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T-Mobile Unveils 5G Plans
T-Mobile said it has its sights set on a rollout of 5G network technology in the U.S. by 2019, with nationwide coverage by 2020....
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E Fun Builds Theft-Deterrents Into Its Nextbook Ares Tablets
E Fun has begun building in theft-deterrent solutions for retailers into its Android tablets. The company’s Nextbook Ares 8- and 10.1-inch tablets will ship...
Computers
Acer Gets Skinny For Back-To-School PC Line; Shows Off Microsoft Mixed Reality
Acer unveiled it full 2017 back-to-school product lineup at a press conference in New York, including new all-in-one PCs, gaming notebooks and detachables, all...
Home Automation
iDevices Acquired By Hubbell
iDevices, the seven-year-old smart-home company and creator of the iGrill, has been acquired by Hubbell, a $3.4 billion global manufacturer of electrical, lighting and...
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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Smartphone Transitioning As Preferred Device For Video Watching
The percentage of consumers who prefer watching TV shows on TV sets plummeted by 55 percent over the past year, said market research firm...
Home Automation
Moni Simplifies Smart-Home Security With Interactive Kiosk
Moni (formerly Monitronics), a Dallas-based home security alarm monitoring company, has introduced what it described as a first-of-its-kind interactive kiosk meant to make smart-home...
Home Automation
Most Consumers Plan To Buy A Smart-Home Device In The Next 2 Years: Study
More than half of U.S. consumers plan to buy a smart-home device in the next two years, and of those who already own one,...
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Apple, Samsung, Google Dominating Mobile Payments, But Look Out For PayPal
New data from Juniper Research estimates that the number of mobile payment users, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, will exceed 100...
Home Automation
Moni Adds Qolsys IQ Home Security/Smart Home Control Panel
Moni has introduced an all-in-one security and smart home control panel to its smart home security portfolio. The Qolsys IQ Panel 2 has a...
Home Automation
Logitech Links Harmony Line With Google Home
Logitech’s Harmony hub-based devices are now compatible with Google Assistant, providing voice control for the Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub within the...
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Redemption Song: Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Is Way More Than Just A Phone
There’s an awful lot riding on the Galaxy S8. For Samsung, the stakes couldn’t be higher, as underscored by a lavish launch event yesterday...
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Samsung Launches Galaxy S8 & S8+; Intros New 360 4K Camera
Samsung turned the page on its Galaxy 7 debacle today, introducing its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. Featuring an end-to-end...
Home Automation
Consumers With Smart-Home Devices Are More Satisfied With Their Smartphones: J.D. Power
The smart home is driving smartphone satisfaction, not the other way around, according to recent findings from J.D. Power. And while Apple took first...
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Why Apple Went Cheap And Dropped The iPad Air
Apple skipped a live event to welcome its newest iPad, and given the new model’s scaled-down specs, it’s easy to see why the company...
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Apple Drops The iPad Air For A Newer, Cheaper iPad
Eschewing its traditional spring event—at least for now—Apple announced a new 9.7-inch iPad this morning that will replace the iPad Air. The company also...
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OnePlus Paints It Black With Limited-Edition 3T Phone By Colette
Updated!OnePlus, the upstart Shenzhen smartphone maker, is once again demonstrating its fashion sense and flair for promotions through a fourth collaboration with Parisian pop...
Home Automation
Amazon’s Alexa Comes To The iPhone
Siri is welcoming a friend to the iPhone: Alexa. iPhone users can now make use of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, although they will need...
Home Automation
Lowe’s Beefs Up Iris With Halo Addition
Lowe’s has expanded its Iris smart-home system to include integration with Halo smoke alarms. Iris users can now add the Halo and Halo+ smoke...
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Trump’s Right, Size Matters (At Least To Smartphone Owners)
Forget what your girlfriend would have you believe, size does matter — at least when it comes to smartphone displays. According to a survey by...
Home Automation
Yale Smart Locks Offer Amazon Alexa Compatibility
Yale Locks & Hardware has joined the Alexa roster. Yale announced that its Yale Real Living deadbolts and levers with Z-Wave or ZigBee are...
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LG Unveils G6 Flagship Phone At Mobile World Congress
LG Electronics unveiled its newest flagship smartphone, the G6, at this week’s Mobile World Congress. The G6 features a new display format designed to...
