VW Golf is North American Car of the Year at Detroit Auto Show

It's been an impressive start of the year for Volkswagen as the company's venerable Golf won the 2015 Car of the Year award at the Detroit Auto Show just one week after it demoed one of the most compelling visions for the future of car infotainment at Internetional CES.

"The Volkswagen Golf gains fuel efficiency, safety and functionality while simultaneously costing less than the car it replaces....If the 2015 Golf signifies where VW is headed the German automaker's future looks bright indeed," says Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book, also a NACTOY juror.

Volkswagen is thrilled to start 2015 with the Golf and Golf GTI taking home the incredible North American Car of the Year title," said Michael Horn, CEO, Volkswagen Group of America. VW previously won the show in 1999 when it launched the New Beetle.

Ford's F-150 took the Truck of the Year award at the show.

Source: USA Today

Apple shows support for #jesuischarlie in its French website

Never one to shy away from relevant issues and throw its support for causes it believes in, Apple showed support for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris as well as for the ideals of free speech. A black banner on its Apple.com/fr website says Je Suis Charlie right below its most visited product landing pages for iPhone, iWatch and iMac.

CES 2015: Asus brings the same RAM capacity of your laptop to the ZenFone 2

The day has come that smartphones have caught up with laptops in terms of RAM capacity. Asus’s ZenFone 2 can carry up to 4GB of RAM. Aside from that, it is built with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 64-bit 2.3GHz Super quad-core Intel Atom processor, dual SIM support, and a 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front shooter. Connectivity options include 4G LTE (speeds up to 150Mbit/s) and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. It’ll run on Android 5.0 Lollipop with ZenUI skin layered on top.

The 2GB version of the ZenFone 2 retails for US$199 and will be available in March. No word yet on the price of the 4GB model. It will, of course, be more expensive but it can still be considered a steal with the specs of the device.

Source: Epoch Times

CES 2015: Sony introduces stainless steel version of SmartWatch 3

Sony is looking to make its SmartWatch 3 more fashionable with the latest iteration of the smartwatch. It now also has a stainless steel model, which gives it a more traditional watch feel to it. Its insides will remain the same though. It still has a 1.6-inch 320 x 320 transflective touch display, built-in GPS, IP68 certification, 4GB of flash memory, NFC capability, and microUSB charging. If you want to swap it with the original rubber straps, you can do so as well. The SmartWatch 3 will be available starting next month.

Source: PCPro