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Google-owned Nest unveiled its new protocol for Internet of Things devices earlier today, which goes by the name of Weave, which is a lot like Google’s own Internet of Things protocol in that… it’s also named Weave. That’s right, one of Google’s subsidiaries decided to

People were complaining about the $350 staring price for the Apple Watch being too expensive, but that looks like a bargain compared to what Tag Heuer is working on. The Swiss company has been making watches for well over a century, so I suppose I can forgive them for being so out of touch with [&he

Earlier this morning, LG took the wraps off of the long-rumored LG V10, the company’s first smartphone to feature a dual screen. However, it’s not like the quirky YotaPhone, which has a second e-ink display on the backside of the smartphone. Instead, the LG V10’s second display res

It looks like investors are still very, very interested in online lenders. For proof of this, you need look no further than San Francisco, where a local startup by the name of Social Finance just completed a $1 billion round of funding led by Japan’s SoftBank, which brings its lifetime funding

If you’re wondering what caused that moderate jump in Twitter’s stock price earlier today, it probably has something to do with the fact that the company will be making Jack Dorsey its CEO. The co-founder and former CEO has been serving as Twitter’s interim CEO for a few months now

LeTV isn’t a name that many people outside of China are familiar with, but that might change soon. The company has a new smartphone that’s expected to launch before the end of the year, and from what we can see in these leaked specs, the device will be setting the bar pretty high for nex

You know what would be nice? Being able to buy a OnePlus 2 without having to jump through hoops to get an invite quickly or wait a long time to receive one normally. You know what OnePlus is doing instead of making this happen? Releasing yet another smartphone. Co-founder Carl Pei has confirmed that

Instagram limited itself to using square pictures, Snapchat limited itself to sending disappearing messages, and Twitter limited itself to supporting 140-character or less posts. These limitations are the quirks that made these social networks what they are today, but now that the three of them have

Samsung expansion into the world of media has been… less than successful. Milk Video is one of the company’s attempts to create a premium entertainment service, one which made it easy for users to find and share videos that are popular online, but that attempt has been met with failure.

Most countries have numerous regulations that prevent companies from falsely advertising their products, but those companies also have a bunch of tricks that help them get around these regulations. Easily the most common of these is the use of superlatives such as “best” and “first

When we first heard about the new Fossil smartwatch a few weeks ago, there wasn’t much in the way of information, but the Texas-based fashion giant has started revealing details in a series of recent teasers. There’s actually going to be a few different versions of the device, which is t

The Blackphone wasn’t able to cash in on the post-Snowden privacy craze as much as its developer may have wanted, but that didn’t stop Switzerland-based Silent Circle from coming back with a successor. The Blackphone 2 went on sale this week for $800 unlocked, and all the reviews indicat

Xbox users may not understand the pain of having to wait for timed DLC to come to their platform, but PC and PlayStation users are all too familiar with it. I’m not sure how much money Microsoft pays publishers to make the DLC for their games come to the Xbox exclusively for a month or [&helli

It’ll have a Snapdragon 820, or maybe a Snapdragon 810. No, no, no, it’ll definitely have an 820… or an 810… maybe? The rumors we’ve been seeing about the Xiaomi Mi5 have been all over the place when it comes to which SoC will power the highly-anticipated smartphone. Th

Samsung’s smartphone sales have definitely been better, which is why the company has been forced to offer potential customers deals and promotions in order to convince them to purchase its smartphones. Not only is the company willing to pay your monthly phone bill for the next three months if

In order to get people excited for the BlackBerry Priv (previously known as the Venice), BlackBerry CEO John Chen gave BNN an exclusive first look at the device. The problem is, this is BlackBerry’s first Android smartphone, and it’s clear from Chen’s awkward fumbling that he&#8217

For the handful of you who’ve never seen a courtroom scene in a movie or television show where the Fifth Amendment is used, it’s essentially the part of the Constitution that protects the convicted from being forced to incriminate themselves, hence the oft-used “right to remain sil

With less than a week to go before LG’s upcoming event in New York City, the company ha started building up hype for one of the announcements with a 15-second teaser video of what appears to be the long-rumored V10. The video reveals next to nothing about the smartphone, but from the rumors we

We’re less then two months away from the Fallout 4 launch, and Bethesda is stoking the hype flames with bits and pieces of information every few days that come in the form of short explanation videos. The most recent video explains the new character system in Fallout 4, and how Bethesda has do

2016 is shaping up to be the Year of Virtual Reality, because pretty much every virtual reality headset worth noting is expected to launch sometime during the year, including the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. However, whereas those headsets are going to be gaming-centric and really expensive, Samsun

