Devices
Amazon Unveils Fire TV Stick 4K (Advanced Television)
Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Stick 4K, claiming it to be “the most powerful streaming stick available”. The device, paired with an all-new Alexa Voice Remote, will ship in t... More
Google Starts to Monetize Voice by Bringing Paid Digital Goods, Subscriptions to Google Assistant (Variety)
Google is making it easier for developers to earn money with voice experiences: Developers are now able to charge their users for digital goods via Google’s Assistant, the search... More
CE Retail Confidence Rebounds Ahead of Holiday Shopping Season (Dealerscope)
A month after hitting a near-all-time-low, the Dealerscope CE Retail Confidence Index saw its largest ever month-over-month increase. Consumer electronics retailers checked in with... More
Salesforce Brings Mobile SDK to iOS for iPhone, iPad Enterprise Apps (VentureBeat)
Apple and enterprise app powerhouse Salesforce today announced a new partnership that will boost the number and quality of mobile business applications across iPhones and iPads. Un... More
YouTube Adds HDR Support for iPhone XS, XS Max (The Verge)
Apple might not be using the codecs that YouTube prefers, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be getting a second-rate viewing experience on the latest iPhones. YouTube has updated it... More
Amazon Unveils New Devices to Power Smart Home with Your Voice (Bloomberg)
Amazon unveiled its vision for smart homes powered by the Alexa voice assistant, with a dizzying array of new gadgets and features for almost every room in the house -- from a micr... More
Hollywood Seeking a Foothold in $314M Podcast Industry (Billboard)
A series of traditional media moves into podcasting signal that the niche audio medium is poised to get a lot louder. The deals showcase a shift in how Hollywood is approaching the... More
Report: Facebook Looking to Unveil Smart Display Device Soon (Variety)
Facebook is getting ready to unveil its long-rumored video chat device, according to a new Cheddar report. The public announcement of the device, which is internally known as Porta... More
Sony Launching New PlayStation Classic Console for $100 (THR)
Sony will release a new budget console, the PlayStation (PS) Classic, with the look of the original PS, which will come with 20 classic games preloaded, the company announced on We... More
Smartphone Giants are Betting on Folding Screens, More Cameras Than Ever to Reignite the Market (CNBC)
The smartphone market is slowing, users are holding onto their devices for longer and some manufacturers are feeling the heat. The response from technology firms? Pack the next gen... More
IBC 2018: Avid Touts Milestone; NAGRA Marks Digital Cinema First
Content protection and multiscreen TV solutions firm NAGRA announced at the IBC Show that it has successfully used a combination of cloud technology and HEVC compression with myCin... More
Salesforce: Mobile to Drive e-Commerce Purchases During the Holiday Season (MESA)
Salesforce today released its new consumer insights and predictions for the 2018 holiday shopping season. Mobile will dominate the 2018 holiday season, with more orders and visits ... More
Apple Just Announced the new iPhone (CNBC)
Apple just unveiled its newest iPhones. The iPhone Xs is water-resistant and comes with a 5.8-inch OLED screen — the same dimensions as last year's iPhone X — Apple's head of m... More
What a Chinese Mobile Megamerger Would Mean for the 5G Race (Bloomberg)
China is betting that bulking up its phone companies will help the country keep its edge in the race for 5G. A merger of two of China’s three carriers under consideration -- Chin... More
Adobe: Nearly Half of American Households Will Own a Smart Speaker by 2019 (Fortune)
By the time we ring in 2019, almost half of American households will have a smart speaker, according to a new study from Adobe. The study, released Monday, finds that 32% of the co... More
Apple to Kick Off Product Blitz with iPhone Xs Line, New Watches (Bloomberg)
Apple Inc. will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Through the... More
Mobile Video to Spike with 5G (Rapid TV News)
The move to active mobile video offerings will grow as entertainment bundling with mobile services becomes a must, according to the 2018 Economics of Mobile Programming Report by K... More
Avid, Hal Leonard Partner to Distribute Pro Audio, Video Products (MESA)
Avid and Hal Leonard have entered into a new five-year agreement that extends the reach of Avid’s market-leading creative tools with artists, creative professionals, aspiring pro... More
The Lucrative (and Growing) Niche of Luxury Audio (Twice)
While the term “luxury” conjures up a range of different images, depending upon whom you speak with, there’s no denying that it implies something that’s not strictly necess... More
Dolby Collaborates with Lenovo on the First Laptop of its Kind (MESA)
Dolby and Lenovo announced today the world's first laptop featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Speaker System. The Lenovo Yoga C930 combines cinema-inspired HDR imaging technolog... More