New Products

LOS GATOS –Looking to expand beyond streaming media devices for TVs, Roku unveiled a new portfolio of premium audio products including a new Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer. Specifically designed for how people watch television, the Roku Smart Soundbar is an easy way to add premium sound and powerful movie, TV and music […]

FREMONT – Blackmagic Design has unveiled the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, a new handheld digital film camera with a full Super 35 size 6K HDR image sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, an EF lens mount and dual native ISO up to 25,600 for incredible low light performance. The new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Rylo, a startup that makes a camera that can be plugged into your smartphone, has snapped a $20 million Series B funding round led by Icon Ventures. Other participating investors include Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company has now raised $35 million to date. Other backers include SV Angel and Icon. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Fitbit has introduced the Fitbit Charge 3, the latest version of its Charge family of wrist devices. Charge 3 features a swimproof design with a touchscreen display, 15+ goal-based exercise modes, essential smart features to stay connected to what matters most, up to 7 days of battery life, and Fitbit’s most advanced […]

  SAN MATEO — GoPro is now shipping its 360-degree camera, Fusion, to US and European customers. With its ability to capture immersive 5.2K 360-degree spherical content, Fusion captures everything around you, so you’ll never miss the shot. And gimbal-like stabilization makes sure it all looks super smooth. Fusion is priced at $699.99 (US); €749.99 EUR. […]

  SAN MATEO – GoPro, Inc., maker of action cameras, has unveiled HERO6 Black, its most powerful and convenient GoPro to date. Powered by GoPro’s custom-designed GP1 processor, HERO6 features stunning 4K60 and 1080p240 video and the most advanced video stabilization ever achieved in a GoPro. The HERO6 is now on sale for $499.99. GoPro also launched Fusion, […]

  Do you want crab with your sandwich? A few McDonald’s restaurants in Silicon Valley are currently testing a new menu item: the McDonald’s Crab Sandwich. Made with Snow Crab meat on a sliced sourdough bun, this local favorite is being served in four restaurants in San Jose. The Crab Sandwich features crab meat mixed with diced […]

  SAN JOSE — Acer has unveiled its latest convertible notebook for education customers, the Acer TravelMate Spin B1 (B118), at the 2017 BETT Show in London. The 11.6-inch convertible notebook with Windows 10 Pro is perfectly sized for easy portability, features four usage modes and a robust design made for day-to-day use in the […]

  Whether across the room or across the ocean, collaboration just got a whole lot easier with the launch of the Cisco Spark Board, a 4K, all-in-one device that enables screen sharing, interactive whiteboarding and video conferencing. The Cisco Spark Board, which comes in 55- and 70-inch models, allows teams to get things done fast, in […]

  PALO ALTO — Green Ride, the company behind INU, the premium, smart, foldable vehicle, is announcing that customers can now reserve their very own INU scooter. Green Ride is also opening its showroom in Palo Alto located at 435 University Ave. Visitors of the showroom will also be able to reserve their INU on the […]

  SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese electronics company LeEco has debuted a line of new products in the U.S. which include smartphones, TVs, smart bikes, virtual reality and electric self-driving vehicles. At the “Ignite the Eco World” event in San Francisco, LeEco hosted more than 1,700 media, analysts, industry partners, consumers and employees to unveil its […]

  SANTA CLARA – GlobalFoundries announced plans to deliver a new leading-edge 7nm FinFET semiconductor technology that will offer the ultimate in performance for the next era of computing applications. The company plans to spend billions of dollars to produce these new chips at its chip-making plant in Malta, NY, about half-an-hour north of Albany. The new […]

  MOUNTAIN VIEW — A couple of years ago, Andrew Pletenetskyy was working for Apple designing world class hardware products. While he enjoyed every minute of it, it required frequent traveling making it impossible to look after his indoor garden. After several failures with auto-watering solutions available on the market, he decided to solve this problem […]

SANTA CLARA — OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, has announced the OV13855, its third-generation 13-megapixel 1.12-micron pixel sensor. The OV13855, built on OmniVision’s advanced PureCel Plus pixel technology, brings superior image quality to mainstream smartphone cameras. With an optimized design and advanced features such as PDAF, the OV13855 is an […]