Trendspotting: Smartphone sales hit a wall – for first time ever shipments don’t grow y/y (Report)
Almost all of us have smartphones. And even if they're a year or two old, they get the job done, making it increasingly difficult for…
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Report: Apple iPhone brand loyalty hits 1 year high, far outpacing Samsung, LG, Motorola
The people have spoken. They love — looooove — their iPhones! At least if the latest brand loyalty report by CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners)…
Texture app to give Apple a leg up in bid for news and magazine subscribers
Texture is a great app. It wasn’t always. After some rough early years the start-up finally got it right, and today it’s easily one of…
Comcast gives IoT app Stringify refreshed look, now supports Lutron Caseta devices
Some good news this morning for those interested in all things smart home. Comcast this week released an updated version of its IFTTT-like app Stringify.…
Wearable News: Fitbit Versa reviews are in, Pebble’s design ethos lives on
Versa is designed and marketed to bring Fitbit’s take on the smartwatch to the masses. Translation: the company wants to sell a lot of them.…
Road Trippin’: Amy Poehler to direct, star in ‘Wine Country’ set in Napa Valley
Poehler and friends descend upon Napa Valley to celebrate a birthday party.
Amazon creates “cost per first stream” metric to measure success of TV shows
Based on Amazon's internal ratings system, seasons 1 of 'The Grand Tour', 'The Man in the High Castle', and 'Bosch' are all doing their part…
Wearable News: List of watches getting Wear OS plus some thoughts on Google’s rebrand
Well, it finally happened. This week Google unveiled new branding for Android Wear. The new operating system that powers smartwatches made by its partners is…
Camera sales plunge 28% in January 2018. Blame the smartphone?
January turned out to be a tough month for camera sales. Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic and all the rest are likely reeling a bit…
Apple to (finally) eliminate iPhone notch?
Oh, the irony. Apple plans to remove notch from the iPhone X and subsequent models. Meantime Google has added notch support to Android as several…