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Philips Notebook Docking Station is “Home Base” for Travelers

EPI (which is the North America brand license partner for Philips Monitors) announced their new Philips Brilliance LED-backlit LCD Monitor (231P4QUPEB). It has been designed to give you the freedom of a laptop with the convenience of a desktop. The monitor can serve as a “home base” solution for business travelers who frequently work on their laptop. The innovative Philips

Philips Hue at Gadget Show Live

We've always been fans of the Philips Hue here at GNC and looking back I reviewed Hue back in December 2013. At that time, Hue was only a small range of connected light bulbs. Today Hue has a much wider range of bulbs and integrates with other elements of the connected home such as Nest, while Hue Tap brings practicality, turning

Philips Hue and FC Bayern Munich

This is going to be a challenging post for a large chunk of GNC's audience. Not only is it about football with a round ball, it's about German football too. Anyway....Philips have partnered with one of the biggest club's in Europe, Fußball-Club Bayern München to promote Philips Hue LED lighting system (German / English) With names familiar to soccer fans worldwide, the promotional video shows

Wearables Come To SXSW

At times it feels like SXSW has become a mini-CES, with all the hot innovations popping up. Wearables combined with health and well-being are definitely where it's at and this year Philips are hosting a Dragon's Den-style Digital Innovation Challenge, with three companies pitching their tech for a week's advice and guidance at Philip's High Tech Campus in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Philips Golden Ears Challenge

The mp3 digital music format has liberated music in a way that would be totally unthinkable to a previous generation. The Walkman made music portable and the CD digitised music but the revolution came as the mp3 format compressed music to fit into a fraction of its true size. Instead of music collections stretching from floor to ceiling, they could fit into

Philips Hue and IFTTT

In my first post on Philips Hue, I referred to "The Internet of things" where normally dumb devices such as fridges and washing machines are connected to the network. Having a washing machine with an IP address may mean that I can check whether the spin cycle has finished without getting out of my chair, but the real value of

Philips Hue Chrome App

While researching the Philips Hue Android apps, I discovered that currently there is a single Hue app for Chrome. It's called Hueful and while it's fairly basic, it deserves a mention as (a) it's the only app on Chrome but (b) it shows that Chrome can support this kind of hardware-oriented app. Previously I would have discounted Chrome from being an