New Balance's RunIQ is a wearable created by runners for runners

Global athletic leader New Balance announced its inaugural smart wearable from the Digital Sport Division with RunIQ, a "made to run" smartwatch built in collaboration with leading digital, hardware and software companies, including Intel, Google, and Strava, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this past weekend.  In tandem with the launch of RunIQ, New Balance will also debut PaceIQ, Bluetooth wireless sport headphones, with sound by Jabra - the provider of premium sound solutions for sports enthusiasts. RunIQ delivers the perfect combination of the best running features in a stylish accessory that you can wear all day.

Specifically designed for runners by runners, RunIQ helps athletes focus on their performance, engineered with Intel Inside® featuring a built-in GPS, heart rate monitor, lap button, interval capability, and marathon distance battery life to help you get the most out of your run.

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Source claims battery was the main cause of Samsung Galaxy Note7 fires

It would seem the main cause of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 fires is the battery—at least according to a source familiar with the matter. Reuters reports that the results of the investigation will supposedly be released on January 23, which is a day before Samsung details its fourth-quarter earnings results. Reuters’ source on this matter isn’t authorized to speak publicly and so declined to be identified.

Samsung has supposedly been able to replicate the fires during the investigation and the cause of the fires can’t be explained by hardware design or software issues. The South Korean tech company will also reportedly speak about new measures it’ll take to avoid the product safety failures for future devices. According to investors and analysts, it’s important for Samsung to provide a detailed, convincing explanation on the Note7 problems and the steps it’ll take to prevent such an incident from happening again.

Pixel file transfer issues with Mac due to old Android File Transfer software

In computer years, 2012 seems so ancient. And that’s partly the reason why Android File Transfer on Mac is causing some problems. The version running there is still from four years back. But aside from the dated software, a big issue with the program is it doesn’t have proper USB Type-C support. Some files it can copy, but not all. It makes sense if you think how a four-year-old program won’t have USB Type-C support as that didn’t exist then. Android Authority also seems to be pointing out the cable itself. Hopefully, Google pays better attention to this software and help make lives easier for Mac users with Pixel phones. An alternative app Android Authority suggests is Handshaker. This will supposedly work with both the Pixel phone and its accompanying cable.

Windows 10 to introduce a high-performance Game Mode

Microsoft has been boasting a lot of the gaming features coming to the Creators Update, including built-in Beam livestreaming, Xbox Live updates, enhanced Guide feature, among others. One new thing that’ll be coming to the Insider preview set to come out this week is the new Game Mode. Not much is known about this feature and it won’t be fully functional yet but the gist of what it does is it’ll fine-tune your PC to speed up gaming performance. This mode should work for both legacy Windows games and modern titles. Beyond that not much is known but Microsoft said more details about the new mode should be out soon.

Source: Engadget