Apple Watch

THE GOOD The Apple Watch is a beautifully constructed, compact smartwatch. It's feature-packed, with solid fitness software, hundreds of apps, and the ability to send and receive calls via an iPhone.

THE BAD Battery barely lasts a day and recharge time is slow; most models and configurations cost more than they should; requires an iPhone 5 or later to work; interface can be confusing; sometimes slow to communicate with a paired iPhone.

THE BOTTOM LINE The Apple Watch is the most ambitious, well-constructed smartwatch ever seen, but first-gen shortfalls make it feel more like a fashionable toy than a necessary tool.

http://www.cnet.com/products/apple-watch/

Google debuts the Chromebit, a Chromebook dongle for under $100

Google just introduced a whole new kind of Chrome OS computer—a dongle that plugs into any HDMI-equipped display.  that plugs right into your TV. Its growing Chormebook family, and it's called Chromebit.The Chromebit looks more like Choremcast  than a Chromebook, but the dongle has almost all of the internal components of Google's browser-based laptops crammed into a stick smaller than an iPhone 6. Google revealed the new Chrome OS-based device, which will be available later this year, along with a new lineup of low-cost Chromebooks on Tuesday.How is that possible? Well, it’s not exactly a new idea. Intel recently announced the Intel Compute Stick, a $150 HDMI dongle that does the same thing but with full Windows 8.1 on board. And Chinese companies have been selling Android HDMI dongle-computers for nearly a year, based on the Rockchip RK3288 processor. So now that Google’s rolling out Rockchip-based Chromebooks too, a dongle-PC was the logical next step.

Microsoft's next browser, Project Spartan

The browser runs on a brand new rendering engine aimed at speeding up performance while offering new, sharing-centric functionality. The most dramatic of these changes is support for inking: you'll be able to write or type directly on a web page, and share your annotations via email, through social networks, or by clipping them directly to OneNote.If you want to check out Project Spartan, you'll need to be running the latest version of the windows 10 operating system. To read more about windows 10 check the first article. 

Samsung Exynos over Qualcomm

Exynos over Qualcomm: Why did Samsung chose its own chipset (Samsung won't share which one) over the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, especially after years of partnership between the two companies? Samsung won't say, but it's a fair guess that keeping things in-house also translates into a more reliable manufacturing pipeline and better margins on its own 64-bit octa-core chip. Seeing how the Exynos model performs compared to Snapdragon -- the latter is basically the new standard for non-Apple superphones -- is something we're anxious to test.

http://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s6/

Android Wear finds lost phones from your android watch

Android Device Manager will let wearers of Android Wear devices locate a misplaced handset by calling it at full volume.

While some third-party Android Wear apps essentially do they same thing, they rely on the relatively small halo of a Bluetooth connection to work, making them useless if your phone is out of range.

It's expected that Google will soon enhance Android Wear by Wi-Fi support. Once that's turned on, you should be able to dial out to your phone as long as you're Wi-Fi-connected. Although Google didn't give an exact schedule, today's announcement points to a rollout within weeks.

http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2015/03/keep-watch-on-your-phone.html

Biometric authentication is coming to Windows 10 with Windows Hello

It looks like the days of the password are numbered. Microsoft has announced Windows Hello, a new biometric authentication system launching with Windows 10 in the (Northern hemisphere) fall. It means you'll be able to unlock your computer with a fingerprint or a face, just as you can on today's flagship smartphones.

With the software support

 Microsoft is placing in the next version of Windows, manufacturers can start adding the necessary scanners and lenses on the hardware side – and as Windows 10 is aiming to bring the same OS experience to smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops and consoles, it's a significant step forward for biometric security.

PlayStation Vue: Sony's live TV streaming service

Sony is jumping into the world of TV streaming in select markets with the announcement and preliminary launch of PlayStation Vue. The new service promises to let users in Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia stream TV, movies, and sports right to their PS3 or PS4 without a cable subscription.

The features of PlayStation Vue look impressive, with Sony promising the ability to go back and watch shows aired within the last 28 days without the need to manually record them to a DVR (you just need to tag a show as a favorite) or worry about how many shows one is recording at a time. DVR'd favorite shows will be available for the following 28 days. Additionally, Sony is offering the ability to watch live TV as one would with traditional cable.

Source:http://www.gizmag.com/sony-playstation-vue-details/36607/