Advertisement

Daily Roundup: Garmin Vivofit review, Amazon raises the price of Prime, and more!

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

Garmin Vivofit review: a truly fitness-focused activity tracker

Garmin's new Vivofit activity tracker is a truly fitness-focused device. The wearable is waterproof up to 50 meters, lasts a whole year on a pair of removable batteries and has an interchangeable strap. But at $130, would you be better off with a similarly priced Nike FuelBand or Jawbone Up24? Read our review to find out.

This list is brought to you by 25 years of the world wide web

What do GIFs, live animal streams and crowdfunding all have in common? They wouldn't exist if it weren't for Tim Berners-Lee's desire for an interconnected network of information. Yesterday was the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web, so to celebrate, we made this list of 25 things made possible by the internet.

Report: This is what iOS 8 looks like, at least right now

What you're looking at is reportedly a leaked screenshot of Apple's iOS 8 mobile operating system, according to the Chinese microblog site Weibo. And if you look closely, you'll notice the image features the expected Healthbook app, as well as three interesting new additions: TextEdit, Preview and Tips.

Amazon raising Prime subscriptions by $20 to $99 a year

After Amazon acquired Lovefilm and its database of over 70,000 movie titles, we suspected that US Prime customers were subject to a price increase. Now, the announcement is official. Brand new customers have seven days left to lock in their first year of Prime for $79, after that renewals will cost $20 more.

You also might like: