Acer's new gaming phone and gaming projector are big, powerful and designed from the ground up for gamers. The company announced the Predator 6 gaming phone Predator Projector at the IFA tech trade show on Wednesday. … [Read more...]

Google is refining its famous logo as it prepares to become a part of a new holding company called Alphabet. The revised design unveiled Tuesday features the same mix of blue, red, yellow and green that Google has been using throughout its nearly 17-year history, though the hues are slightly different shades. … [Read more...]

We've seen plenty of 13-inch laptops with extremely high-resolution screens, but Toshiba's latest laptop/tablet hybrid pushes the envelope by stuffing a true 4K screen (3,840 x 2,160 pixels) into a 12.5-inch device. … [Read more...]

Paying people through PayPal just got a bit easier. The company rolled out another person-to person-payments service Tuesday: PayPal.Me, a barebones payments app that uses a URL to allow people to collect and send money to people they know. … [Read more...]

IFA, the Berlin, Germany-based consumer electronics trade show seems to have come out of nowhere. In reality, it’s been around since 1924 and once boasted Albert Einstein(!) as a keynote speaker. However, a shift to more consumer-focused technology helped it shove aside the better known CeBIT and now it’s the International event to watch for the latest in mobile, wearables, the … [Read more...]

Uber tried to buy its way into the Chinese market, according to a CEO of the country’s largest taxi app. At the Yabuli Summer Entrepreneurs Summit held over the weekend (link in Chinese), Didi Kuaidi chief Cheng Wei said Uber founder Travis Kalanick himself gave the startup an ultimatum: sell us 40% of your shares or be defeated. … [Read more...]

Nest's updated lineup of smart home products is finally complete. The company unveiled the newest version of its flagship product Tuesday, the Nest Thermostat. The $249 device, available now, adds a few new tricks to the connected thermostat, including a better display and a furnace monitoring feature. … [Read more...]

Holga's toy camera is finally getting 21st century upgrade. As cool as shooting film is, digital is the future and now Holga is getting with the program. The company launched a Kickstarter for the the Holga Digital, a toy camera that takes those lovable artsy-fartsy photos and saves them to an SD card like every other digital camera. … [Read more...]

For most people, a Wi-Fi router is like a Ronco rotisserie: You set it and forget it. These often ugly networking boxes have one job: Give us Wi-Fi or else we'll freak the hell out (and it won't be pretty). … [Read more...]

Credentials for more than 225,000 Apple accounts have been stolen by sophisticated malware that targets modified iOS devices, according to Palo Alto Networks. The malware, which is nicknamed KeyRaider, enables attackers to download applications from Apple's App Store without paying or to lock devices in lieu of a ransom. … [Read more...]