Monday, 5 January 2015

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CES 2015: ZAGG announces new iPhone accessories, including Pocket wireless keyboard


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST


ZAGG announced some new products at CES 2015 today, two of which are designed to improve your interactions with an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or other "phablet". First, the ZAGG Speaker Case is an innovative protective case that adds a removable blueto...



CES 2015: Braven rolls out new 805, Balance, and BRV-PRO Bluetooth Speakers


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST


And now, let's take a break from the connected devices news from CES 2015 with an announcement of three new Bluetooth speakers from Braven. The company, which is known for some pretty decent Bluetooth speakers, announced three models - the 805, Bala...



Is Apple's quality slipping?


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 01:30 PM PST


Over the weekend, amidst the noise of CES news seeping from Vegas, founding Tumblr CTO and Overcast developer Marco Arment voiced a concern I have been stressing over for some time. Titled "Apple has lost the functional high ground," it cuts straight...



CES 2015: Elgato Eve line joins the parade of HomeKit-enabled connected devices


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST


When Apple's HomeKit framework was announced back in June of 2014, many tech pundits speculated that the first product announcements would happen at CES 2015. Sure enough, we're hearing about a number of HomeKit-enabled devices, the latest being from...



In 2011, Gartner made this hilarious prediction about the iPhone


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 12:30 PM PST


It's 2015, which means that every analyst that said "By 2015...." in the past decade needs a fact check. Let's start with this delicious little nugget from the soothsayers at Gartner, shall we? According to Gartner's 2011 report, which aimed to forec...



CES 2015: Kwikset Kevo smart lock gains remote access, Nest integration with upcoming update


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST


A number of new products for the connected home are being announced at CES 2015, but it's somewhat of a surprise to hear about existing products receiving a significant upgrade. The Kwikset Kevo Bluetooth Smart Lock (which TUAW reviewed in April of 2...



CES 2015: iDevices Switch brings HomeKit and Siri to the connected home


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 11:30 AM PST


It's amazing how quickly things change. Just less than a year ago at the last Macworld/iWorld, I gave a talk about "giving Siri arms and legs" - in other words, being able to use Apple's intelligent assistant to control your surroundings by voice. To...



Daily Deals for January 5, 2015, Last chance on the HyperDrive MacBook Storage Expander


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST


It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring exclusive TUAW Deals, a handy list from Dealnews and our own handpicked iOS and OS X selections. All prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly....



Steve Jobs' supervillain yacht is chilling in the British Virgin Islands (not New England)


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST


The massive yacht Steve Jobs helped design -- and which launched a year after his passing -- was recently (?) spotted looking like an amphibious Apple Store off the coast of Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands. The new photos show the ship, n...



CES 2015: Ultimate Ears announces the MegaBoom


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST


Ultimate Ears has added the MegaBoom (US$299.99) to its line-up of truly portable Bluetooth speakers, alongside the Boom and Mini Boom. Last year I reviewed the UE Boom and found it to be the best all-round portable Bluetooth speaker I had the pleas...



CES 2015: Toshiba's iPhone dongle is crazy fast


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST


Toshiba is shooting for AirDrop lovers with a new wireless transfer accessory that can send data between iOS devices faster than ever before. The tiny little dongle has a maximum throughput of 375Mbps and can transfer upwards of 100MB between iOS gad...



Rumor Roundup: 'Should not be treated as hard evidence'


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST


Even more evidence that the 'iPhone 6s mini' is coming this year (BGR) Source: Some analyst Chance it's true: 30 percent at best BGR plays fast and loose with the definition of the word "evidence" by citing analyst projections and guesswork over t...



CES 2015: SuperTooth announces multiroom Bluetooth speaker system


Posted: 05 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST


SuperTooth, makers of Bluetooth accessories, like the SuperTooth HD speakerphone, has announced the Multiroom System. With up to five speakers connected by Bluetooth and controlled by an app for iOS or Mac, the Multiroom System streams music or any o...



CES 2015: TempTraq Wearable Bluetooth Thermometer


Posted: 04 Jan 2015 04:30 PM PST


While this new product just announced at CES 2015 is not yet approved by the FDA, it's something that a lot of parents will be clamoring for. TempTraq is a wearable soft patch Bluetooth thermometer that works with an iOS or Android app to let parents...



Belkin WeMo home automation line expands with family of new sensors


Posted: 04 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST


Belkin's iOS-friendly WeMo home automation line took another big step forward today with the announcement at CES in Las Vegas of a new line of sensors. For those who want to create a subscription-free security system, the new devices are just what th...




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