Gadgetory

Google could be getting more chatty I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update google could be looking to buy the messaging app called whatsapp for a billion dollars what makes the app popular is that it works across any type of mobile device from Apple to android blackberry and Windows Phone and users can send text messages as well as images audio and video and you don't have to pay for it as SMS since it's all over data through the app about 7 billion messages were sent through the app on New Year's Eve but as for whether or not the app is worth a billion dollars that much is up for debate also in rumor land it seems the next Xbox console may not be revealed until May 21st originally it was reported that Microsoft would talk about the xbox 720 this month but it looks like it was pushed back to the end of May if you want to be among the first with a 4k TV sony announced its releasing Ultra HD LED TVs starting at five thousand dollars available April 21st at the CES show in january sony showed off an 84 inch model for 25 thousand dollars so relatively speaking this 55 inch model is much more affordable the Mars rover Curiosity is on a bit of a spring break for the next month the rover will have no communication with NASA because the Sun gets in the way once every twenty six months Earth and Mars end up on opposite sides of the Sun so rather than have communication disrupted NASA will just pick things back up in a few weeks if you're curious about the much-talked-about SmartWatch called the pebble watch we have the full review on cnet the digital watch connects to your phone interacts with apps it promises instant notifications health based apps fun watch faces but for one hundred fifty dollars now at launch it doesn't do a whole lot it receives messages and helps you screen calls it plays and pauses music from the phone but the company needs to add more features before it can be worthy of your wrist if you do like tech toys you might find it fun to be at the forefront of a new tech category there are other companies also trying to get into the wearable tech mix on Kickstarter a product called link me wants to be a digit billboard of sorts for your wrist scrolling in text messages and alerts over an LED display in a bracelet link me only lights up for the types of alerts you choose but whatever text you get I hope you don't mind them being seen by anyone near you it also defaults to a watchman no message is being scrolled and the creator's have less than a month to reach their $100,000 goal that's your tech news update you can find more details on the show blogs cnet com / update and you can stay updated on twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey