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Pebble announcement – new fitness tracker, smart bands, updated display?

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.23.2016

Update: Well, wow. Pebble went to town: 3 new smartwatches, including the heart-rate enabled Pebble 2, and Pebble Time 2, plus Pebble Core, an “ultra-wearable.” And, Pebble…

Culture

San Francisco: Summer with the Symphony line-up revealed

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.23.2016

Star Trek, Pink Martini, Ratatouille with live orchestra, music from the Final Fantasy video game series. San Francisco Symphony's Summer Series is stocked to the…

TechOrbits Wireless Charger 8 USB fast charging ports for android iphone PowerPort Qi Wireless Charging Pad Samsung S6/Edge/Plus, Note 5, Nexus 4/5/6/7,Lumia 920, LG Optimus Vu2 All Qi-Enabled Devices

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Review: TechOrbits 8-port Qi charging pad a winner (Review)

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.19.2016

Everything is all well and good in our go-go mobile, always-on lives. Except, of course, when our phone dies. Dead battery. Super sigh. Queue Internet…

Culture

‘Neon Demon’ Reaction: Makes ‘Showgirls’ look like Bergman (Cannes 2016)

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.19.2016

UPDATE: Indiewire, which published its own review of Neon Demon by Eric Kohn, has a round-up of early reviews, many of which are very positive.…

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Google on Wear 2.0: “We’re listening very closely to our developers” (and that’s the problem with Wear)

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.19.2016

Why on earth does a smartwatch need a speaker? Or a ridiculous, microscopic keyboard? And this idea that a smartphone needs to be “standalone” and…

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Wear 2.0: Google’s smartwatch OS gets much-needed reboot

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.18.2016

“Our biggest [Android Wear] platform update yet.” Well, how’s that for amazing response time?! Yesterday, I lamented the need for a reboot of Google’s smartwatch…

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Google I/O: Daydream takes Cardboard and VR to next level

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.18.2016

“Mobile. Approachable. For everyone.” Google’s evolution of its clever VR project Cardboard is here. Well almost. Clay Bavor’s reveal of “Daydream” was easily the best…

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Google Home oh no

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.18.2016

As has been widely reported today, Google unveiled its answer to Amazon Echo. Yep, oh no. It’s called Google Home. And like Echo (and it’s…

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Trendspotting: Will slow smartwatch sales lead to inventory dumping?

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.17.2016

Some are saying smartwatch sales, and the overall wearable market, have grown at a decent clip over the past twelve months. Fitbit reported 25% year-over-year…

Cameras & Filmmaking

Stark Insider and RED Raven: BTS ‘All American Apple Pie’ shoot

BY CLINTON STARK — 05.16.2016

Loni was back from London. And it was the weekend. Clearly, that could mean only one thing: time to test the new RED Raven camera.…