• Hyundai Blue Link smartwatch app wrist-on

  Smartwatches are popping up everywhere here at CES 2015, even in cars! As reported earlier, Hyundai is indeed bringing its Blue Link system to the showroom floor and it is bringing it to your wrist. The Android Wear incarnation of the app, as expected, lets you control certain functions of your Blue…

• BMWs of the future will have Samsung tablets and gesture control

  At CES this week, BMW showed off a couple near-future technologies that'll be available on cars in the next few years. The first doesn't really sound futuristic at all — it's just a generic Samsung tablet, but the magic is in how tightly BMW's managed to integrate it with the…

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• Hands-on: HTC's Desire 826 takes UltraPixel selfies, runs Lollipop

  Another six months have gone by, so I guess It's time for an another Desire 8-series to land, right? Right. Well, earlier today at CES 2015 HTC launched the Desire 826 , a new mid-range phone destined for the Asia Pacific market -- at least for now. I got a chance to briefly play with the new…

• Hands-on with Livescribe's new Android support

  While Livescribe might not have a shiny new gadget to show off at CES 2015, it still has some very big news to share. Finally the company has turned its eyes to one of the most populous user bases in the mobile industry, announcing the upcoming release of the Android version of its Livescribe+ app.…

• Cyanogen announces CM12 nightlies based on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

  The Cyanogen team stated that there would be "something special" in store for the new year, which as it turns out is the announcement of nightly builds of CyanogenMod 12, which is based on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. The first rollout of CM12 nightlies is set to commence soon, although the…

• Hands-On With a $6,000 Android Phone: An Overpriced Assload of Meh

  Tonino Lamborghini is really good at making expensive things. For decades, that's mostly meant cars—beautiful, beautiful cars that 99 percent of people will never even get the chance to sit in, let alone drive. But where these overly luxurious autos can inspire car envy, the Lambo smartphone,…

• Watch all of Sony's CES 2015 announcements in 7 minutes

  Sony's keynotes are always a high point of CES, and this year's was no different. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai came out on stage and  addressed the cyberattack around The Interview before bringing on a number of guests to introduce  some smart TVs ,  some lights that are secretly speakers ,  a…

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• Hands-on with the Kodak Instamatic 5

  An old-school brand meets new-ish Android, but don't let your grandparents be wooed The reports of Kodak's death have been greatly exaggerated. Or at least been made premature. The Bullitt Group has licensed the Kodak name and today at CES in Las Vegas is officially unveiling the Instamatic…

• The Magical USB Port On the iStick Pro Drive Transforms Into microUSB

  It turns out there are still some ways to improve a USB flash drive that don't involve just cramming more storage inside. The iStick Pro , coming sometime in March of this year, features a Lightning connector on one end for attaching to iOS devices, and a wonderful transforming USB/microUSB…

• Mercedes-Benz F 015 self-driving car in-depth: AI & lasers

  Mercedes-Benz teased something big - figuratively and literally - for CES 2015, and the F 015 Luxury in Motion autonomous car ticks both boxes. Latest in the German marque's F line of prototypes and proofs-of-concept, the F 015 is a luxury lounge on wheels, as Mercedes flirts not only with how…

• Quick look at Acer's refreshed Chromebook 13 with a touchscreen

  The new Chromebook 15 isn't the only bit of Chrome OS news coming out of Acer, as the laptop maker is showing off a refreshed version of its Chromebook 13 with a touchscreen at CES . The new model is physically and internally identical to the original — down to the Tegra K1 processor — but…

• Sony Walkman NW-ZX2 packs 128GB storage, $1120 price tag

  ... and Android 4.2 Standalone portable music players increasingly be seen as a thing of the past, but Sony's not willing to let go just yet. Today at CES 2015 the Japanese manufacturer unveiled the latest in its long line of Walkman products, the Walkman NW-ZX2. Focused on playback of…

• Lamborghini 88 Tauri, Antares hands-on: Android ultra-lux

  There's really no shortage of inexpensive Android smartphones on the market today - Lamborghini Mobile is making sure the other end of the spectrum is covered as well. Today we're having a hands-on look at two monstrously expensive smartphones, both made by and branded by Lamborghini - the…

• This is Mercedes-Benz's new self-driving car

  A lounge on wheels, an obscenely luxurious pod that drives itself, or just the F 015 Luxury in Motion: whatever you want to call it, Mercedes-Benz's new autonomous car is certainly striking. Revealed during the company's CES 2015 keynote, the vast sedan takes a less-than typical approach to…

• Acer Chromebook 15 hands-on

  Acer steps up its Chromebook game with a new 15-incher that doesn't skimp on specs We got pretty excited when Acer announced it was iterating on its Chromebook 13 with a new 15-inch model , and today at CES we had a chance to play around with the all new Acer Chromebook 15. The new model is…

• CyanogenMod announces official CM12 Nightlies

  The most popular custom ROM has officially taken the wraps off of its Lollipop phase, according to the team's blog. Official CyanogenMod 12 nightlies have now been "activated", though you'll likely notice a few of their iconic features have not been fully developed yet.