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The Connected Devices We Never Knew We Needed

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Car technology was an expected part of CES in 2021, as vehicles are a big part of the big show every year — particularly for the last few years, as consumer interest in connected car technology has spiked alongside a growing enthusiasm for a possible future where cars can drive themselves and the humans just tag along for the ride.

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Vintage Toys Aid In Happiness Recovery

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The other bonus: No masks are required on toy train rides. Yet we have not only weathered this shattering storm, our sales have increased by 33 percent in the first half of 2020, moving Hornby back into profitability.". Take that , lockdown boredom. Another classic making a comeback is the humbly infuriating jigsaw puzzle.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India

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The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past. Many instances of third-party merchants hiking the cost of products, such as masks and hand sanitizer, reportedly took place.

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Why Playing Contextual Commerce Catch-Up Pays Off

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Look no further than what has undoubtedly been the most popular video on the Internet over the weekend — a four-minute, dashcam-shot May 19 Facebook Live video of Texas woman Candace Payne unboxing and giddily wearing a talking Chewbacca mask purchased from Kohl’s.

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Urban Outfitters Speeds Up And Branches Out

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Sleekly packaged in super minimalist whites, with whimsical names and a very affordable price tag ($8 – $24), ohii offers up various masks, cleansers, creams, palettes, mascara, lip glosses and more. But now, Urban is taking a stab at its own line of cosmetics with its in-house brand, 0hii.

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Frightful Five: Apple Speaker Delayed While Alexa, Google Assistant Charge Ahead

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Apple’s big selling point for the HomePod was its superior auditory quality, which was supposed to justify the $349 price tag. After demonstrating they could bypass the biometric security measure using a face mask, the team has further showed how it was able to reset the facial recognition enrollment to enroll a new face and unlock the phone.

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And Just One More Thing…The World’s First Look At the iPhone X

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Although the $1,000 price tag was anticipated and expected, it was nearly universally commented upon, as it officially makes Apple the price leader in its category (by about $50, as the latest and greatest from Samsung clocks in with a $950 price tag). Perhaps there is something to that $1,000 price tag, after all. percent.

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