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Trendspotting: Amazon Echo still leads smart speaker market at 70% share, followed by Google Home at 25% (Report)
Amazon's early bet on Alexa and smart speakers and assistants continues to payoff.A new report today shows CEO Jeff Bezos and team with a still commanding lead in the smart speaker market. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported smart speaker market share as of June 30, 2019 as follows:...
What’s Happening On Stage: ‘Grief is Horny’ at SF Fringe Festival
"One man, one cat suit, every possible emotion."
What’s Happening in Film: Kino Lorber September 2019 video release line-up
Distributor Kino Lorber has revealed its upcoming line-up for September. Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth leads a strong field which includes 14 films in all.Fans of indie film know Kino Lorber as a great source for often overlooked, decidedly non-Hollywood content.If you're a fan of film festivals and aren't exactly enamored...
‘Q Ball’ Film Review: Rehabilitation is possible and even essential
Closing night at the 2019 San Francisco Film Festival featured Q Ball, a powerful documentary about basketball with Kevin Durant as an executive producer. This was the premiere showing for the film. A Fox Sports Film release, Q Ball has multiple producers and executive producers.In this film director and...
Apple Watch could get longer battery life thanks to microLED display
According to reports today Apple is planning to move to microLED displays for the next generation Apple Watch.If so that could mean better battery life. Eventually, per the sources, the energy efficient displays could also make their way to future iPhone models.In addition to increasing battery life microLED should...
In Review: Leslie Odom with the San Francisco Symphony
While Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton musical continues to light up the stage at a SHN theater, one of its original stars lit up the stage at the San Francisco Symphony during the weekend just past.Leslie Odom, Jr., best known to many Hamilton fans as vice president Aaron Burr, is...
What’s Happening: ‘Chinese Lady’ to kick off Magic Theatre 2019-2020 season
The Chinese Lady is scheduled to kick off Magic Theatre's 2019-2020 season. Lloyd Suh's play, inspired by a true story, tells the story of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to arrive on American soil. Mina Morita directs. The run is scheduled for October 9 through November 3, 2019.In...
Tesla reports Q2 July 24, Model 3 continues to lead EV sales in US (by a wide, wide margin)
Mark your calendars for July 24. That's when Tesla (NASDQ: TSLA) will report its Q2 numbers. Given the surprise Q1 results featuring record production and delivery numbers, all eyes will once again be on Elon Musk.Model 3 continues to dominate headlines. The "entry" level Tesla is selling briskly, and...
Amazon sets sights on Sonos, developing rival high-end audio speaker
AI-powered smart speakers are convenient. But, for the most part, they could sound much better.
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: An energy efficient option for video editing PC builds
The Ryzen 7 3700K is here. With only 65W TDP could it be a sleeper chip for energy efficient video editing builds?
Wanderlust: Plan your own island escape at Corfu’s Villa 1870
The unspoiled, peaceful paradise of the Greek island of Corfu, notable for its dense green vegetation, stunning cerulean coastline, and cosmopolitan, UNESCO heritage Old Town, is a fantastic destination in its own right. But when you’re staying at Villa 1870, you’ve raised the stakes from just another trip to...
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