The global market for smart home devices is expected to grow 26.9% year over year in 2019 to 832.7 million shipments…
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IDC: Lighting, security cameras to drive smart home device sales
Sales of smart home devices will surge this year thanks to the hot categories of home monitoring and security…
No, Apple’s HomePod is not a ‘flop’
The utter flop of the HomePod, the ‘smart’ speaker that was supposed to be…
Adweek’s Arc Awards: Best Music Video, Apple’s ‘Welcome Home,’ Best Use of Animation, Apple’s ‘Animoji’
Now in its third year, Adweek’s Arc Awards once again brings you storytelling gems for clients…
After a year with Apple’s HomePods, I’m glad I bought them
The HomePod is a squat – less than 7 inches high – unobtrusive speaker that, per Apple….
Apple’s HomePod sold 1.6 million units last holiday quarter
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker experienced 45 percent growth in the holiday quarter…
Apple’s HomePod shipments surged 45% in holiday quarter
Smart speakers were the hottest consumer electronics product in 2018
Apple stealthily updates British and Australian Siri voices on HomePod
The British (Male and Female) and Australian (Male and Female) speaking voices for Siri…
CIRP: Apple’s HomePod holds 6% share of smart speaker market
The US installed base of smart speaker devices is 66 million units, up from 53 million units in the September 2018…
Apple said to sell Apple TV units at cost, HomePod at a loss
Apple sells its 4K Apple TV at cost and that the company actually makes a loss on each HomePod speaker…
How to get started with – and get more out of – your new Apple HomePod(s)
Apple’s HomePod starts with a simple setup and it ends with you forgetting you didn’t always…
Apple’s HomePod launches in China and Hong Kong on Friday, January 18th
HomePod delivers stunning audio quality wherever it’s placed…
Apple’s HomeKit was a surprise winner of CES 2019
Without stepping foot in Las Vegas or making a single announcement of its own, Apple is having one of its best CES conferences in years…
Everything Apple introduced in 2018
2018 was a big year for Apple, and while there were some misses like the AirPower…
Apple’s Siri has gotten a lot more accurate over the past 9 months
We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana…
AI guru John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
Apple today announced that John Giannandrea has been named to the company’s executive team…
Apple holiday promo offers discounts on HomePod to Apple Music subscribers
Apple is currently sending out emails to Apple Music subscribers with promo codes…
Apple HomePod vs. Sonos One
I now have two HomePods which I use in my bedroom as a stereo pair…
12 Siri tips you’ll wish you’d used before
Everybody likes to learn a few tips that will save them time, so I’ve identified a dozen things…
Apple publishes surprising amount of detail about how HomePod works
Today, Apple published a long and informative blog post by its audio software engineering and speech teams…
Blind U.S. Navy veteran catches second wave with a surfboard, Apple Watch, and his new iPhone XR
In 2012, Scott Leason received his first iPhone — the iPhone 5 — and training from Sarah T. Majidzadeh, assistant chief of Blind Rehabilitation at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center…
Apple’s iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
She could do all of this with the screen turned off – her phone’s battery lasted forever…
Apple is the future of enterprise IT, Salesforce deal confirms
While most of us were installing, using, or writing about macOS Mojave…
Apple and Salesforce are working with Marriott to bring HomePods to hotel rooms
Apple Inc and Salesforce.com Inc are entering a partnership in which the iPhone maker…
A silver lining for Apple’s HomePod: Some positive data points do exist
It’s probably fair to say that Apple’s first-generation HomePod didn’t exactly…
Secrets and features of iOS 12 for Apple’s HomePod
In addition to the big releases of iOS 12 and watchOS 5 this week, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker…
With iOS 12, Apple’s HomePod finally feels like a member of the household
HomePod and I were going through a rough patch…
Amazon unveils 15 new Alexa-enabled products, including a microwave oven
How much would Apple Inc. be worth today had a Jeff Bezos-type CEO taken over the reins instead?
Apple’s HomePod dominates with 70% share of premium smart speaker market
According to the latest quarterly research from Strategy Analytics…
Just 2% of Apple customers have a HomePod
Consumer Intelligence Research Partners today released results from its research on smart speakers…
Trump administration to spare some Apple products including Apple Watch, AirPods, and HomePod from latest China tariffs
The Trump administration will spare a category of high-tech products that includes the Apple Watch and AirPods…
Apple’s HomePod adds new features and Siri languages
HomePod, the innovative wireless speaker from Apple, is adding new features that let customers do even more…
There might be more to Apple’s September 12th ‘Gather Round’ event beyond next-gen iPhones
We’re a week away from Apple’s next big event…
This is the most discombobulated, insane thing Apple has done in years
What does Apple expect people to do?
Apple releases AirPort Express firmware update with AirPlay 2 and Home app support
With AirPlay 2 support, you can AirPlay from iOS to multiple AirPlay 2 speakers including HomePod…
Why iPhones will have NVRAM-based Artificial Intelligence in 2019
Artificial Intelligence is remaking our world. But the biggest challenge is making AI work at the edge…
11 new products Apple could release this fall
Apple has been on an incredible run over the past decade, shooting nearly 1,200% higher…
How to connect a TV or audio receiver to Apple’s HomePod
Apple’s HomePods have evolved in function since their introduction as Apple has pushed out firmware updates…
Despite missing last Christmas by a mile, Apple gains a foothold in the smart speaker market
When Apple launched its HomePod smart speaker earlier this year, many critics claimed…
The myth of Apple’s impossibly difficult (yet super easy) hardware business
Every time Apple has entered a new market segment, the wailing sirens of punditry have scrambled…
Metro UK reviews Apple’s HomePod: Get the credit card out and buy two
I might finally change my wicked old ways after trying out a pair of stereo Apple HomePods…
Sonos rises 15 percent in IPO debut
Sonos, the maker of smart speakers for the home, rose as much as 9 percent in its debut trade Thursday…
