Neowin News Feed for: Toys

Day 3 of Amazon's 12 Days of Deals focuses on Toys

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:00:01 +0000

12 Days of Deals kicked off on Sunday, the first day was all about Home Improvement and yesterday it was gaming, today you'll find lots of deals for toys but there are discounts for grown-ups too! Read more...

Teddy bear doctors finally have the AR tools they need with Parker the Bear

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:16:02 +0000

For years doctors have been working in tough conditions; untrained, with no equipment, doing their best to keep teddy bears healthy. With Parker the Bear these doctors can now do their job properly. Read more...

The BB-8 Astromech Droid was hacked open, and the discoveries were posted online

Daniel Hull — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 21:14:01 +0000

The launch of Sphero's BB-8 Astromech Droid generated lots of excitement with its advanced features and remote control app. The team at UBreakiFix were kind enough to reveal its hidden inner workings. Read more...

Star Wars BB-8 Droid toy now available

Matt Blowes — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 08:04:02 +0000

The BB-8 Droid is real, it can roll around and it may just be the best Star Wars toy ever. Boasting an 'adaptive personality', the little droid is sure to be a hit among kids and die-hard fans alike. Read more...

Google patents creepy dolls that watch and listen to your children

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 25 May 2015 12:02:01 +0000

Google recently received a patent for a device that would be embedded into toys and make them 'smart'. They'd be able to listen for commands and react physically or by turning on a device. Read more...

John Lewis teams up with Microsoft to bring toys to life in store this Christmas

Andy Weir — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:56:01 +0000

Coinciding with the launch of its festive ad campaign, UK retailer John Lewis teamed up with Microsoft to create a 'Magical Toy Machine' for kids to interact with 3D versions of their favourite toys. Read more...

Toys R Us sells 20GB PS3 for $299.98

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:30 +0000

It looks like Toys R Us still has some stock left over of the now discontinued PlayStation 3 20GB console. I would say the retail store was saving it for the holidays. Anyway, the most... Read more...

Toys R us Online Unit Sues Amazon.com

Mon, 24 May 2004 22:03:43 +0000

Toys R Us Inc., the No. 2 toy seller, said on Monday its online arm, Toysrus.com, filed a lawsuit charging that Amazon.com Inc. violated Toys R Us' exclusive rights to sell toys, games and baby... Read more...

Apple's new toys, what will they be?

Thu, 02 Jan 2003 17:22:13 +0000

With only a few more days until MWSF, the rumor mill is getting a little thin on the ground, with Apple banging it's big drum in regard to leaks etc... You leak, you don't... Read more...

Google's new toys

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:05:45 +0000

Thanks to prasanth for posting in BPN Some more information has come in concerning the latest offerings from Google Labs. Google Viewer The Google... Read more...

Honduras to Ban Games, Violent Toys

Marcel Klum — Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:17:22 +0000

Late last week the Honduran Congress voted unanimously to ban all game software and toy weapons, in a bid to remove violent content out of the hands of young children (and everyone else, for that... Read more...

Extra Toys

Sun, 17 Feb 2002 11:02:19 +0000

Thank you XP-erience for sending this in. Extra Toys includes two small handy utitlities called "Send To and Deskmenu" Send To: Adds additional Send To functions the most important (I... Read more...