An Android Police report from early this month first told us of the 4K Chromecast, which is set to launch alongside new Pixel phones, Google Home, Google Wifi, and
more hardware products.
Microsoft hasn't shared much more info than what you can see in the clip above, but it's a clear sign that the company is intent on baking Cortana into
more hardware products in the future (it's already got a smart speaker to rival Amazon Echo and Google Home).
Not exact matches
Inc.com has profiled
products like Leap Motion's hand - gesturing device and Memoto's life - logging camera, but if you're looking for
more hardware inspiration — and a little educational primer — we've compiled your go - to starter
hardware guide to SXSW.
Google's previous
hardware forays were
more concept
products for Android; the new Pixel line of smartphones is the real deal
Rather than settle, Fantaay decided to alter his system's
hardware, which cost him
more than six months of
product - development time.
These were not just
product transitions, but radical business model transitions - new channels, new customers and new markets - and new emphasis on different parts of the organization (design became
more important than the
hardware itself and new executives became
more important than the current ones).
Iota's flagship
hardware product, a connected sensor for smartphones called Dot, has raised $ 115,401 from
more than 1,700 backers on Kickstarter.
Essentially, Cisco wants to focus
more on higher - growth
product lines involving software and less on its slowing legacy networking
hardware business.
As these established companies shift to
more software - oriented
products, the hardworking
hardware teams that were once their crown jewels are being slashed.
A «hyper - converged
product» pulls all that into one set of
hardware from one vendor and, in theory, is
more tightly - integrated because everything was built to run together.
Rather than cater to a partner ecosystem — where it designs the software for other
hardware makers to use in their
products — Microsoft may have to pivot
more to designing devices like the Xbox, where it builds both aspects.
Apple nearly doubled its R&D spending to
more than $ 8 billion in 2013 - 15 as it pushed out a wave of new
products including Apple Watch and Apple Pay, as well as upgrades to existing
hardware devices and new services.
While such a device sounds familiar to iRhytm's Zio patch, the patent suggests Apple is looking
more broadly into the development of an ecosystem of
products that would be anchored by a single wearable platform device (likely wrist - worn), and augmented through various
hardware sensors that could live in, on, or around the body and communicate with the primary device.
A good example from another industry is how Apple has used its vertical integration of
hardware, software and services to make the iPhone a much
more cohesive
product experience than smartphones running Android software from Google.
Kaufland's stores are typically 20,000 square metres, five times the size of the average Coles or Woolworths supermarket, and carry about 60,000 branded and private label
products,
more than double the range in Coles and Woolworths, mainly fresh food and packaged groceries but also clothing and footwear, electronics, homewares, sporting goods, stationery, garden
products and
hardware.
Mr Morrice also said Metcash and its customers needed to improve store formats, boost online sales in grocery, liquor,
hardware and automotive
products and make use of data from
more than 1000 independent retailers to achieve better insights into shopping behaviour.
Packaging for cleaners, paper
products, office supplies,
hardware, home improvement
products, car repair items, lightbulbs, batteries, books and
more.
√ Use plug covers on electrical outlets; wrap up the slack of electrical cords and hide behind furniture √ Tie and place blind cords out of baby's reach, or use cordless window coverings; keep cribs, furniture and toys away from windows and window cords √ Secure all furniture so it will not topple on your child √ Install
hardware mounted gates (which are
more secure than pressure mounted) at the top and bottom of stairs √ Put latches on doors to keep kids out of certain rooms √ Lock away medicines, cleaning
products and poisons, and ensure houseplants are out of reach √ Turn water heater down to 49 °C (120 °F), and test baby's bath water with elbow or wrist to ensure it's warm, not hot √ Don't allow smoking — it's harmful to your infant and butts are poisonous
He finds his purpose once
more when he's forced to construct a superhero suit from the
products purchased at a
hardware store.
A
hardware shortage makes it
more difficult to implement software successfully, because children will not have exclusive use to EdTech
products for their learning process — they may have to share with a classmate, therefore reducing the engagement time, and the educational impact it has on them.
The rapidly diminishing drawback to this situation is that some older software and
hardware products are incompatible with 64 - bit Windows (or at least, like the current version of PhotoShop CS3, incapable of accessing
more than 4 GB of memory).
If the Kindle Tablet goes over well, we will have an example where the value of the service infrastructure that a tablet
product plugs into might be
more than important than the tablet
hardware itself.
The Kobo Touch is a decent
product, and its
hardware is quite good: it's thinner and lighter, with a
more shallow bezel, than the other touch readers.
It seems
more companies who are firmly entrenched in the
hardware game are revising their
product lines to incorporate the ability to read in the dark.
«I don't think it will be successful because you can not be a
hardware player with two
products,» said Oliver Ahrens, Acer's... [Read
more...]
