LAS VEGAS - Blue announced on Tuesday Nessie, an adaptive USB microphone that is intended to allow customers with less recording experience to get professional-sounding results. A cardioid mic, Nessie has a built-in pop filter and includes on-board filtering to de-ess your recordings. Better yet, it has a internal shock mount to isolate the mic from picking up sound transmitted through the stand.
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We look forward to checking this mic out. The features are nice and the price point is nicer still. This is the sort of thing that could help podcasters and home musicians capture higher quality recordings. Plus, it looks very cool, even better in person.
New York glass manufacturer Corning announced new optical data cables at CES Monday. The company, famous for its Gorilla Glass product, will bring optical Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 cables to market by the end of the quarter. The cables offer improvements in reliability, durability, and maximum length while being smaller and lighter than traditional cables.
Las Vegas -- Health and fitness tracking company Fitbit added to its wearable device lineup with the introduction of its new Flex wristband at CES on Monday. Like the company's Fitbit One and Fitbit Ultra, it tracks steps, distance, calories burned, and sleep patterns, plus it syncs to your iPhone via Bluetooth 4.0.
Las Vegas -- LEGO unveiled its new Mindstorms EV3 DIY robot kit at CES in Las Vegas on Monday. The kit's EV3 Intelligent Brick "brain" can be controlled through an iPhone, ending the lineup's requirement for a PC.
Storage firm LaCie has kicked off its CES week with the release of three new hard drives, including a slick new model from Philippe Stark, the famed designer who designed Steve Jobs's yacht. The drives offer "something for everyone" with Thunderbolt, network, and USB 3.0 connectivity options.
Las Vegas -- Withings unveiled two new products in its personal health and fitness monitoring lineup at CES in Las Vegas on Sunday. The Smart Body Analyzer is a smart scale that tracks your weight, heart rate and air quality, and the Smart Activity Tracker logs your daily steps and other activities. Both connect wirelessly to your iPhone for quick data logging.
FitnessKeeper released RunKeeper 3.0 for the iPhone on Monday, adding new sharing features along with a redesigned user interface. RunKeeper lets iPhone owners track their runs, walks, bike rides and more.
Holiday shoppers with procrastination issues have a new last minute shopping option for the tech lovers in their lives now that the second generation Nest Learning Thermostat is available in Apple's retail stores. The programmable thermostat learns your heating and cooling patterns, and can be remotely programmed from your iPhone or iPad.
Boinx Software released iStopMotion 2 for the iPad on Wednesday, adding new audio tools and controls to the stop motion animation app. The new version added the ability to record audio in the app and added new options for importing audio, too.
Apple released iOS 6.0.2 on Tuesday. The patch notes say simply that the update, "Fixes a bug that could impact Wi-Fi."
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