Microsoft and Kroger have teamed up to offer customers a “connected store experience” that’s very different from the one offered by Amazon Go. The companies opened pilot stores that use digital shelf labeling in Monroe, Ohio, and in Redmond, Washington, near Kroger’s and Microsoft’s respective headquarters. The labeling system is known as Enhanced Display for …
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Google has made CES 2019 a battleground on which to pit the full weight of Google Assistant against Amazon’s Alexa assistant. In particular, Google’s bringing new skills such as the ability to engage Google Assistant while an Android phone is locked, and using it to check in to some flights on either an iPhone or Android device. Assistant sprinkles on …
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HTC wants to make it easier for everyone to get into virtual reality. And it hopes to do so through the Vive Cosmos. The Vive Cosmos, unveiled Monday at CES 2019, is a new consumer-friendly headset that promises to be easier to set up and more comfortable to use than rival devices. The Cosmos is HTC’s latest step to get …
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Amazon knows a lot about your shopping habits. Of course, it knows what you buy and have shipped to your home, but the company also knows what you’ve been searching for, adding to your cart, removing from your cart, and have on your secret shopping lists. With that info, Amazon has begun sending out free samples of products that it …
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Samsung and Apple are making nice — at least when it comes to video. Samsung on Sunday said its 2019 line of smart TVs will offer support for iTunes movies and TV shows beginning this spring. The launch could coincide with the expected unveiling of Apple’s long-rumored video streaming service. For the service to be a success, it’s key for Apple to …
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With the increasing popularity of true wireless headphones, JBL is expanding its true wireless line up with four new models ranging in price from $100 to $170 (no word on international pricing yet). Here’s a quick look at the line up. Two of the earphones are available now and two will ship later this year. JBL Endurance Peak The Peak …
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Hisense, one of the TV brands in domestic China, is a less-familiar name to Americans than even TCL, a fellow Chinese brand that has become increasingly successful in the US. For its 2019 lineup, Hisense is taking a page from TCL by improving the picture quality of some of the most popular kinds of TVs: those that use Roku’s operating system. It …
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Nuvyyo has announced the latest version of its OTA DVR, the Tablo Quad, which includes four HD tuners as well as a new commercial auto-skip feature. The Tablo Quad is a streaming DVR, as opposed to a set-top box, and users connect an external antenna to it and store or watch shows via a series of apps over the internet. …
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The fidget-spinner craze may have come and gone, but the new $30 Zenpod from Air Vinyl Design may help bring it back. Yes, this is the first-ever spinning case for your AirPods and is frankly kind of ingenious. Available in three color options, the ZenPod has precision bearings on each side of the case that give it that spin factor …
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It’s crazy, is it not, to spend $1,000 for a phone when you can pay a fraction of the price for one that’s… well, maybe not exactly as good, but still very good? I posed that very question about a year ago (almost to the day, in fact), when the Motorola Moto X4 was on sale for $280. That was …
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