John Nieves

Gigabyte’s Monster Aorus X7 SLI Gaming Laptop is Less Than an Inch Thick

Dual GTX 765 GPUs in a chassis less than an inch thick Gaming laptops aren’t known for their svelte, skinny builds. Most of the time they’re literal fatties because they need the extra space to house all the important tidbits like better fans, GPUs and the like. Gigabyte  isn’t having any of that however – their […]

Divoom Bluetune Solo Review: Good Bass, Good Sound

Divoom’s Bluetune Solo is a nice, portable speaker that sounds decent enough for the price Making wireless, portable speakers is all about compromise between weight, size and sound quality. Make something small enough, and physics dictate that the speakers won’t have enough physical mass to generate great sound. On the other end of the scale, […]

Razer Unveils Project Christine – Is This the Future of PC Gaming?

Razer’s new concept wants to simplify PC desktop upgrades Just when we were wondering when exactly would Razer finally show some PC gaming related hardware, the company unveils Project Christine – a new take on the PC gaming rig. In a nutshell, Christine is a modular PC gaming rig unlike any other before it, and aims to simplify […]

Samsung Unveils SMART Cameras With NFC, WiFi

Samsung makes it easier to share photos, videos with Tag and Go We’ve seen Samsung integrate NFC into their higher end NX30 mirrorless camera, and it seems that the Korean juggernaut wants to put NFC into their point and shoots as well. They’ve gone ahead and announced the SMART Camera WB350F, WB35F and the WB50F […]

Own The Night: FLIR One Case Turns Your iPhone Into Night Vision Camera

Inexpensive way for you to see in the dark Ever wanted to see in the dark, but don’t have the the required cash (which usually goes up to more than Php 40,000) for one? Don’t worry – FLIR One has your back. This gadget is actually an iPod case with a thermal camera on the […]

Sony’s Core Tracks Everything You Do

Sony doubles down on wearables with The Core Sony isn’t new to the wearables game – they made that jump as early as 2012 with their SmartWatch, which sadly, didn’t catch on as they hoped it would. Nevertheless, Sony has once again made another wearable, though this time their reach is more ambitious – the […]

Razer Enters the Wearable Arena, Reveals Nabu

Razer’s new smart band tracks fitness, pairs with your phone Razer has really thrown us for a spin in this year’s CES. Aside from outing their Adaro Series with nary a reference to gaming, the company has just announced their newest product: the Nabu. The Nabu is a fitness tracker that also doubles as a […]

This is the Intel Edison: A PC the Size of an SD CARD

A miniaturized PC the size of an SD Card We suppose it was only inevitable that we would make a complete PC so tiny that it would fit in an SD Card. And that’s what Intel’s Edison is – it’s a tiny, tiny computer for next generation of wearable and connected devices. The computer is […]

Huawei’s Ascend Mate2 4G Can Charge Other Phones

Phablet and portable charger Huawei has just announced their Ascend Mate2 4G phablet at CES. This absolutely gigantic 6.1-inch phablet uses a 6.1-inch IPS EHD display, with 1280 x 720 pixels. Because of the sheer size of the thing, it has a monstrous 4050 mAh battery. In a pinch, the Ascend Mate2 can charge other smartphones and […]

Meet Sony’s Xperia Z1 Compact: No Compromise Mini

This isn’t a watered-down flagship When other companies make smaller versions of their smartphones, they usually water down the specifications with it, and slap a mini tag at the end for good measure. Sony doesn’t want any of that, however, set out to make a more compact version of their flagship Xperia Z1 with almost […]