NFC gumball machine is a physical app store Rebuilt vending machine sells apps, ebooks and coupons to your NFC-equipped phone Vending machines have been used to sell everything from toothbrushes to condoms – now creative agency Razorfish has created a digital vending machine that sells ebooks and apps. Digital Gum Goodsis a repurposed gumball machine kitted out with a Samsung Galaxy tablet, an NFC sensor and two Arduino microcontrollers. Pop your pennies in the slot and hold your NFC-equipped phone up to the sensor, and it’ll automatically download your purchase – anything from an app to an ebook, movie or coupon....

Nike+ Fuelband Ice shows its working Limited edition translucent fitness wristband shows off its tech innards Nike has taken the wraps off the inner working of its Nike+ sports wristbands with the Nike+ Fuelband Ice, seen on Serena Williams’ wrist at Wimbledon. Packing the same accelerometer hardware as the existingNike+ Fuelband, the limited edition Fuelband Ice, priced $US150, comes wrapped in a translucent skin showing off the device’s interals. The Nike+ Fuelband Ice will be on sale from July 27 at NikeTown London, Nike+ FuelStation at Boxpark and Selfridges’ House of Innovation....

Nikon 1 S1 and J3 cameras outed at CES Nikon has added a brace of snappers to its range of dinky, speedy interchangeable lens cameras Nikon has unveiled not one but two new models in its 1 series of compact system cameras. There’s the J3, the third snapper in theJ rangeand, according to Nikon, possessor of the “world’s smallest body”, plus the all-new S1, a cheaper (just) alternative to the J and V models and built for speed....

Nikon Coolpix S3300 and S4300 prepare to do cheap camera battle Smartphones haven’t eclipsed the budget camera brigade yet. This pair of Nikons are ready to be snapped up at bargain basement prices Joining theNikon Coolpix P510 and Coolpix P310we unmasked earlier are the Coolpix S3300 and Coolpix S4300. These two compact point-and-shooters are aimed more at the social snapper than the enthusiast but nonetheless boast some tasty specs. The Nikon Coolpix S3300 punts a 16MP sensor, 6x zoom lens, 2....

Nikon P7700 pro-friendly compact leaked 28-200mm lens, but no viewfinder for the top of the range P7100’s replacement Nikon is all set to pull the wraps off its new top of the range compact camera – the replacement for the currentCoolpix P7100– but someone has jumped the gun and leaked a batch of images a little early. The Nikon Coolpix P7700, spotted over atNikon Rumors, looks outwardly very similar to the P7100: it’s a black, apparently metal-bodied compact bristling with an enthusiast-pleasingly huge amount of buttons and dials....

Nintendo reveals new 3DS XL with bigger screen Ninty is catering for the needs of screen fetishists with a revamped eye-pleasing 3DS model If you’re constantly squinting at the dinky screen on Nintendo’s 3DS, Nintendo has come up with a fix – it’s taken the wraps off the Nintendo 3DS XL, a super-sized version of the3DS. The 3DS XL features a larger 4.88in top screen and a smaller 4.18in bottom screen – a decent upgrade from the standard 3DS’ dual 3....

No iPlayer on Windows Phone? It’s Microsoft’s fault Auntie’s waiting for Windows Phone 8 before it puts the BBC iPlayer on Microsoft’s phones You might be able to enjoy the BBC iPlayer on your trusty Xbox 360, but your Windows Phone won’t be joining theBBC television-streaming partyanytime soon. Speaking to WPCentral, the BBC blames the lack of an iPlayer app on technological differences, and the fact it wouldn’t be wise to invest in Windows Phone 7 when Microsoft is gearing up to launch Windows Phone 8....