The Internationale Funkausstellung — more popularly known as IFA — is an annual flagship consumer tech trade show held at the Messe Berlin, and is very much akin in size and scale to the CES. In fact, the IFA is Europe’s flagship event, with a very sweeping canvas, that is in sharp contrast to the …
This article is based on an interaction that I had with the team at mui lab, an exciting Japanese startup that works on the smart home, and that won the CES 2019 Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Smartphones have changed the way we …
Yesterday, at an event in Seattle, Amazon announced four different categories of products, including its smart speakers, Echo; Accessories and Echo companion devices; smart home control; and smart home monitoring. In all, Amazon introduced 15-new Alexa enabled products, with expected upgrades to the Echo, and a surprising line-up of products that included microwaves (AmazonBasics Microwave), …