Home Automation
Watch: Meet The ‘Switzerland’ Of Smart Speakers
Mycroft is readying an open-source smart speaker that it said is both more flexible and more privacy-minded than an Amazon Echo, Google Home or...
Smartphones/Tablets
Products
5G Could Recharge The Smartphone Market
First-ever dip in global shipments will be short-lived says IDC
Keeping Current
Apple Readying Its Largest iPhone Yet: Report
Also said to be planning a lower-cost model
Products
Samsung Pitches Imaging Crowd With New Galaxy S9 & S9+
Introduces own version of AR-powered emojis
Products
New LG Flagship V30S Phone Has Integrated Artificial Intelligence
LG wants to make AI more approachable
Products
Motorola Staging A Smartphone Intervention
The Moto maker asks, "Do you own your phone or does your phone own you?"
Home Automation
Watch: How Brick-And-Mortar Is Crucial In Selling The Smart Home
What retailers are doing right
Products
Watch: The 5G Universe Will Change More Than We Can Know
Stewart Wolpin, Consumer Technology Association historian, talks about the vast implications 5G will have on the consumer electronics industry and society, and how we’ve barely...
Computers
Samsung Shipping 3 New Notebooks
Distribution will be limited to Amazon, Best Buy and Samsung.com.
Products
Watch: U.S. Intel Chiefs Wary Of Huawei, ZTE Phones
Cite handsets’ potential as Trojan horses
Home Automation
21 Smart-Home Solutions To Look For In 2018
See what’s here and what’s coming for every room in the house
Products
OnePlus Asks, ‘Be My Valentine’
As a small brand in a vast cellular universe, China’s OnePlus, like the Avis commercials of old, tries harder.
Products
Apple Bests Samsung In Worldwide Phone Sales Amid Disappointing Q4
But Samsung remained the overall leader in the worldwide smartphone market for 2017.
Products
Samsung Takes Gold In Winter Olympics Promo Race
With less than a month to go until the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Samsung Electronics unveiled a limited edition commemorative version of the...
CES
Huawei Unlocks Mate 10 Pro Flagship For U.S. Launch In February
The iPhone and Galaxy challenger can't find a home with U.S. mobile carriers.
Audio
Digital Assistants Shake Up The Wi-Fi Speaker Market
Amazon vs. Google will play out on the CES show floor
Car Electronics
Samsung Intends To Connect Smart Homes With Cars
Will incorporate in-vehicle tech designed by Harman
Home Automation
Control4 Acquires Ihiji
Intends to provide robust management service platform for smart homes
Home Automation
Google Takes On Amazon Dot With New Home Mini
Google unveiled a its new lineup of retail hardware products Wednesday, led by a new Pixel 2 lineup that will compete with new smartphones...
Home Automation
Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
Home Automation
Amazon Whirlwind: New Echo, Plus, Spot, Connect, Fire TV Take The Stage
Amazon introduced a spate of new Echo devices and Alexa features on Wednesday, clearly determined to not simply put an Echo in every home...
Home Automation
Connected Consumer Driving Home-Improvement Biz
The mood was decidedly upbeat, particularly for the custom integration crowd, at last week’s Insights Conference in Chicago, hosted by the Home Improvement Research...
Home Automation
LG Completes Appliance Hook Up With Google
Four months after adding Google Assistant to its open platform, virtually all LG smart appliances are now compatible with the chatty virtual helper. LG...
news
Pain In The Glass: iPhone 8 Plus vs. Galaxy Note8 In Durability Challenge
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall” has never been truer than with the latest generation of bezel-free, all-glass phablets. To prove the...
Home Automation
iHome Securing The Smart Home With Its New Sensors & Plugs
SDI Technologies will soon begin shipping a series of smart sensors under its iHome brand, as well as a new smart plug for use...
news
Apple’s iPhone 8 Goes On Sale Today: Who’s Going To Buy It?
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus go on sale today, 10 days after being unveiled alongside the new flagship iPhone X. Unlike years...
news
Amazon Brings Hands-Free Alexa To New Fire HD 10
Amazon updated its Fire HD 10 tablet, the company’s largest model, giving the new version hands-free Alexa capabilities. It’s been one year since that...
news
How iOS 11 Will Improve Your Current iPhone
Apple confirmed that its new mobile operating system, iOS 11, will be available tomorrow. The new OS will bring augmented reality to existing iPhones...
Home Automation
How Apple’s iPhone X Can Kick-Start Smart-Home Adoption
Apple’s new iPhone X will undoubtedly be one of the most fully featured phones on the market, but its role as the new brain...
news
Apple Unveils ‘The Future Of The Smartphone’ In iPhone X
Apple strayed from its usual protocol today by unveiling its new Apple 8 flagship phone, and then immediately surpassing it with its top-of-line iPhone...
news
Apple September 2017 Live Blog
Apple’s event is now over. See our coverage of what was announced: Apple Unveils “The Future Of The Smartphone” In iPhone X New Apple...
news
Top 10 iPhone X Rumors
Apple will hold a press event tomorrow, Sept. 12, in which the company is expected to unveil the newest iPhone (widely referred to as...
Home Automation
CEDIA 2017: Sonance In Major Product Launch As iPort Taps New Niches
Dana Innovations unveiled at CEDIA its largest number of Sonance-brand custom speakers in years while the company’s iPort brand added a premium tier to...