Neowin News Feed for: Pets

Tractive GPS collar review: Keeping tabs on your pet's health and location

Christopher White — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:00:01 +0000

We all love our pets, but how would you find your fur-baby if it ran off in the night? We take a look at Tractive, a GPS monitor for your pet that also has some health monitoring and game features. Read more...

Apple details how an iPhone can double up as a pet-tracking camera

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:22:01 +0000

Apple has talked about new tools developers can use to create apps that can monitor the movements of animals. The apps control motorized phone mounts based on the location of the animals. Read more...

Vodafone launches new GPS pet tracking pack to its IoT range

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:30:01 +0000

Vodafone has launched a new Curve GPS pet pack which includes a clip that you can fasten to your pet's collar. This will be helpful if your pets get lost or if you want to see where they go. Read more...

Facebook explains how it will preserve your privacy while serving you ads

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:42:02 +0000

Facebook has gone into detail about how it is working on multiple privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to ensure that it reduces the amount of your data being processed, thereby increasing privacy. Read more...

Spotify introduces a dedicated feature to create playlists for pets

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:00:01 +0000

Music streaming platform Spotify has launched a new feature which caters to animal enthusiasts. Spotify's new Pet Playlists option selects songs based on the character and preferences of pets. Read more...

Rare gives a look at the pets coming to Sea of Thieves

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 19:00:01 +0000

Rare will be introducing a premium shop to Sea of Thieves with the upcoming Smugglers Fortune update, and today it gave a look at the new pets that will be coming in through the store. Read more...

A review of Furbo, the webcam that lets you talk to and feed your pet from the internet

Christopher White — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:32:01 +0000

For most people, pets are like family. When you can't bring your pets with you, there's Furbo, the device that lets you check in on your furry family members while you're out and about in the world. Read more...

Google working on Glass for dogs? Kinda..

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:39:39 +0000

While Google's Glass hasn't hit the market yet, the company is working on expanding its customer base. The search giant is working on bringing a special glasses-free version of Glass for working dogs. Read more...

VR games pit pets against owners

Marcel Klum — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:27:28 +0000

If you've ever wanted to match wits with your pet hamster, Mice Arena could be the game for you. As in a traditional video game, players navigate a virtual world in a bid to stay... Read more...

eBay Scraps Plans to Sell Live Pets Online

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:24:55 +0000

Online auction giant eBay has cancelled plans to offer live pets for sale online after receiving thousands of negative letters from its users, according to the Associated Press. While eBay has... Read more...