Home Automation
Savant Refocuses On Luxury Market Under Bob Madonna
Last week, Savant released details about its new 4K60 4:4:4 HDR video distribution system, the company’s first major product announcement since founder Robert Madonna...
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Apple Joins Wireless Charging Consortium Ahead Of iPhone 8
The long-speculated addition of wireless charging to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 seems more than just rumor as Apple has officially joined the Wireless Power...
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Verizon Revives Unlimited Data Plan (But There’s A Catch)
After pulling the plug on unlimited data (having suggested that customers don’t need more than 5GB per month), Verizon Wireless now appears to have...
Home Automation
Smart-Home Product Dollar Sales Grew 57% In 2016
Networked video cameras most common device Smart-home product U.S. dollar sales grew 57 percent in 2016 vs. the prior year, according to a recent...
Home Automation
Amazon Offering Free In-Home IoT Consults
Amazon has launched a free in-home consulting service to extend its beachhead in smart home. Leveraging its ubiquitous Alexa personal digital assistant platform, the...
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iPhone No. 1 Again As Global Smartphone Shipments Hit Record: Strategy Analytics
Global smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 1.5 billion units in 2016, and Apple’s iPhone recaptured the global market share...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Acer Swift 7
Just 0.39 inches thin and weighing just 2.48 pounds, the Swift 7 provides portability as what the company called the world’s thinnest notebook PC....
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: Belkin Wemo Dimmer Switch
With the Wemo Dimmer, users can control lights from whatever is easiest — their phone, voice, through rules or the device itself. A Night...
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: LG Air Purifier PuriCare 360
The LG Air Purifier PuriCare features an aesthetic that’s meant to complements virtually any room décor, and boasts a 360-degree design that drastically purifies...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: LG K8
The new K series is designed to bring best-in-class technologies from LG’s more premium flagship smartphones — including the 120-degree wide-angle front camera lens,...
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: iHome iSP8 SmartPlug With Remote Control & Power Monitoring
The new iSP8 SmartPlug extends the iHome Control family by adding a remote control. Turn on or off any small appliance (up to 1800...
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: Samsung FlexWash+FlexDry
The FlexWash + FlexDry laundry system is designed to be flexible enough to fit any family’s laundry style. The FlexWash features one small top...
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: LG Flat 65-inch Super UHD 4K TV With HDR Super & Smart Home (65SJ8000)
The new 65-inch Super UHD TV (65SJ8000) supports LG’s enhanced webOS 3.5 smart TV platform, which connects the TV with numerous home appliances, offering...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Lenovo PHAB2 Pro
Billed as the world’s first Tango-enabled smartphone, the Phab 2 Pro was built to drive mainstream adoption for augmented reality through Tango. Through the...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: ZTE USA Project CSX
ZTE’s Project CSX is billed as the result of the industry’s first crowdsourced mobile device initiative: an eye-tracking, self-adhesive mobile device that offers an...
Home Automation
TWICE Picks Award Winner: iDevices Socket
The iDevices Socket allows you to screw any standard light bulb into the iDevices Socket for immediate connectivity. Users can control the power and...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Samsung Chromebook Plus
The Samsung Chromebook Plus is designed as a versatile and mobile device engineered to offer consumers the best of both worlds — the power...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Royole Corporation Flexible Phone
The Royole Flexible Phone is a flexible, wearable phone that uses Royole’s patented full-color flexible display technologies. When rigid, it functions as a regular...
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Samsung Blames Galaxy Note7 Fires On Outsourced Batteries
Samsung said four separate and exhaustive investigations into the cause of fires in its ill-fated Galaxy Note7 point to the phablet’s outsourced battery, rather...
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Sprint To Acquire 33% Of Tidal
Sprint will acquire 33 percent of Tidal, the streaming-music service founded by Jay Z, the carrier announced on Monday. Tidal will continue to be...
Home Automation
Securifi’s Almond 3 Aims To Make Mesh Networking Affordable (And Foolproof)
Five-year-old consumer router resource Securifi hopes to bring mesh and connected-home technology to the masses with its latest iteration, the Almond 3 smart-home Wi-Fi...