Global Tech: Weighed Down by Wearables, Best Smart-Home Gadgets, More Hacker Attacks

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My CES Experiment: Living With Three Smartwatches at Once By Ian King At the Consumer Electronics Show, it seems everyone has a smartwatch. That includes me, after my editors challenged me to wear as many of the gadgets as possible for the ultimate utility test. That's why I've got three of the gizmos on at the same time: LG Electronics's LG G Watch R, Motorola's Moto 360 and Burg's Burg 12. The devices, two of which are based on Google's Android Wear operating system, are just a few of the review models being provided by companies at CES this week. Electronics makers are jockeying to get their wares out before Apple debuts its Apple Watch this year and potentially spoils the party.  Based on my experiment, I can see why not many people have smartwatches. Read the rest of this story. Read the full coverage of CES.

BEST OF BWEST CES 2015: The Best Smart-Home Products  Building a smart-home ecosystem needs to be about solving real problems and not just filling a house with toys. Bloomberg's Stephen Pulvirent rounds up the smart-home products you actually should buy. Watch the video >>

GET SMART FCC Said to Signal It's Heeding Obama's Call for Open-Web RulesThe U.S. Federal Communication Commission is signaling that it intends to adopt President Barack Obama's proposal to keep the Internet open when the independent agency votes on rules next month.  Spy Chief Warns of More North Korean Hacks After Sony Attack North Korea's reconnaissance bureau supervised the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who called it the most serious cyber-attack ever on America. Merkel Website Hit as Hackers Target German GovernmentGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel's website was crippled by an attack that hackers said was a protest against her support of Ukraine's government. BlackBerry Plans to Connect Cars, Ships With Internet of Things BlackBerry, working to win back investor confidence, unveiled the first part of its plan to compete in the emerging world of Web-connected electronics with a platform that keeps track of shipping containers and vehicles. The New Patron of the Arts Is YouFans of Web comics, podcasts and YouTube videos handed $10 million to artists last year on a website that takes a crowdfunding approach to patronizing the arts. Read more news at Bloomberg Global Tech >>

BIG DATUM 4.9M How many new customers T-Mobile signed up last year.

INSIDE U.S. TECH Facebook Embraces Video The amount of video on Facebook's news feed more than tripled last year, as many users and advertisers discovered the option for the first time. How much bigger video will get on the social network depends largely on Fidji Simo. Read the full story >>