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Sengled, maker of intelligent lighting products that integrate consumer electronics inside LED bulbs, announced that Sengled Pulse Link, an audio bridge and JBL-speaker that enables instant streaming of TV audio wirelessly to your light bulbs, was awarded 2017 CES Best of Innovation Honoree in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies category. In addition, Sengled Element, the connected LED that plants a tree,
Continental, an international automotive supplier and technology company, announced that it has been named a CES 2017 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Vehicle Intelligence category for its Short Range Radar with Trailer Merge Assist and Trailer Length Detection technology. Continental's state-of-the-art Short Range Radar with Merge Assist and Trailer Length Detection is a “black box” sensor mounted in the rear/side
Skype announced that it will now be possible for people to use Skype without having a Skype account. They wanted to make it easier for people to start a conversation with a loved one or colleague as quickly as possible. This new change appears to be aimed at people who do not currently have a Skype account. A person can
Twitter has a big problem with online abuse. In response, Twitter appears to have acknowledged this and has made some improvements. It announced this in a blog post titled “Progress on addressing online abuse”. Twitter has improved its mute feature. The mute feature allows a user to mute accounts that they don't want to see tweets from. Twitter has now
First things first, please go to my personal YouTube channel and subscribe. Second thing let me know what you think of my first two videos. Great show tonight I had a lot of fun, as I know you will as well. I am hoping I am home until it is time to leave for CES. Which is shaping up to
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the creation of Overwatch League. It is a professional sports league for Blizzard's popular Overwatch game. The inaugural season will begin in 2017. Overwatch League is a world-class sports ecosystem for professional Overwatch competition. Combining Blizzard's esports pedigree with the best practices of major professional sports, the Overwatch League will focus on long-term stability for teams
Niantic announced some updates to Pokémon GO that I think will make the game even more fun. These updates will appear in version 0.45.0 for Android and 1.15.0 for iOS. In short – they gave players more bonuses! Players will now earn bonuses for the first Pokémon catch and the first PokéStop visit each day. The daily bonuses reward you with XP
With the departure of Hallowe'en, it's socially acceptable to discuss Christmas in the UK, though I suspect the USA has to get past Thanksgiving before giving in to the seasonal traditions. Recent years have the seen the rising popularity of Christmas jumpers (sweaters) revelling in fun knitted patterns. Jumping on this kitsch clothing are Flavr with a range of festive phone
Elon Musk thinks as robots take over our jobs that there will be need for a universal wage. I cover that and other tech topics today on Geek News Central YouTube Channel where my personal VLog will reside. Download the Audio Show File Show Notes: Universal Income. Hacked Lites. Dell XPS-13 Gold. Earthlink. Gun with No Bullets. Juno Extension? Westworld.
It's a real first world problem - finding enough USB charging points to keep your gadgets powered up, especially for families with multiple phones and tablets. Fortunately there's a solution in Choetech's 6-port USB-A desktop charger which combines two QC 3 ports and four smart ports that will deliver up to 2.4 A for charging thirsty smart phones and tablets. Let's
Instapaper has announced that it is making Instapaper Premium available to all Instapaper users, free of charge. Previously, some of Instapaper's greatest features were limited to Instapaper Premium subscribers. Since then, Instapaper has joined Pinterest. The result is that Instapaper is now better resourced and able to offer Instapaper Premium for free. All Instapaper users will now have access to:
The government has followed through and started to release code to the public. So developers out there can start to see if there is code that can be re-utilized that you as a tax payer have essentially paid for. Next week the show will be on the road in Denver. I am looking forward to exploring Denver as I have
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