Microsoft has announced a number of new Surface products: the Microsoft Surface Pro 6, Microsoft Surface Laptop 2, Microsoft Surface Studio 2 and Microsoft Surface Headphones. All four are equipped with the power of Surface, Windows and Office connected through cloud. The Redmond based company also announced a new way to purchase Surface devices with […]
Weeks ago, HARMAN announced a new premium smart speaker with Google Assistant built-in called the Harman Kardon Citation 500. This is the third smart speaker from the Samsung-owned brand coming after the Alexa-powered ‘Allure’ ($249) and Cortana-backed ‘Invoke’ ($199). Showcased weeks ago at the IFA 2018 in Berlin, the Harman Kardon Citation 500 has an […]
Last month at the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2017 in San Francisco, Samsung unveiled Bixby 2.0, the next iteration of its AI-based intelligent assistant platform. The South Korean company introduced Bixby alongside the flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones, and later the Galaxy Note 8 and some smart TVs. With the digital assistant now having […]
A fortnight ago at the Ignite 2017 event in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft announced new commercial Windows 10 S devices for firstline workers. The new streamlined, secured devices are part of Microsoft’s new goal to ’empower and bring technology to all workers, especially those on the front line’. The Redmond giant will launch a couple of […]
Towards the end of last month (May), Panasonic announced the availability of the Panasonic Toughbook 33 in the US. The 2-in-1 detachable laptop comes with a premium keyboard (detachable) and is built to survive very extreme conditions (MIL-STD-810G and IP65 standards). As expected, the Panasonic Toughbook 33 comes pre-loaded with Windows 10 OS along with […]
At the Computex 2017 in Taipei, ASUS has taken the wraps off a new line-up of light and thin ZenBook and VivoBook laptops powered by Windows 10. As expected, the laptops come with some of the OS’ best features such as Windows Hello, Windows Defender, Windows Ink, Modern Standby and Cortana. ASUS ZenBook Flip S […]
In line with Microsoft’s existing partnership with Samsung and other Android device makers; apps such as Skype, OneNote, OneDrive and more usually come pre-loaded on new tablets and smartphones. This year, the company is taking it further with the launch of the Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition. Expected to arrive in the US by April 21 […]
Samsung has joined the ranks of Google (Google Assistant), Apple (Siri), Amazon (Alexa) and Microsoft (Cortana), with the launch of Bixby, its artificial intelligence based virtual assistant. The assistant will be deeply integrated into Samsung products (devices and appliances) starting with the upcoming Galaxy S8. Bixby will different from other existing voice agents or assistant […]
Telecommunications giant, Nokia (not the Nokia brand of devices by HMD Global) has announced its ‘strictly business’ digital assistant. MIKA or the ‘Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant’ is the first digital assistant customised for telecommunication operators and engineers. Powered by Nokia’s AVA cognitive services platform, MIKA is designed to provide voice-dictated automated assistance that saves time […]
Pretty known Chinese tablet maker, Cube has announced the Cube WP10 – a 7-incher which obviously qualifies as a tablet but the company prefers to call it a smartphone. It is based on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile and powered by a Qualcomm snapdragon 210 (MSM8909) processor with Adreno 304 GPU. Measuring 187.7 x 97.7 x […]