Devices

The National Hockey League has launched a new command set on Amazon’s artificial intelligence product Alexa. The new function, known as a ‘skill’, will be available on Alexa-... More

The year 2018 was, for all intents and purposes, a major rebound year for the consumer electronics retail industry. After a rough 2017, which many had dubbed the year of the retail... More

While wrist-worn wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness trackers continue on solid footing, there’s another wearable category that’s gaining momentum, and these are ear... More

When it comes to predicting what is going to happen with bots in the enterprise, we need to look to the past because bots and AI are not new, they are just more readily available a... More

The study claims that smart TV ownership increased from 34% to 53% of US broadband households between 2014 and 2018, while ownership of streaming media players has grown from about... More

Even though it believes that the prospects for certain parts of the remain positive, new research has revealed the challenges facing makers of head-worn virtual and augmented reali... More

Consumer spending on video games in the U.S. during Q3 2018 (July to September) reached $9.1 billion in the U.S., according to The NPD Group. That is up 24 percent compared to the ... More

Apple Inc. plans to hold off until at least 2020 before offering an iPhone that can connect to the next generation of high-speed phone services coming next year, according to peopl... More

Apple Music is coming to Amazon's Alexa-enabled Echo devices, Amazon said Friday, in a rare move to broaden Apple's streaming music ecosystem. It's an unusual move from Apple to al... More

The results are in, and online can arguably be crowned the new king of consumer tech shopping for Black Friday weekend. Meanwhile, Cyber Monday also represented the first time that... More

The most controversial mode of 2018 communication is … a short voice message meant to replace a text. If you are currently having a strong, visceral reaction to the concept, you ... More

If voice becomes the next big thing in retail, it would help Amazon strengthen its lead in online shopping and allow Google to become a stronger e-commerce competitor. The situatio... More

The first step is admitting you have a problem: About 39% of U.S. consumers confess that they believe they’re using their smartphones excessively, according to a new study. On av... More

As even more consumers adopt voice-recognition technologies at home, they increasingly want their digital assistants to go mobile. If 2017 was the year of welcoming voice-enabled a... More

Spotify is delivering on its promise to release a music-streaming app for the Apple Watch after testing a beta version of the app earlier this month. With the new app, Spotify user... More

Mobile video is the fastest-growing video type among consumers and currently takes the greatest share of time spent. As such, advertisers are expected to spend nearly $30 billion o... More

Samsung has unveiled its first flexible smartphone at an event in San Francisco. It described its Infinity Flex Display as "the foundation of the smartphone of tomorrow" and said i... More

Futuristic-looking bendable tablets and smartphones have captured our imagination for years. Whether it’s the folding tablets found in Westworld or the many book-like slates with... More

Technology giants are trying to bring to videogames the same streaming capabilities that gave rise to Netflix and Spotify, a transformational leap that could usher in a new wave of... More

There’s a perfect storm brewing for the upcoming holiday selling season. But this one, fueled by low-unemployment, rising income, high consumer confidence and a tech-hungry shopp... More