CES is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 year.
This year CES 2019 is held January 8-11 at Las Vegas. So the show starts tomorrow. And some press events by some companies seem to start already today.
Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world’s business leaders and leading companies. This year CES showcases more than 4,500 exhibiting companies, including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more.
What to expect at CES?
Here are some of my picks what new to expect:
LG and Samsung are going to introduce 8K image resolution TV products at CES 2019. The attractiveness of 8K products is hampered not only by the high price but also by the fact that content produced with 8K accuracy is not yet widely available. LG is adding artificial intelligence to signal processing on TVs.
The most revolutionary innovations in mobile technology are expected to be 5G and foldable phone displays. Samsung, LG and Royolen expected to say something about the forthcoming fold-phone market CES. 5G technology is to be featured in several speeches, and at the fair twenty companies present 5G products and services.
For the first time last year, Google, which was impressively represented at CES, is expected to have an outperformance last year this year. I expect to see smart phones and IoT products from Google.
Here are links to some articles worth to check out to get the idea what to expect to be released at CES 2018:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/what-to-expect-from-ces-2019/
https://www.ces.tech/Media/News/Press-Releases.aspx
https://www.inverse.com/article/52169-foldable-smartphones-2019-samsung-apple-lg
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-primed-to-go-big-at-ces-again/
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Tomi Engdahl says:
NVIDIA at CES 2019 in 13 Minutes: More power for less
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWsigj12X0
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Intel press conference at CES in 10 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rccJ2ukkMSg
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CES 2019: Toyota Lifts the Veil on Its Guardian Driver-Assist System
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/ces-toyota-lifts-veil-from-driver-assist-system
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IBM unveils its first commercial quantum computer
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/ibm-unveils-its-first-commercial-quantum-computer/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
At CES, IBM today announced its first commercial quantum computer for use outside of the lab. The 20-qubit system combines into a single package the quantum and classical computing parts it takes to use a machine like this for research and business applications.
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2019-01-08-IBM-Unveils-Worlds-First-Integrated-Quantum-Computing-System-for-Commercial-Use#assets_115:1612
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CES 2019: Yubico launches Security Key NFC, and offers preview of YubiKey for Lightning for iPhones, iPads and Macs
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2019-yubico-launches-security-key-nfc-and-offers-preview-of-yubikey-for-lightning-for-iphones-ipads-and-macs/
Yubico has announced the availability of the Security Key NFC by Yubico, and offered an early look at the YubiKey designed with a Lightning connector for use with iPhones and iPads.
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“Wait, is there even anything to watch in 8K yet?”
Samsung just announced a 98-inch 8K TV because why not
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/samsung-just-announced-a-98-inch-8k-tv-because-why-not/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
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Taking the smarts out of smart TVs would make them more expensive
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019
Vizio’s CTO Bill Baxter on the Vergecast
CES is always a show about the future of TVs, and this year is particularly interesting. Not only are 4K HDR TVs better and cheaper than ever, but the software side of things is opening up in unprecedented ways. Not only are Google Assistant and Alexa control everywhere, but Apple’s embracing the TV industry for the first time: Vizio and LG TVs will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, while Samsung TVs will get an iTunes Movies & TV app, as well as AirPlay 2 support.
And we definitely talked about the pervasive ad tracking that all smart TVs do — especially after I noticed the new Vizio P-Series in my parents’ house seems to ping the network an awful lot. Baxter told me that he thinks Vizio is the industry leader in disclosing what tracking is happening and letting users opt in or out during setup, and that he’s fine if people choose to turn it off. But he was also clear that TV companies are in a cutthroat business, and that companies like Vizio would have to charge higher prices for hardware if they didn’t run content, advertising, and data businesses.
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Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can’t Delete Facebook
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook
On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren’t allowed to delete the Facebook app.
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Anker’s new phone sized charger can power a laptop and costs just $30
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/ankers-new-phone-sized-charger-can-power-a-laptop-and-costs-just-30/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
The new Anker PowerPort Atom PD 1 offers 30w charging in a package the size of a phone charger. It’s basically a 1.5-inch cube — if the plugs are ignored, of course. And it’s only $30.
offers the same power delivery found in Apple’s much larger 30w USB-C charger: 5V @ 3A, 9V @ 3A, 15V @ 2A, 20V @ 1.5A. That’s good enough to recharge any phone, tablets including the new iPad Pro and small laptops including the new 13-inch MacBook Air.
Anker employed Gallium Nitride instead of Silicon, which allowed the company to drastically reduce the size of the components.
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Here’s everything Google announced at CES 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/heres-everything-google-announced-at-ces-2019/
Google made a flurry of announcements at CES this week, many of them coming rapid fire this morning.
Don’t have time to dig through it all? That’s OK. Here’s the condensed version
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After over a million pre-orders, Amazon’s Echo Auto has begun to ship
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/after-over-a-million-pre-orders-amazons-echo-auto-has-begun-to-ship/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
At Amazon’s event in September, the company announced the Echo Auto, an aftermarket product designed to bring Alexa to cars. But the device has remained in pre-order status
Amazon says the device began to ship to the first set of customers in December, and pre-orders continue to be fulfilled.
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Corsair shrunk the RGB LED down to be as small as the head of a pin
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18173567/corsair-capellix-rgb-led-pc-gaming-ces-2019
The Corsair Capellix LEDs are brighter, more efficient, and smaller by an order of magnitude
Can I interest you in some genuine innovation here at CES 2019? PC gaming specialist Corsair brought a new RGB LED technology to the show
Corsair’s new Capellix decorative LEDs represent over what’s currently on the market. In the space where you could previously fit four regular LEDs, you can now accommodate one hundred Corsair Capellix lights.
The Capellix are up to 60 percent brighter, 60 percent more efficient, and require up to 40 percent less power than existing RGB LEDs.
shockingly tiny 0.2mm cubed
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Why the Headphone Jack is Going EXTINCT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFzHOWK_MZA
Why is the headphone jack, a long-time fixture on smartphones, disappearing?
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Vuzix Blade AR glasses First Impressions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgoSZz7uiVw
Google Glass were the first-ever smart, augmented-reality glasses to be sold to the public. It was supposed to be the perfect way to overlay the digital world on top of the real one. But then Google called it quits several years ago. Now there’s a new pair of glasses that attempt to pick up where Google Glass left off. It’s called the Vuzix Blade and it’ll cost almost $1,000.
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Watch LG’s amazing rollable OLED TV in action at CES 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11mm1qOkSM
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First ride in the Daimler semi-autonomous truck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjEuruSB4Vk
Daimler is ready to put its driver assistance tech on the road with a semi-autonomous big rig, four years after the first prototype. We got a test ride in the truck where we watched it drive itself and pull off a pretty wild emergency braking maneuver.
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The world’s first foldable phone is real
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/the-worlds-first-foldable-phone-is-real/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
People have been talking about foldable smartphones for years, but it’s finally happening. Chinese company Royole was showing off the FlexPai at CES in Las Vegas, and we got to play with it for a few minutes.
It’s a 7.8-inch device that runs Android.
When you fold the AMOLED display, there’s still a small gap between the two halves of the screen. But it’s also much smaller than the unfolded version. It’s a bulky phone, but it’s still much easier to store in a purse compared to a tablet.
You can already buy a developer version of the device if you live in the U.S. for around $1,300. It runs Android
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Google’s plan to take on Alexa: new features, new devices, and a Trojan horse
‘Hey Google, take on the industry’
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18172082/google-assistant-connect-vs-alexa-interpreter-mode-maps-features-devices-ces-2019
Today, Google is showing off auto-translation on smart display speakers, letting you naturally talk to each other with the speaker acting as the translator automatically. It has announced integrations with dozens of well-known brands. It will put Google Assistant on millions more iPhones with a Trojan horse play: integrating it into Google Maps.
Google is going big. In an interview with The Verge, Manuel Bronstein, VP of product for Google Assistant, made the case that Google is building an entire ecosystem for Assistant that’s akin to the ecosystem it’s built for Android. It’s a platform play, basically, just like Alexa. And Google wants to ensure it’s everywhere.
