Devices
Spotify is Fine – But Let’s Mourn the Passing of CDs (LA Times)
The problem with sundowning music formats is that, in our eagerness to pitch ourselves into the future with new technology, we bury what brought us so much pleasure in the first pl... More
Content, CE Industries Prepare for 8K Transition (HD Guru)
You might just be getting up to speed with that new 4K Ultra HDTV you bought, but the content production industry, joined soon by consumer electronics manufacturers, have begun the... More
Voice Assistants are the New Marketing Battleground (WSJ)
Many advertisers are experimenting with apps for voice assistants, which are being rapidly adopted by consumers and are expected to grow more intelligent as technology advances. Th... More
Amazon Continues Alexa Push with Dock to Turn Tablets Into Echos (Bloomberg)
Amazon.com unveiled a new dock and software upgrade that turns its tepid-selling line of Fire tablets into voice-controlled Echo speakers, the latest attempt by the e-commerce lead... More
We Have Reached Peak Screen – Now Revolution is in the Air (New York Times)
Tech has now captured pretty much all visual capacity. Americans spend three to four hours a day looking at their phones, and about 11 hours a day looking at screens of any kind. S... More
Chromebooks Will Get a Video Editing App with Adobe’s Project Rush (Forbes)
Articles extolling the virtues of Chromebooks almost always mention that they have become powerful enough to handle everything most people do with a computer outside of power-hungr... More
Smart Speakers, Video Entertainment Drive Smart Home Shipments (Dealerscope)
The worldwide smart home devices market is forecasted to ship roughly 549.5 million devices by the end of the year, according to the latest data from IDC. If achieved, that would r... More
4 Early Predictions for Black Friday 2018 (Dealerscope)
It’s never too early to start thinking about the holiday shopping season. Typically by now, the retail community is well into the holiday shopping mood, prepping their warehouses... More
IBM Ends China’s 5-Year Reign Atop Supercomputer Rankings (NW)
There’s a shake-up – and a scandal – in the Top500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The U.S. has retaken first place in the Top500 list after five years... More
Apple to Unveil High-End AirPods, Over-Ear Headphones for 2019 (Bloomberg)
The upcoming audio push builds on Apple’s earlier success in the field. The iPod and iTunes digital music store helped revive the industry and began a transformation that turned ... More
AI is Making Hardware Sexy Again (Forbes)
AI is not a new concept, nor are the math fundamentals underpinning it. But for AI to “eat software” and become truly useful it needs hardware: processors and chips fast and st... More
How Will Consumers Make Sense of Wearable Technology? (Forbes)
Industry analysts predict that apparel fitted with intelligent agent technology is where the greatest opportunities lie for the wearable technology market. Smart clothing is just s... More
Instagram Goes Long. Will You Follow? (NYT)
They came for Snapchat. Now they’re gunning for YouTube with hour-long video. The influencers are stoked.... More
Roku to Launch Video Subscription Marketplace (Variety)
Roku plans to launch a marketplace for video subscription services in the coming months, which will allow consumers to sign up for and watch subscription services without the need ... More
NBC Sports Brings World Cup Streams to PlayStation 4 (Engadget)
NBC has brought its sports app to PlayStation 4, which is splendid news for gamers who are also mad about soccer. There's a certain convenience in playing Fortnite and being able t... More
Mobile Industry Completes 5G Standard, Approving Standalone 5G Spec (VentureBeat)
Working under the auspices of international standards organization 3GPP, the mobile industry today confirmed that it has achieved a critical milestone in the race to bring 5G netwo... More
Connected TVs Zoom, Pay-TV Set-Tops Swoon, Gen Edge Looms (VideoMind)
The number of connected Smart TVs in the United States has increased more than 300% since 2014, as consumers continue to choose watching streaming video from an SVOD service or fro... More
The Problem with Personal Device Entertainment on Airplanes (CN Traveler)
From a strictly economical perspective, ditching seat-back screens in favor of fliers streaming content on their personal devices is a good move. Just one seat-back screen costs ro... More
The Podcast Business is Still Teeny Tiny – Which is Great News for Podcast (Recode)
Do you like podcasts? Me too. It’s sort of nuts to imagine a time before podcasts, right? Podcasts are the future. Podcasts podcasts podcasts. You know who’s not sold on podcas... More
Study: 74% of U.S. TV Homes Have at Least One Connected TV Device (B&C)
The number of U.S. TV homes with at least one internet-connected TV device continues to swing upward, Leichtman Research Group found in a new study. Some 74% of those homes have at... More