Even with next to no traditional marketing, the ZTE Axon still managed to pop up on everyone’s radar thanks to its high-end specs and premium feel, both of which come at the low price of $450. The high-power and low-price put the ZTE Axon against the likes of the Moto X Pure and OnePlus 2, and

It’s easy to forget just how essential lithium-ion batteries are to our daily lives. These rechargeable batteries are what supply power to pretty much every mobile device you own, from laptops to smartphones, which is why it’s a shame that so few people recognize the name John Goodenough

We can add this report from the Taipei Times to the ever-growing list of rumors that Xiaomi is working on its own laptop. The report quotes Richard Lee, the chairman of one of Xiaomi’s smartphone manufacturers and one of the largest laptop makers in Taiwan, who expects Xiaomi to launch its fir

I still remember how amazed I was when I first saw someone create a 3D-printed wrench, but after seeing what the people at World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) are doing with 3D printers, I can’t believe something as laughably small as a wrench ever impressed me. WASP is planning to build a

We’ve known that beta testing for Star Wars Battlefront would be open to everyone on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One sometime before the game launched, and now we know when. Electronic Arts announced yesterday that the open beta will be taking place between October 8th and October 12th, and wi

Subscription-based entertainment is really common nowadays, with companies like Netflix and Spotify making billions by offering people unlimited access to a bunch of content for a small monthly fee, but one area where the subscription model hasn’t really picked up is gaming. I’m not talk

You could fill a library with all the arguments on Internet forums about whether eSports are actually sports or not, but they’re definitely a competition, and that’s good enough for DraftKings. The company, which allows users to create fantasy sports teams and have them compete with othe

Smartphones and tablets have taken massive chunks out of the handheld console market, something that Nintendo is painfully aware of, but it looks like even the livingroom console and PC gaming markets are being affected as well. At least, that’s what a new report from the NDP Group seems to su

That mysterious countdown that popped up on Pebble’s website earlier this week hit zero today, at which point the company unveiled the Pebble Time Round. As the name implies, the Round is the first smartwatch from Pebble to have a circular face, but that’s not the only thing that separat

When Nextbit unveiled Robin, the company’s first smartphone and the world’s first cloud-first mobile device, potential customers in the United States were upset that the smartphone would be exclusive to AT&T and T-Mobile. Nextbit heard these complaints and decided to unveil a CDMA ve

The new OnePlus smartphone isn’t shaping up to be much of a surprise. We already got a look at the upcoming device earlier this week with some leaked renders, which showed a dual camera and a fingerprint sensor on the back, and now the device has popped up on AnTuTu. According to the benchmark

There aren’t very many things that make me wish I lived in China and not the West, but Xiaomi is chief among them. The company has risen to become one of the most valuable startups in the world, behind only Uber, by selling powerful smartphones at ridiculously low prices. The latest of these s

It was reported not too long ago that CyanogenMod has more users that BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone combined, and the developers behind the custom Android ROM want to make sure that number keeps growing. The developers have been working with a number of smartphone makers like Motorola and Xiaomi t

Meizu isn’t a brand name that many in the West will recognize, but it has the potential to be. The Chinese smartphone maker has released a bunch of excellent products this year, which have helped to build up its reputation in the premium market, but there are a few things holding the company b

China’s ride-sharing services may be trying desperately to hinder Uber’s expansion in the country, but it doesn’t seem to be working. The company has been investing hundreds of millions of dollars to speed up its expansion into what it considers one of its most important markets, a

Remember a few years ago when Groupon turned down a $6 billion acquisition deal from Google? Yeah, I can pretty much guarantee the company is regretting that decision. To be fair, the company was growing at a ridiculous pace back then and staying independent actually seemed like a good move, but Gro

If money isn’t an issue, then Samsung has always been the way to go when it comes to ultra-fast solid-state drives. The company has made several improvements to its SSD technology over the years that have not only increased capacity and speed, but reduced prices to the point where SSDs are now

Opera has always been a distant fifth in terms of web browser market share, which is why Opera Software has recently been expanding its software offerings so that it’s not so reliant on a mildly-popular web browser. With a string of acquisitions and new products over the past few months, the c

Samsung is single-handedly responsible for creating the phablet market as we know it today, and has dominated the high-end side of that market with its Galaxy Note series for years. Numerous competitors have tried to steal the phablet crown away from the Galaxy Note, but aside from the iPhone 6 Plus

The virtual reality market is still in its infancy, which is why so many companies are practically tripping over each other trying to establish a dominant position in the market. Tech companies like Facebook and Google have been especially interested in virtual reality, and have been investing billi