Gadgetory

look up in the sky it's an Amazon it's a Facebook no it's a google drone I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update google is known for some futuristic projects and you can now add flying delivery drones to the list Google is working on a delivery system called Project wing these are self flying drones which can be pre-programmed to set routes google has been testing the drones in Australia and is using the fleet to deliver small things to locals like candy bars radios and water and google says this could be a way to deliver supplies after an emergency for disaster relief the drone itself weighs almost 19 pounds of course Google is not the only one working on delivery drones back in December Amazon revealed its drone delivery plans with the program amazon prime air facebook also recently invested in a drone company now that we know Apple will reveal the iphone 6 in less than two weeks the reports and rumors are flying in at full speed a new report from wired says the next iPhone could have NFC it's also known as near field communication and other outlets have been talking about the same thing there's even an image going around of the iphones board with an NFC chip on it published by known Apple news leaker sony dickson NFC can let you pay wirelessly by tapping your phone to a scanner at a register similar to what you've seen on android phones with google wallet and if see also can be used for sending data from one device to another like sinking a phone to a bluetooth speaker with just a tap oh and that rumor about Apple showing off a new wearable device yeah don't expect to be able to wear it anytime soon or even this year if Apple shows off an iWatch it may not ship until 2015 that's according to a report from recode it wouldn't be the first time Apple showed off something months before it shipped the first iPhone came out six months after it was announced and the first iPad took three months but we don't even know if this mysterious rumoured wearable is going to be and I watch exactly or some other type of risk gadget we'll just have to wait until September 9th and not everything these days is about Apple there's also news in the world of gaming Dells alienware brand has revived a classic gaming desktop the area 51 and it has a wild new pyramid design it's built around a new Intel gaming processor called the haswell-e it's Intel's first eight core desktop processor and Nintendo revealed pricing details for amiibo that's the Skylander style toys for the Wii U and 3ds they cost thirteen dollars each and there will be a dozen characters launched in time for the holidays the first game to work with the toys will be super smash brothers that's your tech news update you can always find more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey