Just a few years ago, Li Mengqi could not have imagined shopping on her own. Someone needed to always keep her company to say aloud what was in front of her, who’s been blind since birth. When smartphones with text-to-speech machines for the visually impaired arrived, she immediately bought an iPhone. “Though it was expensive,” […]
Daily Archives: November 11, 2018
To offset the creepiness of having Facebook’s camera and microphone in your house, its new Portal video chat gadget needs best-in-class software. Its hardware is remarkably well done, plus Messenger and the photo frame feature work great. But its third-party app platform was pretty skimpy when the device launched this week. Facebook is increasingly relying […]
Facebook Portal needs more. At least it just added YouTube
When you're launching a new social media product, like an image-sharing app or niche network, common wisdom is to make it available to everyone as soon as it's ready. But simulations carried out by Facebook — and let's be honest, a few actual launches — suggest that may be a good way to kneecap your product from the start.
Facebook simulates itself up a better, more gradual product launch
From smart displays to soundbars, Google’s voice assistant comes in all shapes and sizes. Here are our favorites.
7 Best Google Assistant Speakers (2023): Smart Displays, Portable, and ...
Game designer Rob Daviau turned a popular horror-themed board game into a spine-chilling saga.