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Baidu says its Apollo open source driverless car platform has 130+ partners and debuts Apollo Enterprise, a suite for managing fleets of autonomous vehicles — Beijing tech giant Baidu is ramping up its self-driving car initiative. At the 2019 Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas this week …
Baidu announces Apollo 3.5 and Apollo Enterprise, says it has over 130 partners
https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/08/baidu-announces-apollo-3-5-and-apollo-enterprise-says-it-has-over-130-partners/
Beijing tech giant Baidu is ramping up its self-driving car initiative. At the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week,
it announced Apollo 3.5, the latest version of its Apollo open source driverless car platform, and took the wraps off of Apollo
Enterprise, which it described as a suite of “customizable autonomous driving … solutions” for vehicle fleets. It also recommitted to launching a self-driving taxi service in Changsha, China later this year.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Customers have been annoyed by Samsung’s deal to pre-install Facebook on devices, including Galaxy phones, because the app can only be disabled, not deleted — – Galaxy owners take to Twitter to complain about permanent app — Pre-install deals are common, but privacy concerns are rising
Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can’t Delete Facebook
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/samsung-phone-users-get-a-shock-they-can-t-delete-facebook
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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Comcast now offers Xfinity customers additional security protection on home networks for $5.99/month with xFi Advanced Security, which can quarantine devices — Better internet protection, for a price — Comcast has announced a new service as part of its Xfinity xFi internet platform at CES 2019 …
Comcast’s Xfinity xFi Advanced Security offers customers better internet protection for $5.99 per month
Better internet protection, for a price
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18167912/comcast-xfinity-xfi-advanced-security-internet-protection-price-ces-2019
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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Royole unveils FlexPai, a hybrid device that measures 7.8 inches in tablet form and becomes two Android phones when closed; available now in China for ~$1,320
The world’s first foldable phone is charmingly awful
You asked for this
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18174278/royole-flexpai-foldable-phone-android-ces-2019
The Royole FlexPai is the sort of device that companies rush out when they feel the absolute imperative to be first with some new technology. I don’t blame Royole — a five-year-old company literally founded for the purpose of developing and selling flexible displays — because it faced the existential threat of Samsung coming in and stealing its thunder with a rival foldable device. So Royole hurriedly threw the FlexPai together and let the world gawk at its wondrous, foldable awfulness.
Yes, Royole is apparently a hyper-ambitious company. It provides two SIM slots and tries to provide an auto-detection system that only shows content on the half of the folded screen that you’re facing at any given time.
You get a 1920 x 1440 resolution on the full display, which shrinks to less than half when you’re in phone mode
Still, a 308ppi pixel density is sufficient for the screen to look reasonably sharp.
The biggest failure of the FlexPai is, predictably, its software and basic operation. Any time you rotate the device or fold / unfold it, it gets deeply confused and freaked out. I saw apps stacking on top of each other and overlapping with widgets as the tablet was transitioning into phone mode. I launched the camera accidentally more than once. There’s nothing intuitive about the automatic switch between the two phones.
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CES Unveiled: Good, Bread and Unexpected
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334152
“Connectivity” has defined a host of consumer electronics devices trotted out at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) over the last 10 years. Whether consumer devices are connected to social media or Netflix, Internet connectivity has played a critical role in developing features, applications and services. In fact, connectivity gave birth to a new normal in the consumer electronics industry. Today, apps and services determine the success of consumer products.
The CE industry, however, will be moving from the connectivity age into “the data age” in the next decade, predicted Steve Koening, vice president of market research at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).
Discussing CES 2019 Trends to Watch, Koening suggested that it will be data and its analytics that define the quality of consumer products. More and more, users make decisions backed up by data. Data is emerging as the “common denominator” among products, he said.
Most evident at CES this year is an unmistakable trend toward voice and AI-based digital assistants.
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Intel Tips ‘Ice Lake’ 10nm PC Processor
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334158
Intel uncorked a small geyser of news at the Consumer Electronics Show, including word of the company’s first volume 10nm PC processor — which will be called Ice Lake — discussion of a new hybrid CPU architecture that combines different types of CPU cores in a single system on a chip (SOC) and the introduction of a new chip aimed at inference-based AI applications.
