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Samsung SmartThings works in your home for a number of compatible connected devices, including lights, speakers, locks, thermostats and sensors to “teach your home a few new tricks and make life a little bit easier.” Essentially it can help you build the smarthome of your dreams. SmartThings works with many connected devices, currently about 224 products,…
Dell recently announced its new Wyse 3040 Thin Client. The Wyse 3040 Thin Client “provides a cost-effective endpoint solution that is highly secure, yet easy to deploy and manage.” Among the Wyse’s accolades are the industry’s first entry-level Intel x86 quad-core thin client, 30 percent better performance than earlier generations and superb performance, four USB ports…
For the last ten years, PC makers have been using the tin-based solder process, instead of the former lead-based process due to environmental concerns.
Gartner, Inc. recently announced that since 2012, PC shipments have steadily decreased annually. In the year 2016, a total of 269.7 million PC units were shipped, a 6.2 percent decrease from the previous year, 2015. In the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease of 72.6 million PC units were shipped worldwide, which is a 3.7 percent decline in…
Z2 Mini Workstation, Image/HP With the amount of office space shrinking to an average 151 square feet per worker by 2017, HP’s new Z2 Mini Workstation, available for purchase in December, offers workers more space merely by its compact size. In fact, it is “90 percent smaller than most traditional business-class desktop towers,” and is just over…
Recently, Acer announced it was investing 10 million in the IMAX VR Content Fund, “which will support the development of high-quality and immersive VR content.”
Apple MacBook Pro, Image/Apple Twenty-five years ago Apple introduced its first notebook. This year Apple introduced what is touted as its most advanced notebook ever: “With the groundbreaking new Touch Bar, the convenience of Touch ID, the best Mac display ever, powerful performance, improved audio, blazing fast storage and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity in our thinnest…
Google Home “allows you to bring the Google Assistant into your kitchen, living room or anywhere else around the house.” The size of a small speaker, it is a type of computer with only a few hidden LED lights to identify it. Available in November, it will cost $129 at the Google Store, Best Buy, Target…