Earlier today, Amazon unveiled the latest addition to its voice-enabled speaker line-up, the Echo Show. The new device will be the first one to feature a screen, enabling its users to watch videos, look at products (how convenient) and make video calls among other things. At $229.99, the Echo Show is the most expensive device in Amazon’s […]
The Pros And Cons Of Driving Electric
Despite lower gas prices, a new study conducted by the American Automobile Association reveals healthy interest in electric vehicles among U.S. consumers. According to the AAA’s survey, 15 percent of U.S. adults are likely to buy an electric vehicle with another 32 percent considering a hybrid for their next car. However, concerns over charging infrastructure and limited […]
Let The Robot Do The Cleaning
If science fiction movies hold the least bit of truth, it’s only a matter of time before robots will rise up and reach for world domination. Until that day comes however, our metallic overlords in the making have a lot of cleaning to do. According to the International Federation of Robotics, the market for robotics in […]
Waterproofing Is The S8’s Biggest Draw
Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, has largely been very positively received ahead of its U.S. release today. Hailed by some reviewers as ‘nearly perfect’, ‘the future of smartphones’, and ‘downright beautiful’, it’s fair to say the S8 is a much-anticipated device! Of all of the apparently good reasons to splash out on the premium-priced phone, a recent survey […]
Whose Devices Are Being Used The Most?
Apple smartphones and tablets are being used around the world more than the devices of any other vendor. According to Newzoo, based upon their sample of 550 million actively used devices, The U.S. giant enjoys a 35 percent share of global monthly active users. While this shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, what is arguably […]
China Dominates Worldwide Electric Car Sales
When the news emerged that Tencent had acquired a 5 percent stake in Tesla for $1.8 billion last week, the electric car maker’s stock price trended upwards, indicating that shareholders were happy with the vote of confidence from a Chinese player of Tencent’s caliber. While the deal will do little to to bolster Tesla’s cash balance ahead […]
Windows 7 Is Still The Desktop OS King
Windows Vista has finally been killed by Microsoft. Users can of course continue to use the OS but as of April this year, all support and updates will be cut. Not many people are likely to notice, though. As data from Net Market Share shows, the 10 year-old has a current market share of 0.78 percent. It’s not […]
Smartphones Beat TV for Young Adults in the U.S.
Despite the rise of mobile devices in recent years, there has always been one undeniable truth: TV was always king of media consumption. According to Nielsen’s most recent Total Audience Report, that truth is now beginning to fade. While American adults on average still spend twice as much time watching TV as they do using apps […]
Augmented Reality a $50 Billion Opportunity?
While 2016 will go down as the year in which virtual reality finally became real for consumers, the industry has already set its eyes on the next prize. Industry heavyweights such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook are reportedly all working on augmented reality devices that some are already touting as the next ‘next big thing’. With […]
The Countries with the Fastest Internet
According to Akamai, South Korea is on top of the world when it comes to fast internet, with an average connection speed of 26.1 Mbps – 8.9 more than the U.S – in Q4 2016. Despite Norway gaining some ground since Q3, coming within 2.5 Mbps of the top spot, no other country really comes close.