Intel also announced a new chip designed specifically to perform edge computing duties inside 5G base stations and introduced six new members of its 9th Gen iCore processor family. The company also disclosed a collaboration with Comcast to develop a 10 Gbps cable modem and a new effort to expand the PC market called Project Athena.
iCore, Ice Lake and Lakefield
The company announced six new 9th Gen Intel Core (iCore) processors. The first of the new devices is expected to be available starting this month with other versions rolling out through the second quarter of this year. Intel is highlighting game system performance with this line.
Intel also announced a new hybrid system on a chip (SoC) approach that allow a new processor that Intel is calling “Lakefield.” The SoCs are “hybrid” in that they can incorporate different types of cores with each other. The example Bryant showed was an SoC with five cores — one 10nm Sunny Cove-based core with four Atom processors.
The SoC relies on the company’s new Foveros architecture, which enables Intel to physically stack IP blocks one above the other. This architecture drives longer battery life and improved performance, the company says, and leads to smaller chips and smaller boards.
To that latter point, Bryant held up a PC motherboard with a Lakefield SoC; the board measured perhaps 2 inches by 5.5 inches (that’s an eyeball estimate from the cheap seats) which he declared is “the smallest ever entire PC motherboard.”
The Lakefield chip will be in production later this year.
Project Athena is a program in which Intel vows to help develop a new class of advanced laptops and perhaps other client devices in other configurations. The company promised these products would have world-class performance and extended battery life.
Project Athena partners include Acer, Asus, Dell, Google, HP, Innolux, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung and Sharp, among others. The company said the first Project Athena laptops are expected to be available in the second half of this year across both Windows and Chrome operating systems.
Navin Shenoy, Intel executive vice president in the Data Center Group, announced the Intel Nervana Neural Network Processor for Inference (NNP-I). To review, AI problems come in two general categories: learning and inference. Inference is more complex, is much harder to do, and because of that tends to be done much less frequently.
In 2016, Intel bought Nervana Systems for $400 million, assuming — like everyone else — that AI would eventually be built into a great many products and systems. On Monday, Intel announced that the NNP-I will go into production later this year.
Where might this chip be used? Facebook, Shenoy reminded, is one of Intel’s development partners on the NNP-I. Facebook currently uses inference for auto-tagging.
Also in AI, Intel is working with Alibaba on a system that uses simple video to capture movement. The first application will be to analyze athletes’ performance.
Yet another new chip Intel announced was a 10nm-based network system on chip (SoC), code-named “Snow Ridge” developed specifically for 5G wireless base stations.
Many advanced 5G applications require exceedingly low latencies for real-time processing to support any number of applications; a common example is supporting autonomous vehicles. The trend had been to ship processing tasks off to distant data centers, but these new applications requiring lower latency requires placing more computational resources locally — at the network edge.
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5 Facts You Must Know About Google’s AIY Kits
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/5-facts-you-must-know-about-googles-aiy-kits/146803064660007?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=7025&elq_cid=876648
Google’s Artificial Intelligence Yourself (AIY) kits can be a great introduction to AI and machine learning concepts. Here’s a breakdown of five key features you should know about.
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Google Assistant Updates at CES 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etPZKj0BKfM
As expected, Google Assistant has a massive presence at CES 2019, and not just in terms of floor space. While Google’s exhibit area tripled from 6,000 square feet in 2018 to 18,000 square feet in 2019, the company’s greatest impact is felt in the range and number of areas in which Google Assistant now seeks to help.
Resources from Google services and Google A.I. were called into play to develop new ways in which Google Assistant can play a role in customers’ lives.
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This strange cedar egg wants to help you breathe deep and calm down
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/this-strange-cedar-egg-wants-to-help-you-breathe-deep-and-calm-down/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
In moments of stress and anxiety, there are those of us who find it difficult to breathe — and paradoxically, many reach for a cigarette or vape as a way to manage that. But what if instead of nicotine or smoke, the device you grabbed put fresh air in your lungs and helped you calm down? That’s the idea behind the Kitoki.
