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China’s State Council has temporarily lifted a ban on the sale of foreign games consoles, paving the way for firms like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo to enter a multi-billion dollar video game market. The suspension of the 14-year-old ban permits “foreign-invested enterprises” to m
Vimeo, one of the most popular video-sharing websites out there excluding YouTube, has launched a major redesign of its web player. The redesign greatly improves the performance of the web player and establishes HTML5 as the default format across all platforms. Browsers that are incompatible with HT
The hydrogen-powered car is back, and this one is wearing a Toyota badge. After its initial debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in November, the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota FCV made its first U.S. appearance at CES 2014. Along with the car, Toyota brought news about the nation’s nascent hydrog
There was no shortage of Samsung hardware at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday but there was still a lack of software. However, new leaked screenshots from @evleaks suggest that Samsung will soon be releasing a new smartphone UI. This is good news for Android users who have been waiting three
Sprint is introducing the Sprint FramilySM Plan, a revolutionary pricing program that lets consumers decide who they consider family. The Sprint Framily Plan is available to new and existing customers. The more people added to the group, up to 10 phone lines, the greater the savings for everyone on
Sony’s cloud-based TV service, as yet not officially named, was introduced by Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, as part of a presentation by Sony topper Kazuo Hirai. The service will include both live TV and recorded programs from streaming VOD services like
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
Sleep Number has announced the x12, a new smart bed that comes equipped with sensors to monitor your sleeping habits, movement, heart rate, and breathing rate. The bed also offers simple voice commands, and an under-the-bed light acts like a pathlight when you get up to go to the bathroom in the mid
Not only did Sony show off 4K TVs as CES, it also showed off its Video Unlimited 4K offering, a download service for 4K programming first announced at last year’s CES and launching in September. Sony says it boosted the number of movies and TV shows available through Video Unlimited 4K to more than
The market for electric motorcycles and scooters is growing rapidly in China amid concerns over the serious pollution problems in the country’s major cities. Companies from all over the country are starting to offer more electric versions of China’s favorite transportation devices, motor
T-Mobile agreed to buy airwaves from Verizon for about $2.4 billion in cash as part of a spectrum swap that will give both companies more network capacity in areas where they need it. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will purchase 700-megahertz A-block spectrum licenses from Veriz
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
