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Panono wants to make 360-degree pictures as easy to take as throwing a ball into the air. Panono has created a hardened ball with 36 cameras pointing in all directions. You toss the panoramic ball camera into the air and the individual cameras take a picture at the point of highest elevation. Then y

Have you ever watched somebody with long fingernails tap-tap-tapping at their iPhone or iPad screen? It’s painful. Either their overgrown keratin caps skitter over the screen in a chitinous clatter, or they have to approach the screen with the flat pads of their fingers, as if they were carefully gi

Path, the maker of a private social network for your closest friends and family, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding. The new investor leading the round is Indonesia’s Bakrie Global Group, according to Kara Swisher atRe/code. Dave Morin, CEO of Path, confirmed the funding to Re/code,

On January 21st, Beats Music will arrive on iOS, Android, Windows, and the web for a $9.99 monthly subscription. The service, originally known as Daisy, uses a combination of algorithms and human curation to suggest songs, and claims to have a staff of music experts “hand-selecting your playli

Satoshi Sugi, the founder and CEO of Whill, was inspired to create a high-tech wheelchair by a neighbor. “He used a wheelchair, and he told me he had given up even going to the grocery store two blocks away. He didn’t like being seen in public as weak or crippled. I wanted to make a whee

Navigating a city with a child in a stroller is hard enough, but imagine doing the same with a set of twins. Those double strollers are like driving a miniature bus, and you’ll always be on the hunt for ramps, elevators, or a long way around a set of stairs. It’s a problem that designer

Hidden in amongst the armies of 3D scanners in the South Hall of CES is the Matterform: a crowdfunded, $579 desktop 3D scanner that’s also its own carrying case. The device operates on similar principals as other devices in the space, namely MakerBot’s Digitizer. There are a couple of cl

Back in December, Target announced that their systems had been breached and that around 40 million credit card numbers were stolen in the process. Target then went on to reveal that encrypted bank PINs were stolen as well, and now according to a new report from the retailer, it seems that the securi

iBeacon is an interesting piece of technology that so far has been used in retail settings. Can iBeacon be used in the gaming context as well? As it turns out, it can. The folks at The Tap Lab have unveiled a demo for a game called Tiny Tycoons, and basically what it does is that […]

While Nintendo’s Wii U sales continue to struggle, its 3DS handheld console is another story. The game giant announced today that more than 16 million 3DS games were sold in 2013, a 45 percent spike from the year before. In addition, lifetime sales of the 3DS, 3DS XL and 2DS consoles surpassed 11.5

Nikon was showing off its new xxArray here at CES 2014, and if you’ve ever wanted to live in a video game, this may be your chance. The xxArray features an assortment of 48 Nikon DLSRs arranged at various points around your body to shoot you from every conceivable angle. After two hours of processin

The E-4B is one of the so-called Doomsday planes. In the event of a nuclear war, a terrorist attack, an alien invasion or, generally speaking, Armageddon, the U.S. Air Force’s four E-4B planes based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska will be responsible to keep the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Joi

FOBO, a new app that offers its users a new way to sell goods via mobile devices, has launched in San Francisco today. When you list an item on FOBO, the app instantly prices your item, usually based on the average sales price on eBay. It then starts up an auction that lasts a little more than [&hel

CES this week allows technology developers to showcase the latest gadgets that may become must-haves for many Americans. As attendees get a glimpse of the industry’s future, Gallup finds that the devices Americans own have changed over the past decade, with ownership of laptops (64%) and iPods

T-Mobile has been pretty aggressive over the past few months in their bid to attract more customers over onto its network, but has their efforts proven to be a success so far? Well as it turns out, despite the naysayers and the critics, T-Mobile has done surprisingly well as the company has recently

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler used his talk at CES today to put AT&T’s controversial new “Sponsored Data” program on notice. “My attitude is: let’s take a look at what this is, let’s take a look at how it operates,” Wheeler said. “And be sure, that if i

There are never enough hours in a day, our over-connected culture often says. But connected devices worn nightly do not aim to lengthen our days with more tasks; instead, they help us optimize the hours we do sleep, and thus improve the quality of our working and playing hours. For some, better slee

The Japanese government has promised to lend the United States half of the cost of building the first “Super-Maglev” train, reducing travel time between Baltimore and Washington DC to just 15 minutes. Tokyo is so keen to show off its technology that it will provide loans for half the est

As promising as wind energy is, its held back by the fact that it can’t be transported in small amounts that individuals can use. Combustible fuels can be stored inside containers and solar energy can be generated by portable solar panels. The only way to transport wind energy is with batterie

The United States Navy is taking to the skies with a drone featuring a longer wingspan than that of a Boeing 757 airliner. Now that the new MQ-4C Triton has completed its ninth trial flight, the Northrop Grumman-manufactured drone is being hailed as an improvement over the unmanned aerial vehicle it

