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Continued Conversation: Fewer Okay Googles needed for Google Home Hub

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.08.2019

Continued Conversation for Google Home smart speakers is here. Basically the new feature enables you to continue issuing voice commands without having to continually say…

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Sonos One 2nd gen gets updated internals — app still better than Amazon Echo

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.06.2019

The superb Sonos App for music control keeps its speakers like the Sonos One a step ahead.

Apple Watch Captures Half of 18 Million Global Smartwatch Shipments in Q4 2018

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

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.28.2019

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…

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Amazon acquires Eero, doubles down on smart home (and data collection?)

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.12.2019

Eero indicates its data collection policy will remain the same, but with a new owner perhaps anything is possible. In what was a surprise move…

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Trendspotting: Smart speaker sales top 66 million units, Amazon Echo leads with 70% market share

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.05.2019

This past holiday season the smart speaker was the hot seller. No surprise then that the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. According…

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Look no further than Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL for screaming Android deals

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.04.2019

Though I primarily now use an iPhone (7 Plus, that still runs fine in 2019), I enjoy scouting for occasional deals on old Android phones.…

Roku Adds Premium Subscriptions to The Roku Channel

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Roku adds Showtime, Starz premium channels to subscription lineup

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.02.2019

More channels means more convenience as streaming services bolster their content offerings.

How to (not) disable the Amazon Echo Alexa Try card

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Amazon Echo: The one thing that drives me (and others) absolutely bonkers

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.21.2018

Try “Alexa, …” For all the amazing capability voice assistants bring to our homes, there’s often a gotcha here or there, after all this is…

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Trendspotting: Amazon sold “tens of millions” of Echo devices, told 100 million jokes in 2018

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.19.2018

Amazon is re-inventing the smart home, and making a fortune in the process. Can Google, Apple, Samsung and others catch up?

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Apple Texture Magazine App: Publishers confront similar issue that challenged music, TV and movie business models

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.12.2018

The Texture app has been out for a while now. Often described as a Netflix for magazines, the nifty app for iOS and Android lets…