Engadget giveaway: Win a LattePanda DIY kit courtesy of DFRobot!

A caffeinated bear with coffee bean eyes is a catchy brand concept, and you’ll no doubt want to grab a cup ‘o joe for a long dig into this week’s LattePanda giveaway package. DFRobot, your online home for expandable electronics and robotics kits, has provided us with these Windows 10-based computers along with a pile of expansion components. This includes two of the 1.8GHz quad-core LattePanda board computers in both...

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Apple Advances Health Apps with CareKit

Creating a clearer picture of Parkinson’s disease. Since its launch in 2015, the mPower app has enrolled over 10,000 participants, making it the largest Parkinson’s study in history — with 93 percent of participants never having taken part in any kind of research before. The app helps researchers better understand Parkinson’s disease by using the gyroscope and other iPhone features to measure dexterity, balance, gait, and memory....

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HTC’s 10 and Vive boost sales, but the future still looks grim

HTC realized it had a hit on its hands with the Vive, and created a wholly-owned subsidiary called the HTC Vive Tech Corporation to manage it. It also created a $100 million fund to expand the ecosystem. Sales from the division still count toward overall company earnings, but HTC hasn’t said how many of the $800 headsets it has moved so far. It did get a piece of good news when Oculus removed DRM constraints from games, meaning...

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HTC’s 10 and Vive boost sales, but the future still looks grim

HTC realized it had a hit on its hands with the Vive, and created a wholly-owned subsidiary called the HTC Vive Tech Corporation to manage it. It also created a $100 million fund to expand the ecosystem. Sales from the division still count toward overall company earnings, but HTC hasn’t said how many of the $800 headsets it has moved so far. It did get a piece of good news when Oculus removed DRM constraints from games, meaning...

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Apple Introduces iPhone SE — the Most Powerful Phone with a 4-inch Display

Live Photos. Capture more than a moment. Live Photos bring your still photos to life with sound and movement. Simply touch and hold anywhere on your 12-megapixel still and experience the moments just before and after it was taken, so your photos turn into living memories. FaceTime HD camera with Retina Flash. Your selfie just got more beautiful. The Retina display isn’t just a place to see your content — it’s a flash for your FaceTime...

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