We live in a world where convenience comes at the cost of privacy. Public cloud services make our lives so much easier but the companies that own these services (Google, Facebook, etc.) offer this convenience in exchange for selling our information to the highest bidder. While it’s possible to

4K is arguably one of the biggest trends at the Consumer Electronics Show, and Panasonic has been loaded with 4K devices this year. One such device is a camera in the GH line that is capable of recording videos in ultra HD. More details are set to arrive with the camera’s official release in l

Jelly is a new app that is designed to search the group mind of your social networks for the answers to whatever questions you have. The app lets users connect it with their Facebook and Twitter accounts, so if one of your contacts sees the post and has an answer for it, the person can answer [&hell

Sony has debuted its the Sony Core at the Consumer Electronics Show. The fitness tracking system logs all of that data and then feeds it into a new app called Lifelog. All of that raw data captured throughout the day starts to make sense once it is charted in a way that shows progress over time and

Panasonic and Mozilla announced that the two companies have agreed to form a partnership to develop and promote the new Firefox OS, an open platform based on HTML5 and other Web technologies, for next generation smart TVs. The development of the new Firefox OS platform aims to deliver more expansive

BAE Systems has conducted successful test flights with a fighter aircraft that contained 3D printed components. The metal components were used in test flights from the firm’s airfield at Warton, Lancashire, late last month. The parts include protective covers for cockpit radios and guards for

Chevrolet has partnered up with AT&T and OnStar to bring in-car 4G LTE connectivity and a collection of HTML5 apps to some of the company’s future cars. The 4G LTE service also features a Wi-Fi access point built into the car that can support up to seven devices. This is just one more move

Lenovo has shown off the Miix 2, new magnetic notebook/tablet hybrid, at the Consumer Electronics Show today. The device works in multiple modes, including a reverse mode where the keyboard acts as a stand, with a speaker array on the rear rim for watching movies. Slated for release this quarter, it

A new wearable camera from Liquid Image is capable of streaming 1080p video at up to 30 fps or 60 fps in “high action mode” live over LTE. The camera is also equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and low frequency RF. Liquid Image is claiming a battery life of up to six hours over Wi-Fi, and b

Withings is launching the Aura, a new device designed to help give you the perfect sleeping experience. The first part of the device is a sleep sensor that is designed to sit underneath your mattress and monitor your breathing, heart rate, and motion in order to better understand the way you sleep.

The designer behind the Harry Winston and Louis Vuitton brands has created a new smart bracelet that keeps track of your sun exposure and alerts you when you’re close to having too much. The wristband syncs with any iOS device and gives you alerts when your skin has had too much sun exposure a

Russia is setting up a massive wireless network in the city of Sochi in preparation for the influx of visitors that will flood the already sprawling city for the Winter Olympics next month. The new network will be capable of handling up to 54Tbps of traffic once the engineers finish putting the fina

The WRT family of Linksys routers used to be extremely popular and, despite being largely discontinued a decade ago, continues to sell one of the models. The popularity and longevity of the WRT routers is due to its open-source firmware that allows hackers to create custom software builds. However,

Dish Network has announced the “Virtual Joey”, a smart TV app that will come built into select LG televisions, and which will take the place of a physical Joey extender. To be clear, you’ll still need a Hopper DVR to anchor the whole experience, but this would at least mean you hav

Technology is everywhere. We carry it around with ourselves, we even wear it. It has already crept into our homes and now we’re being treated to solutions that manage said technology in a much more efficient way. Archos recently announced its “Connected Objects,” which aim to connect technology that

The Bibliotech Library that just opened up in Bexar County, Texas is unique in that it lacks any actual books, at least physical copies. The new library offers over 10,000 books to residents of Bexar County in the form of digital copies that can be read on loanable e-readers. Not only does this save

The designers of the Ferrari have partnered up with Christophe & Co to develop a $189,000 hi-tech smart bracelet. The expensive wearable will grant you access to exclusive clubs across the world with a flick of the wrist and call to your “dedicated lifestyle manager”, who will presumably be able

Coca-Cola now owns 16 million unique network identifiers usually reserved for Wi-Fi cards and other networking equipment. This week, many people were surprised to learn that a soda company controls that many network IDs, with the geeks at Slashdot, a popular online hangout for techies, launching an

Good news if you;re the proud owner of a Ford vehicle 2010 or later, you’re now eligible for a free SYNC AppLink upgrade. SYNC AppLink is basically a piece of in-car technology that allows drivers to use iOS and Android apps, such as Spotify, NPR, TuneIn, and more, and it also allows drivers t

Have you ever had a crazy idea that you’re sure would be successful but lacked the ability to make it a reality? Well thanks to a new company called Quirky, those ideas can actually become a reality, and you’ll get paid for them too. Simply submit your idea to Quirky and hope that the co