Amazon has unveiled a new Fire TV Stick Basic Edition that will be available to buy in more than 100 markets around the world. The launch comes almost a year after Amazon opened its Prime Video streaming service to more than 200 countries, after having restricted it to just a handful of locations. Up until …
Google announced a refreshed Chromecast device at its October hardware event in New York City. Key improvements include faster Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.
Two years after Apple’s attempt to reboot its TV ambitions, the company introduced a new version of its streaming device and a signficant update to the software that powers it. Dubbed Apple TV 4K, the new version of the gadget will support the far richer 4K HDR video standard that is slowly gaining traction among TV …
Apple today unveiled the next generation of its Apple TV device, a $149-$199 enhanced streaming box that sits at the center of a thriving app and content ecosystem for the living room. The device goes on sale this October. The new Apple TV is physically bigger than its predecessor, with the added size needed for video storage space. …
Apple's iPhone sales have been flat for three years. So it's going to kill unit sales reporting, its typical move for any metric it doesn't like.
Apple averaged $4,551 in sales per square foot of retail space over the past 12 months, beating out luxury retailer Tiffany & Co., and tobacco powerhouse Murphy USA, claims eMarketer. In a new study, eMarketer ranked the sales performance of “more than 225 U.S.-based retailers,” out of which Apple topped the list. Unsurprisingly, competing stores like Best Buy didn’t even fall among …
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Guest Google CEO Sundar Pichai took a giant leap in the wrong direction this week. At his company’s I/O developer conference, Pichai wowed the crowd by using a virtual assistant to fool people, making unsuspecting humans the target of laughter and raising serious ethical questions about future uses for AI. Pichai played for the audience a …
Google's Pixel 3 and 3 XL smartphones have great hardware and a new camera, but artificial intelligence is also a main feature.
Duplex in Google Assistant is finally rolling out to the public. It's available for a small group of Google Pixel users in select cities.