About Electronics & Gadgets: New Google Wearable Tech

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Google has made a bold statement in wearable technology with the release of its new Wear operating system for smart watches and other wearable devices. Read on for the details and photos. Also this week, wireless speakers and multi-zone home theater, the latest video game reviews, and more. Android Wear OS Takes Smart-watches to the Next Level Google has taken wearable technology beyond its Google Glass project into a more mainstream and potentially much more popular form with its new Google Wear operating system. Designed for virtually any type of wearable device, Google Wear will make its debut on the new Moto 360 watch ...Read more Search Related Topics:  smartwatches  android wear  location technology Samsung's New Shape Wireless Speakers Shape is a wireless multiroom audio technology that relies on a WiFi network to send audio all around your house. As I explained in depth in my review of the Shape M7, you can use any Shape product with your WiFi router with no other components required, but if you multiple Shapes to play in sync for multiroom use, you have to connect Samsung's $49 Hub to your WiFi router ...Read more Search Related Topics:  wireless audio  samsung  soundbars All About Multi-Zone Home Theater The Multi-Zone function allows a Home Theater Receiver to actually control either the same, or a separate, source than the one being listened to in the main room, to another location. For example, the user can be watching a Blu-ray Disc or DVD movie with surround sound in the main room, while someone else can listen to a CD player in another, at the same time ...Read more Search Related Topics:  multi-zone audio  home theater receivers  stereo receivers Buying Refurbished Audio Equipment - What You Need to Know We are always looking for bargains. It is hard to resist those After-Holiday and Clearance sales. However, another way to save money throughout the year is to buy refurbished products. This article discusses the nature of refurbished products and some helpful hints on what to ask and look for when purchasing such products ...Read more Search Related Topics:  video components  audio components  buying refurbished products Related Searches Cool Tech Gadgets Audio Electronics Buy Home Electronics HiFi Audio Car Audio Equipment Featured Articles Keep Track of Your Children With GPS Can You Install Apps on Apple TV? Curved LG G Flex Phablet Smartphone High-End Leica X Vario Digital Camera Dark Souls II Review (X360) Dark Souls II PS3 Review   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Best March Madness Apps

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor It's March Madness time, and iPhone expert Sam Costello gives us the rundown on best apps for your brackets. Also this week, we review the new Nikon Coolpix A, desktop speakers, Titanfall for Xbox One and more. Best March Madness iPhone Apps Thanks to the iPhone, you don't need to be in front of the television or even in your house or at your desk to follow all of the action during NCAA March Madness. With these college basketball apps, you can catch live game coverage, update your tournament brackets, compete with friends, and chat with other NCAA fans ...Read more Search Related Topics:  best iphone apps  iphone app reviews  Nikon Coolpix A Review If you're looking for a compact camera that creates images similar in quality to an entry-level DSLR camera, the Nikon Coolpix A model is going to fit that exact need very well. Thanks to an APS-C sized CMOS image sensor, the Coolpix A does a great job with image quality, both in good lighting conditions and in low light conditions ...Read more Search Related Topics:  nikon reviews  camera reviews  10 Computer/Desktop Speakers Tested In-Depth The best news is, we found a $119 system that sounds at least as good as, and probably better than, anything we've heard priced up to $300. Check out both articles to get the full story ...Read more Search Related Topics:  measurements  desktop audio  computer speakers Titanfall Review (XONE) Amid all of the troubles the Xbox One had in 2013 when it was announced, the bright shining star that was promised to save everything and convince the world the system was worthy was Titanfall. Now that it is actually in gamers' hands, does it live up to the hype? ...Read more Search Related Topics:  ea  respawn entertainment  giant robots Related Searches Electronic Gadgets Consumer Electronics Home Electronics Windows 7 Gadgets Gizmo Gadgets Featured Articles Garmin VIRB Action Cam Video Editor Apple TV4 Rumors Rapoo E6300 Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Smartphone Early Upgrade Plans: Tempting But Expensive FlexCam? March PlayStation Highlights   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Details on Apple CarPlay

