The Apple Watch looks to be an impressive piece of gear—it’s sleek and attractive, and offers plenty of interesting and useful features. But if you’re looking for something a little more old-school, might we suggest the Apple II Watch? The DIY Apple II Watch comes from the mind of Instructables user Aleator777, and it takes design cues from the classic Apple …
Apple Watch battery pack guaranteed to kill the Watch’s appeal
One of the nice things about the Apple Watch is that we can finally appreciate the design of the thing, unadorned by the ugly cases that have tarnished the iPhone landscape. Or so we thought. While the Apple Watch isn’t launching until later this month, a bulky battery case called Wipowerband is already promising to turn Jony Ive’s design masterstroke …
Report: Apple sold almost a million Apple Watches in the U.S. on Friday
All models of Apple Watch quickly sold out when preorders began overnight last Friday, but now we have a better idea of which Watches were most popular. According to e-retail research firm Slice Intelligence, 957,000 people in the U.S. bought an Apple Watch on Friday—and many of those people bought two. The space gray Apple Watch Sport with a …
LG G4 sports leather, metallic, and other swappable back options in newest leak
Formidable gadget leaker Evan Blass—a.k.a. @evleaks—stripped away nearly all the mystery from LG’s forthcoming G4, dumping a truckload of images and teaser material that shine further light on the next flagship smartphone. They give us a pretty complete picture as to how the G4 will look, showing a phone that will offer some Moto X-style customization with various back covers. …
Dell loads Ubuntu Linux onto its best thin-and-light laptop
The hardware is nearly identical to the Windows version that launched in January, including the edge-to-edge display that essentially fits a 13-inch laptop in an 11-inch body. But instead of Microsoft’s operating system, the XPS 13 Developer Edition comes with Ubuntu 14.04. It’s even $50 cheaper than the Windows version when you line up the tech specs, starting at $950 …
Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, MacBook Pro, and More Tech Deals
This week the latest generation Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch, coloured laser printer, Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, and more gadgets are available at a discounted price. 1. Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (2015 model) The latest edition of the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch is now available online in India. Paytm is offering a cashback of Rs. 9,000 on all the …
Xiaomi to Hold ‘Global Mi Phone Premiere’ in India on April 23
Xiaomi India on Friday announced an event in New Delhi on April 23. The company made the announcement via a tweet, which read “i IS COMING. Register for our global Mi phone premiere in New Delhi on 23 April.” Xiaomi points users to its India site to register for the event. The Xiaomi India site further reveals that the …
Xiaomi Sets Guinness World Record Selling 2.11 Million Phones in 24 Hours
China’s smartphone giant Xiaomi on Thursday said it has set a new Guinness World Record for mobile phone sales by selling 2.11 million handsets in a 24-hour flash sale held to celebrate its fifth anniversary – the Mi Fan Festival. The half-day bonanza, which brought in CNY 2.08 billion ($335 million) from sales of handsets and other accessories broke the …
Austria court considers Facebook privacy case
Some 25,000 users – led by Austrian law graduate Max Schrems – accuse Facebook of violating European privacy laws in the way it collects and forwards data. The case has been brought against Facebook’s European HQ in Dublin, which handles accounts outside US and Canada. Facebook’s lawyers have argued for the case to be dismissed. They presented a list of …
Real money trade hits World of Warcraft game
The exchange rate for dollars fell by almost a third on the first day that Blizzard let people swap real cash for game gold. At launch, players could spend $20 (£13) to get 30,000 gold coins to spend on gear in the fantasy game world. But 24 hours later the same amount of cash netted players about 20,000. Before now …