Category: #CES2015
CES 2015: Hands-on with Samsung’s adorably small 1TB portable SSD
When you think of portable storage you probably think of things like micro SD cards or USB sticks that go up to about 64GB in size. That's clearly not what Samsung wants it to be about, which is why it announced high capacity portable SSD T1 at CES 2015">CES 2015. Editor Holly Brockwell got the…
CES 2015: Sony shows off a 4K TV thinner than a smartphone, plus new cameras and Tony Hawk
Sony's big press conference at CES 2015 kicked off on a bit of a low note: the recent hack that exposed painfully private details about salaries, passwords and the inner workings of a media behemoth. Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai managed to get in some boasts about The Interview's incredibly high viewing rates, though,…
CES 2015: LG unveils the Flex 2
The jury is still pretty much out on curved smartphones. Sure they look pretty, but they do seem an idea in search of a killer use. This hasn't stopped LG, which has today unveiled its second flexible screen smartphone - the LG Flex 2 - at CES 2015. We haven't seen it yet but the…
CES 2015: walk at 7 miles an hour with Rollkers’ turbo shoes
The tech on show at CES ranges from the everyday to the bonkers, and Rollkers are definitely on the crazier end of the spectrum. The somewhat awkwardly-named invention slips over your existing shoes (even high heels, I was surprised to learn) and turbo-charges your walking. You go twice as fast as peons using their actual…
CES 2015: Polaroid announces dashcams and mobile printer
Polaroid has announced, today at CES 2015", that it’s rolling out a new line of dashcams, as well as a mobile printer, so you can print anywhere right from your phone. Polaroid’s dashcams promise recording in full 1080p, with sensors that record automatically if a collision is detected. Using GPS, the camera will also record…
CES 2015: Google Chromecast opens up for streaming music to connected speakers
This week at CES 2015, Google has announced that its streaming dongle, Chromecast, will now be available for streaming to speakers and soundbars. The Chromecast, which can be purchased for as little as £30 in the UK, simply plugs into a television via HDMI and offers a wireless gateway to video, music, photos and apps…
CES 2015: Avegant wants to bring style to VR with the Glyph headset
Virtual reality headsets aren't exactly discrete are they? In fact they tend to look large, cumbersome, and annoying to wear. Avegant wants to change that view, and the Glyph headset is its idea of creating the 'Beats headphones' of virtual reality. Now before you start making jokes about price vs quality, you should know that…
CES 2015: the Roost smart battery adds WiFi to any smoke detector
There's an enormous amount of connected home devices being shown off at CES this year, but one of our favourites is also one of the simplest. The Roost smart battery is the size and shape of a normal 9V battery - the type that smoke detectors use - but with a built-in WiFi chip that…
CES 2015: The Braven BRV-Pro has everything you could ever need from a speaker
When you're out looking for a set of speakers you generally look for things like sound quality, input methods, and maybe the look of the thing. If that's your thing then the Braven BRV-Pro is bound to seem incredibly excessive, but it does have anything you could ever want out of a pair of speakers.…
CES 2015: Netflix announces the Recommended TV Programme
LG and Netflix have been working together for some time now on bringing the best possible experience to consumers watching streaming services. Today Greg Peters, Chief Streaming and Partnerships Officer at Netflix, took the stage during LG's CES presentation to talk about a new venture: the Netflix Recommended TV Programme. The two companies worked together…