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Apple has finally revealed the details of its new CarPlay system that brings iOS (and most of your media assets) into the car. CarPlay, which uses touchscreen, tactile control, and steering wheel inputs, will be available on select models beginning this year. Read on for more. Also this week, Apple iWatch rumors, a speaker-cable test, and much more. The Full Run-Down on Apple CarPlay Last year Apple first introduced the concept of its iOS mobile operating system and iPhone connectivity as "iOS in the Car." That prototype has been refined and reborn as a production-ready system dubbed CarPlay. For the many iPhone users, this connection promises to be the holy grail of car connectivity, as well as a great way to leverage their investment of time and money in learning, using, and buying media for the Apple iOS environment ...Read more Search Related Topics:  apple  iphone  carplay Hottest Apple iWatch Rumors Apple's next big product, if the rumors can be believed, is the iWatch (for lack of a better name; that may or may not be the name the product launches with). Depending on what you believe, this device may be poised to transform how we interact with mobile devices and mobile data, or it may be simply another gimmicky piece of wearable tech ...Read more Search Related Topics:  iwatch  ios 8  healthbook How to Find and Read Hidden Information in Digital Photos With a digital photo, all of the data about the settings used to create the photo is stored as part of the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data, which is saved along with the image data as part of the photo file. EXIF data includes the model of camera used, the shutter speed, the aperture, the ISO speed, the focal length, the white balance setting, GPS if available, time and date of the shot, among other items....Read more Search Related Topics:  advanced camera modes  digital camera technologies  Do Speaker Cables Make a Difference? In tests, stereo expert Brent Butterworth measured the effects of different high-end cables in 10- to 12-foot lengths and compared them to the measurement with generic 12-gauge speaker cable. Because the measurements were in most cases so similar, he presents them three at a time, with two high-end cables vs. the generic cable ...Read more Search Related Topics:  speaker cables  audiophile  high-end audio Related Searches Apple Cases Mobile Electronics Apple Gadgets Apple IOS MP3 Apple Featured Articles All About the New Apple iOS 7.1 Review: Rapoo E6300 Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Canon's New Photo Printer Use Web Browser to Listen to Spotify South Park: The Stick of Truth Review (X360) Best Games of the Start of the PS4 Generation   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: AllTrails Hiking App Review

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor This week, we take the AllTrails GPS hiking app out for a test walk and find it to be powerful and easy to use (and free). Also in this issue, a review of the new Olympus SZ-15 compact digital camera with a remarkable 24X optical zoom, inexpensive speakers, and more. AllTrails GPS Hiking App Review The AllTrails app's clean and well-organized menu and navigation are backed up by a solid set of useful features that you'll really use if you like hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, equestrian, trail running, and other trail activities ....Read more Search Related Topics:  hiking  backpacking  trail running Review: Olympus SZ-15 Compact Camera With 24X Optical Zoom Few cameras can present a 24X optical zoom lens in a camera body that measures just 1.5 inches when powered down, so the Olympus SZ-15 ultra-zoom model is a model that doesn't have a lot of direct competition ...Read more Search Related Topics:  olympus reviews  camera reviews  Good-Sounding But Cheap Speakers For the last couple of years, the Dayton Audio B652 has gone unchallenged for the title of "world's best garage speaker" - the only ultra-cheap speaker you can actually stand to listen to ...Read more Search Related Topics:  bookshelf speaker reviews  speaker reviews  monoprice 17 Tips to Extend iPhone Battery Life Here are 17 tips to help you extend your iPhone battery life, including new tips for iOS 7. You don't need to follow all of them (what fun would that be?), but following some will help you conserve juice ...Read more Search Related Topics:  iphone battery  ios 7  Related Searches Home Electronics Hiking Map Hiking Trails Hiking Walking Outdoor Hiking Featured Articles New Garmin Fenix 2 Multisport GPS Watch Review: Outdoor Tech Buckshot Speaker Best Cities for Freelance Workers All About Camera Firmware Epson PowerLite 965 Projector Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 Review (X360)   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Advertisement