Find a
product, point your tablet's camera at it, tap the Firefly icon (there is no dedicated
hardware button) and then watch as virtual fireflies swarm the
product to identify it and then deliver an approximate price and where I can buy
more of the
product.
By controlling the underlying
hardware and the software stack, Apple can make its
products more efficient.
As with Amazon and its e-commerce operation and content holdings and subsequent foray into
hardware with the Kindle e-readers and subsequent Kindle Fire tablets, Tesco pulling all of these together and putting them front and center will help the company promote these
products more effectively, in a way that only Tesco would be able to do on its own device.
The iPad2 is another great Apple
product (with strong
hardware / software coupling), but its unchanged - for - four - years iOS user - interface has definitely been eclipsed (e.g. the lack of an intelligent notification handling, widgets, or card stacks) by
more recent offerings (e.g. Android, WebOS, and even the copy - cat RIM Playbook).
We've got reservations about the notifications system, and would have liked to see multitouch support, easier app switching, some
more advanced demo
hardware, Appup, third party applications [breath...] and we have ongoing questions about QML, the Nokia owned
product that slipped from it's mainstream positioning last week.
Even better: The combination of decreasing
hardware prices over time and a rise in content sales — think apps, movies, books, music — will help the
product line even
more, according to Markkanen:
Instead these stores are meant to advertise and sell the company's
hardware products, such as Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, the Fire TV, the Amazon Echo, Dash buttons, and
more.
«With this new
hardware, we have
more control of cooking temperatures, extrusion, sanitation and food production safety,» said Curtis Strahm, director of extrusion applications at Wenger, the Americas, a food processing manufacturing plant in Sabetha, Kan. «The grain - free trend continues to grow, and we have equipment that can
more precisely deliver limited - ingredient
products as well as overall healthier and highly nutritious food mixtures.»
While a PlayStation - branded game phone might make commercial sense to Sony Ericsson, Sony Computer Entertainment's approach to
hardware is radically different, and there are numerous scenarios where such a
product could do
more harm than good.»
Do they stick with the older,
more familiar systems that have huge install bases, or take a run at the newer, gruntier
hardware and risk producing a less polished
product?
Our teams ship tens of millions of
hardware products every year including the Xbox One X, Xbox One S, a full accessories lineup, and
more.
If PSNOW were to add latest
products (PS4 games) in addition to classics, then there could be a chance that
more people would consider the subscription model instead of purchasing the
hardware.
Director of
product management at Microsoft, Aaron Greenberg also described Sony as «an old
hardware company that's... Read
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That chipset is two generations behind that of the Switch, so the fact that the
more recent game seems to have trouble running on much
more advanced
hardware is
more than a little bit puzzling,
more so since Zen Studios have previous experience working with Nvidia's mobile
hardware and optimising their
product for it.
Sources close to the
product have told us that Kazuo «Kaz» Hirai head of Sony's console division will announce the new
hardware version... Read
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In fact, they are
more interested in the software experience than the
hardware, and would happily work with any company that wants to build
products that run on Andromium.
A simple
product, to be sure, but the fact that one can reap the benefits of LED technology while retaining the housing, battery, and charging
hardware of the tool is a profound idea that should be used
more widely.
‣ ‣ Lower initial investment and ‣ ‣ Unlimited storage ‣ ‣ Faster,
more cost - efficient deployment ‣ ‣ No software or
hardware maintenance ‣ ‣ Access data from anywhere ‣ ‣ Continuous
product upgrades ‣ ‣ Training and support included
More Facebook / privacy news — and stop us if this sounds familiar — the social network reportedly WO N'T be unveiling its new
hardware products at its f8 developer conference in May, as planned.
One
more thing: Because this is a Google
hardware product, the Pixel C will be among the first Android tablets to be updated with new features.
Samuel Axon / Based in Los Angeles, Samuel is the Senior Reviews Editor at Ars Technica, where he covers Apple
products, display technology, internal PC
hardware, and
more.
Facebook might debut new
hardware as early as next month.Business Insider has reported that Building 8, a year - old unit at Facebook, is working on «at least four unannounced consumer
hardware products», and it suggested
more details about these
hardware... Read
more
In subsequent years, PrimeSense has expanded its
product line to include
more hardware than the original large, stationary sensor seen in the Kinect, creating new, smaller sensors targeted at
more compact devices.
Nest revenue has grown in excess of 50 % year - over-year and today, millions of people in
more than 190 countries use Nest
products, which include
hardware, software, services, and the Nest - backed Thread wireless protocol.
The Echo intelligent speaker was impressive, but seemed
more like a demonstration of the company's underlying Alexa artificial intelligence system than an essential
hardware product.