Amazon is soon going to launch a smaller, more portable version of its Echo wireless speaker. The Echo became available last year, and it pairs a speaker with Alexa, Amazon's very own personal assistant. The Echo,...

As anticipated, the Oculus Rift has become available for pre-order today. The VR headset can be yours for $599, and it will start shipping to 20 countries on March 28. You'll find it at select retailers in the US starting in April. When you buy...

Oculus has announced that pre-orders for its Rift virtual reality headset will go live starting Wednesday (January 6) at 8am Pacific Time. This comes just days after the company said that the device will be up for pre-orders "very...

Samsung has announced that it has developed a new remote that can work as a single control unit for all the devices connected to the South Korean company's smart TVs. Dubbed Smart Control Remote, the device is powered by Samsung's home-grown Tizen...

Oculus has announced that the Touch controller for its Rift VR headset will be delayed. According to the company, the controller will now be shipping in the second half of 2016 - it was earlier scheduled to be shipped in H1. "On the path to...

After receiving a solid price cut in the US last week, the HTC RE camera is now selling at discounted rates in the UK, too, where retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) is currently selling it for just £69.50. For those doing the math, that's a 50%...

Xiaomi first launched the YI Action Camera in China back in March this year. Now, nine months later, the camera has officially arrived in the United States, where Amazon is selling it for $99.95. The e-commerce giant also has a YI Action...

If you're an owner of Google's Chromecast streaming stick (first gen or the 2015 model), here is some good news: now you can get 90 days of Spotify Premium subscription without shelling out a single penny from your pocket. Officially, the...

Nest has announced that its third-gen thermostat - which was launched in the US back in September this year - is now available in several European countries including the UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Republic of Ireland. It carries a price...

Back in November last year, it was revealed that Sony is working on a watch with e-paper display, although nothing more was confirmed at that time. Fast forward a year and the timepiece, dubbed FES Watch, is all set to go on sale - if only in Japan...