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[Débrief] Commerce Reloaded post NRF 2015
L’Echangeur by LaSer vient de livrer son débrief du Retail Big Show 2015. Trois dynamiques y sont décryptées : capitaliser sur le brick & mortar, innover click & mortar et ré-inventer son business model.
IBM updates Watson with five new features, now better than ever
On IBM’s Bluemix cloud computing platform, registered developers can integrate Watson’s brainpower into their apps. As of this past week, IBM has added five more features to the Watson Developer Cloud. From speech-to-text to image analysis, devs can now accomplish … Continue reading
Samsung’s Smart TVs gather and transmit potentially private information to third parties
Samsung’s new Smart TVs carry a troubling privacy warning — confidential and secret information you say in front of your television could still be packaged up and sent to unnamed “third parties” in the name of delivering voice service.
Worried about spying smart TVs? Try a home theater PC
Reports that new Samsung TVs can capture personal information with their voice recognition feature has sparked concern about what critics perceive as digital spying by so-called smart devices. Nor is Samsung the only smart TV manufacturer collecting this type of … Continue reading
Cooler Master celebrates Nutella by using it as thermal paste
A fun video from Cooler Master shows the impact of using Nutella for thermal paste. Are the days of Arctic Silver numbered?
Shhh! Your smart TV is eavesdropping on you
Samsung’s Smart TV privacy policy is raising new concerns about eavesdropping, though it’s not the first example of unnerving behavior from our televisions. Some Samsung TVs now include a microphone on the remote control for entering voice commands. As one … Continue reading
Corning’s Project Phire: The sapphire gorilla that will protect your phone
Corning has revealed the next step in tough glass, Project Phire, combining the toughness of Gorilla Glass with the scratch-resistance of sapphire glass.
ET deals: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptop with a 7-inch Dell Venue tablet for $800
Media center PCs don’t have to be hulking towers anymore. In fact, the portability of laptops makes them prime candidates for your next media hub — take this Dell Inspiron 15 7000 for example. It sports a 5th Generation Intel … Continue reading
Sling TV’s web-based live television opens to all cord cutters, adds AMC to lineup
Dish’s live television streaming service Sling TV is now open to everyone. After beginning with an invite-only launch earlier in 2015, Sling recently lifted the requirement to welcome all cord cutters. The new service offers nearly 15 channels to subscribers for … Continue reading
DirectX 12 confirmed as Windows 10 exclusive, AMD and Nvidia go head-to-head
A new preview of Direct3D 12 puts it head-to-head against AMD’s Mantle in the Star Swarm tech demo.
