Pebble Smart Bands

Pebble announcement – new fitness tracker, smart bands, updated display?

Update: Well, wow. Pebble went to town: 3 new smartwatches, including the heart-rate enabled Pebble 2, and Pebble Time 2, plus Pebble Core, an "ultra-wearable." And, Pebble also announced a new Kickstarter campaign. Get backing Pebblers! A fitness tracker? Smart bands of some sort? A sport edition of one of their existing smartwatches? Another Kickstarter campaign? Some kind of new...
Loni Stark - Bend Venture Conference Keynote

The Future of Brands: Content simply isn’t living on islands anymore

Think you have too many devices? A tablet, a smartphone, a laptop? Wait until you see what today's kids are doing. Research shows generation Z (mid-1990s to early 2000s) will use, on average, five devices. That's an important trend to keep in mind if you're in marketing or branding. Content simply...
Atari Flashback 8 Gold

New retro Atari & Sega gaming consoles available Fall 2017, priced from $59.99

Fall 2017 is going to be nirvana for fans of classic gaming. That's when a flurry of new, relatively compact Atari and Sega consoles hit the market. Both systems come packaged with HD versions of favorite library games and include advanced features we're told, such as wireless controllers. The line-up features 6...
Apple HomePod

Apple HomePod a tough sell especially without multi-room music

You have to really, really love Apple (and Apple Music!) for the HomePod to be a smarter buyer than the reasonably priced alternatives from Amazon and Google and Sonos.
Microsoft bets big on tiny computers with Surface Go tablet/laptop.

Microsoft’s new Surface Go tablet targets iPad. But consumers buy mobile devices for apps

There's an app for that. Or is there? In the case of the Surface tablet and its companion Microsoft Store, unfortunately the answer is usually no. And, if by chance, there happens to be an app -- Twitter or Facebook for instance -- it usually isn't as good as its...
Apple Watch Captures Half of 18 Million Global Smartwatch Shipments in Q4 2018

Trendspotting: At 50% share Apple Watch still dominates smartwatch market, Fitbit and Samsung gain

A new report today on the smartwatch market tells us something we already know all too well: Apple continues to dominate. According to Strategy Analytics the Apple Watch -- launched less than four years ago in 2015 -- once against sold more than any other brand, capturing 50% of the market...
Sonos layoff, Apple acquisition

In Tech: Sonos speakers can now stream Spotify Free

Spotify is one of the world's most popular -- if not the most popular -- streaming music services. No question. People love it. Now there's a way to get it without having to pay $10 per month. And juice up your whole home audio experience with of the latest hits. “Spotify...
Peloton rolls out tier-based subscriptions
Comparing Apple Fitness+ app to Peloton Bike and app for cycling
2021 Tesla Model S Plaid updated interior with yoke steering wheel option