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Alibaba – Virgin home

Reply to this post           Another day, another home assistant. Alibaba is moving to launch a home speaker, much like Amazon Echo, that should direct users...

Digital sensors – Eyes and ears.

Reply to this post           Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will...

Smartphone hardware – Sticky fingers.

Reply to this post           Fingerprint sensors define the market this year. The problem with covering the whole of the front of a smartphone with glass...

Google vs. Amazon – Battle of the Home pt II.

Reply to this post           Alexa still ahead despite very poor performance. New data suggests that Google Assistant is even more superior to Amazon Alexa than...

Digital Car – Sitting ducks pt. II

Reply to this post           The best automotive infotainment unit is the one in my pocket A car maker with a future is a car maker...

Alphabet – Goodbye blue sky pt. II.

Reply to this post           Homeless robots find permanent shelter. Alphabet has reached a deal to sell both Boston Dynamics and Schaft to SoftBank leaving it...

Essential Products – Domestic bliss.

Reply to this post           Home is where the heart is While I am not a fan of Essential Products’ phone (see here), I think that...

WWDC 2017 – Catch-up gems.

Reply to this post           Mostly catch up but studded with a few gems. While Apple spent most its time catching up with innovations made by...

ARM vs. Intel – Silver bullet pt. II

Reply to this post           Implementation and performance will be everything. The second lap of trying to get Windows to work on ARM processors is in...

Essential Products – Not essential.

Reply to this post           Andy Rubin still works for Google.  Essential Products Inc has launched a series of products aimed at creating an ecosystem but...