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Tweet Lenovo today announced a number of devices, including new IdeaPad notebooks, the Flex 5 convertible, and a new Legion-branded gaming laptop, which packs an Intel K-series processor. Read more… Neowin

Tweet A woman from Wisconsin said that she was “literally just sitting and reading when my Fitbit exploded”, leaving her with second-degree burns. Fitbit has said that it’s looking into the incident. Read more… Neowin

Tweet When I started wearing Fitbit’s clip-on fitness tracker a few months ago, I loved how easy it was to hide. You can clip it to a pants pocket (or ladies can clip it to an undergarment) and no one has to know that it’s there. But I, like a few of my colleagues and other users, soon discovered a downside to Fitbit’s (see disclosure) discreet design — it’s so inconspicuous that…

Tweet The mobile devices of tomorrow will be shapeshifters, and experimentation in the design space will make them a reality, according to Anne Roudaut. She’s a computer scientist at the University of Bristol who, along with U.K. and German colleagues, is unveiling flexible touchscreen prototypes at CHI2013 on Monday. The devices they’ve built incorporate smart materials and can morph into different shapes, hence the name “Morphees.” Static touchscreens can be…

Tweet One of the best parts about the Fitbit, the popular connected activity and exercise tracker, is how tiny and unobtrusive it is — clip it to your pants pocket and you’ll just about forget it’s there. But perhaps the Fitbit (see disclosure) proved a little too unobtrusive for some users, with one of the biggest complaints about the device is the ease with which it gets lost in that pants…