With Amazon and Google having slashed the prices of their respective smart speakers this holiday season, it doesn’t take a prophet to predict that voice-enabled speakers will feature prominently under Christmas trees in the United States and elsewhere this year. With prices starting as low as $29.99 for the entry-level Echo Dot, price is no […]
Are We Ready For ‘Amazon Key’?
Yesterday, online retail giant Amazon introduced its latest product for Prime customers. Amazon Key is a type of smart lock which will grant users the ability to let people into their home when they are not there. Naturally, the main idea behind the product is to allow Amazon couriers to deposit parcels within the safe confines of […]
Google Home Issue Fuels Smart Speaker Privacy Concerns
When Amazon unveiled its first smart speaker, the Amazon Echo, in the fall of 2014, the initial reaction from many people was: “why on earth would I voluntarily put a device in my house that allows Amazon to listen to everything that’s going on?” In response to this (not surprising) reaction, Amazon repeatedly pointed out […]
The Future Of Mobile Biometrics
The newly announced iPhone X is abundant with new features. The one grabbing the most headlines, though not necessarily for the right reasons, is the facial recognition software used to unlock the device. While many remain skeptical of relying on this technology as the primary way to access their phone, forecasts by Acuity Market Intelligence suggest that come […]
iPhone X Steals The Show
In the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple‘s fancy new headquarters yesterday, the company presented a host of new products to its loyal fans and the world. Due to an uncharacteristic series of leaks in the build up to the event, there weren’t too many big surprises, but that didn’t take away from the enthusiasm surrounding some […]
The iPhone’s Importance To Apple
Apple is about to hold its biggest event of the year and unveil one of its most important products ever: the iPhone X. Leaks over the weekend suggest that the new handset is going to be the biggest upgrade since the original iPhone’s launch 10 years ago. The most notable change will more than likely involve […]
Who Leads The Virtual Reality Race?
After an eventful 2016 when numerous virtual reality headsets finally hit the market, 2017 has been relatively quiet in terms of new devices entering the scene. The market is still dominated by the same big players as Samsung (Gear VR), Sony (PlayStation VR) and Facebook (Oculus Rift) accounted for more than 60 percent of global […]
The U.S. iPhone Landscape Ahead Of The iPhone 8 Launch
On September 12, Apple will hold its first-ever event at the newly built Steve Jobs Theater, an underground auditorium that is part of the company’s new campus in Cupertino, California. At the event, Apple is expected to unveil at least one new iPhone model, although rumors indicate that there might be more to come. Before we even […]
Apple Dominates The Smartwatch Market
As Apple is rumored to announce a new LTE-powered Apple Watch at its iPhone launch event next week, many of the company’s rivals in the wearables space have used this week’s IFA, a consumer electronics trade show taking place in Berlin, to strike first and introduce new smartwatches themselves. Fitbit, Garmin and Samsung all introduced new smartwatch models […]
Who Leads The Autonomous Driving Patent Race?
These days the broad consensus on the future of driving seems to be that the car of tomorrow will be (at least partly) autonomous. Many companies, including traditional car makers, suppliers and leading tech companies are currently working on self-driving technology, all eager to save themselves a piece of what they reckon will be an […]