Review: Withings Pulse fitness tracker

By Jared DiPane

Over the course of the last year we have seen a number of fitness trackers come to the market and each of them seems to promise something a little different. The problem for consumers becomes that each of these does one thing and not another, and it becomes overly confusing. Withings has been around in fitness accessories for a few years mainly with their WiFI enabled scales that did more than just track weight and this year they introduced the Withings Pulse.

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Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone gain Mint banking app

Mint has finally arrived on Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone. The banking app comes with Live Tile integration and access to over 20,000 bank, loan, credit card and investment accounts. It allows you to track, categorize and organize your accounts and transactions.

Yahoo! buys Dreamworks’s Ptch app

Ptch, the mobile video startup produced by Dreamworks Animation, has been bought by Yahoo! for an undisclosed amount and will close the app come January 2.  The app lets users remix videos with music and effects and allows other people to access original clips in order to create a mashed up story out of an event or shared experience. Users can download the ptches or save them on the camera roll before the app shuts down.

Review: Sonos PLAY:1 wireless streaming speaker

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's no shortage of streaming music on the Internet and there's various ways to get this into your home or office, but none are as satisfying as what Sonos offers. The company is a pioneer in Internet radio and hifi audio streaming and has enabled a powerful solution with its Bridge and PLAY products as well as its iOS and Android apps that enable fast access to various music sources. Here's what the PLAY:1 has to offer.

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