Day: November 15, 2017

When the LG G6 hit the shelves earlier this year, we were touting it as a cheap alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S8. It’s a high quality, stylish handset with a pin-sharp screen and water-resistant casing. There isn’t much not to like about this splendid […]

Al Alcorn knew he was being wooed. Nolan Bushnell, the tall, brash, young engineer from Alcorn’s work-study days at Ampex, had shown up at Alcorn’s Sunnyvale office. Bushnell was driving a new blue station wagon. “It’s a company car,” he said with feigned nonchalance. He […]

According to Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith, “In this age of the Google/Facebook duopoly, a relentless focus on invention and innovation is the only way to succeed. The fruits of disruption don’t and shouldn’t only belong to the dominant tech (aka ‘media’) platforms.” Indeed, Twitter’s […]

Kickstarter hasn’t done a lot with Drip since acquiring the service from the Ghostly International record label a year and a half ago. Since then, the site has mostly continued its mission of helping bands and labels fund their projects through a subscription-based plan, with […]

2017 has been the year when iPhone 6S Plus deals have finally fallen substantially. We saw big drops over the summer and prices have continued to dwindle since, no doubt thanks to the advent of the exciting iPhone X launch. It’s no great surprise that […]

On Thursday, Elon Musk will unveil Tesla’s latest creation: a semi truck. Not as sexy as an affordable electric car, perhaps, but an electric truck will have more impact on Musk’s larger mission, which is to make the world’s transportation infrastructure more sustainable. It sounds […]

Genova – L'Italia piange. E soffre al pensiero del Mondiale volato via. Ma nell'oratorio di via Minghetti, nel cuore di Cornigliano, c'è chi insegue un pallone e sorride. «Domenica abbiamo fatto il primo punto in campionato, non siamo più come il … by Livio Acerbo […]

Amazon has finally brought its line of Alexa-powered Echo speakers to Canada. The release of Echo hardware has been long awaited by America’s northern neighbor, which could only watch and wait as Echo went through two generations in the U.S. Echo Dot, the second generation […]

Se il meccanismo che lega l'adeguamento dell'età pensionabile alla speranza di vita si rompe, il rischio è quello di avere una spesa aggiuntiva per le … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from

Amazon has introduced a new English voice for Alexa with a Canadian accent, though even we Canadians aren’t exactly sure what that is. However, Alexa doesn’t seem to be available yet in French, which is bit surprising considering that it’s one of Canada’s two official […]