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Huippunopea teratavun levy PCIe-väylään
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8913-huippunopea-teratavun-levy-pcie-vaylaan
Toshiba on esitellyt Las Vegasin CES-messuilla SSD-levyn, jota se kehuu markkinoiden nopeimmaksi datanlukunopeuden osalta. BG4-sarja on Toshiban neljännen polven PCIe-väylään istuva tallennuslevy, jossa flash-muisti ja ohjainpiiri on integroitu samaan koteloon. Tämä mahdollistaa erittäin ohuet, ns. ultraohuet kannettavat tietokoneet.
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Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
AMD debuts its third-generation Ryzen “Matisse” CPU, coming in mid-2019, with an eight-core 7nm chipset — Blink and you miss it: AMD’s keynote address this year was a whirlwind of primetime announcements for the company. The message is clear: AMD is committing itself to 7nm …
AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen ‘Matisse’ Coming Mid 2019: Eight Core Zen 2 with PCIe 4.0 on Desktop
by Ian Cutress on January 9, 2019 1:01 PM EST
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13829/amd-ryzen-3rd-generation-zen-2-pcie-4-eight-core
Blink and you miss it: AMD’s keynote address this year was a whirlwind of primetime announcements for the company. The message is clear: AMD is committing itself to 7nm as the future process note that will drive the company’s innovations starting in 2019. The first consumer products on 7nm will be the Ryzen 3rd Generation Desktop processors, using Zen 2 cores, offering more than competitive performance against Intel’s best hardware. Also on the docket is a return to high-end graphics performance, with AMD set to release a 7nm graphics card that can spar blow-for-blow with the competition at the $700 price barrier.
AMD CEO Lisa Su unveils 7-nanometer Radeon VII GPU
https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/09/amd-ceo-lisa-su-unveils-7-nanometer-radeon-vii-gpu/
Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, announced the chip makers new graphics processing unit, the 7-nanometer AMD Radeon VII graphics chip.
The second-generation Vega-based graphics chip uses a 7-nanometer manufacturing process to get a 27 percent to 62 percent boost on graphics-related benchmarks, Su said.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
AMD announces the 7-nanometer AMD Radeon VII GPU, which it says will be 27% to 62% faster, coming in Feb. for $700; CEO Su says 400M+ gamers use Radeon graphics — Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, announced the chip makers new graphics processing unit, the 7-nanometer AMD Radeon VII graphics chip.
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Baidu unveils an open source edge computing platform and two AI hardware development kits including BIE-AI-Box, designed with Intel for in-car video analysis — Baidu’s had a busy week. Fresh off of yesterday’s unveiling of Apollo 3.5, the latest generation of its self-driving platform …
Baidu unveils open source edge computing platform and AI boards
https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/09/baidu-unveils-open-source-edge-computing-platform-and-ai-boards/
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Kohler put Alexa in a toilet so Happy New Year
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/kohler-put-alexa-in-a-toilet-so-happy-new-year/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
The company debuted a connected appliance platform called Kohler Konnect at CES 2018, and the push continues this year.
This is an intelligent toilet that uses surround sound speakers and dynamic ambient lighting systems to hopefully immerse you in an environment so tranquil, so idyllic, that you actually forget you’re sitting on a toilet. The Numi 2.0
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Move over Microsoft, Amazon is the most valuable public company in the US
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/move-over-microsoft-amazon-is-the-most-valuable-public-company-in-the-us/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
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How blockchain technology will revolutionize the next decade’s supply chain
https://ces.eetimes.com/how-blockchain-technology-will-revolutionize-the-next-decades-supply-chain/
There has been a lot of talk about blockchain disrupting banking, investment, insurance and government. But if there is one industry in which the distributed ledger technology can make its most significant impact, it is logistics and supply chain.
Utilizing blockchain to record the provenance of products and components would remove any opportunity to tamper with records
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Here’s everything Google announced at CES 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/heres-everything-google-announced-at-ces-2019/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
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Put Alexa and a JBL speaker in your ceiling with this clever LED downlight
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/put-alexa-and-a-jbl-speaker-in-your-ceiling-with-this-clever-led-downlight/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
This light makes the smart home even more accessible. Installed as any other ceiling downlight, the June AI downlight features Amazon Alexa through integrated JBL speakers. There’s a light in there, too.
The idea is great: make the smart home invisible. Instead of having an Amazon Echo sitting on a table, this device sits in a person’s ceiling doing the job of a normal light.
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CES 2019 | A letter from Arrow’s CMO
https://ces.eetimes.com/ces-2019-a-letter-from-arrows-cmo/
Arrow’s Chief Marketing Officer W. Victor Gao kicks off 2019 at CES with a question to all innovators and entrepreneurs: isn’t it time you had an easier way to create, make and manage your product?
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Google woos smart home device makers with launch of Google Assistant Connect
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/google-woos-smart-home-device-makers-with-launch-of-google-assistant-connect/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
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CES 2019: LG Wins CES Media Day with High-Tech Home Beer Brewery and Disappearing OLED TV
https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/gadgets/ces-2019-lg-wins-ces-media-day-with-hightech-home-beer-brewery-and-disappearing-oled-tv
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Will Apple SoCs obsolete x86 CPUs?
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/brians-brain/4461457/Will-Apple-SoCs-obsolete-x86-CPUs-?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
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Cool Stuff from CES Unveiled and Samsung (CES 2019 Day 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtHdTnfQ_NM
CES 2019 is officially here and it all starts with CES Unveiled and later we checked out Samsung’s First Look. Here are some of the more interesting products from the events.
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Samsung’s New Robots and Exosuits First Look at CES 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJP0xKgorDY
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Overview of the high-end monitors announced at CES so far, including 49-inch ultrawide offerings from Samsung, Dell, and others — Giant, wide, and sometimes even portable — It’s barely the second week of the year, and we’ve already been treated to an arrangement of weird and wonderful monitors …
2019 is already full of weird and wonderful monitors
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18175080/ces-monitors-pc-laptops-lenovo-samsung-computer-2019
Giant, wide, and sometimes even portable
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8911-alexa-mita-reittia-kannattaa-ajaa
Nokian taannoin omistama HERE-paikannusyritys on lyöttäytynyt yhteen Amazonin kanssa tuodakseen Alexa-puheohjauksen autonavigointiin. Ideana on helpottaa puheohjauksen navigoinnin tuomista uusiin autoihin valmiin alustan avulla.
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8913-huippunopea-teratavun-levy-pcie-vaylaan
BG4-sarja on Toshiban neljännen polven PCIe-väylään istuva tallennuslevy, jossa flash-muisti ja ohjainpiiri on integroitu samaan koteloon.
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Royole Flex Pai Hands-On: The world’s first real foldable phone at CES 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHGPuhg0Ys
Unbeknownst to most of the world, Royole has quietly been working to pioneer and perfect its own flexible screens since 2012, and its new FlexPai smartphone represents something of a coming-out party.
Before we go any further, though, we need to get a few things straight. Yes, this is a real product that you can buy right now. Yes, this basically unknown company beat Samsung to market with a foldable smartphone. And yes, it actually works.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/07/royole-flexpai-hands-on/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=dl
Tomi Engdahl says:
LG press conference at CES 2019 in 8 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwNYuWizpmk
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/01/10/maximilta-pieni-anturimoduuli-terveyden-seurantaan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8917-here-tuo-sisatilanavigoinnin-alypuhelimiin
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The foldable Royole FlexPai has a way to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33iWJOBNL2o
The Royole Flexpai is officially the world’s first foldable phone, but its maker has achieved the feat by rushing the device out to market before it’s ready. The threat of Samsung and Huawei stealing the small company’s thunder was simply too much to resist, and that’s how we ended up with the unfinished, unpolished Flexpai at CES 2019.
Tomi Engdahl says:
[NEW] Technics SL-1200MK7 just announced – Available 2019!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLtighs7FI
its Jan 2019 and 3 years ago I speculated we would see an
SL-1200MK7 after IFA2015 .. and we kind of did with the GAE, but now we actually have the real SL-1200MK7 & SL-1210MK7 for Europe .. and its coming in 2019!
https://www.technics.com/us/news/20190107-sl-1200mk7/