Category: Gadgets
How Tesla Is Rolling Out Self-Driving Cars
It involves a lot of hardware and a steady stream of software updates.
The little computer that could
Liz: Today we’ve got a guest post from the terrifyingly hirsute Pete Stevens. Pete’s from Mythic Beasts, our web hosts; and he’s the reason this website stands up to the absurd amounts of traffic you throw at it. (Yesterday we saw about a quarter of a million sessions – that goes up WAY above a million …
Wink opens up about surviving the fall of Quirky
Nathan Smith knew that Wink would have to go. It was early in 2015, and the smart home company he'd started less than a year earlier was being held back by the very thing that brought it into…
Why This Smart Luggage Startup Thinks It Can Roll to the Top
Unlike its best-known competitors, it went the VC route.
Will Amazon Let Developers Monetize the Echo?
Maybe one day.
Forgotten audio formats: The Highway Hi-Fi
If only we could still play our vinyl records while speeding down country lanes.
Fire TV Stick: A Review
It’s been a bit since I got a Fire Stick during their $20 for Prime Members sale.
I’ve used the Chromecast and Roku stick/box, and the Fire Stick has a lot going for it and a lot…not. Unlike the Chromecast, it does have a remote control, so it is most similar to the Roku stick in functionality.
Now, the difference comes in specifications. The Fire Stick has the best specifications of any of the three. That means smoother execution.
However, the issue with the Fire Stick, as with the entire Fire line, is the limitation of the Amazon App Store. The apps that are in the store mirror those developed on other Android platforms…Amazon’s OS being a fork of Android. However, many developers don’t develop a version of their application for the platform, leaving many gaps.
So, if you want the standard video providers…this is an excellent option. It’s small, expensive, supports many hours of video watching.
But if you expect to get a lot of independent development beyond that, you are going to be disappointed.
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