A considerable segment of Apple's customer base own more than one of the company's products, and their loyalty is a better indicator of the company's success than just numbers. Apple device adoption holds steady among US consumers Apple's hardware ecosystem is expansive and diverse, encapsulating a range of devices from iPhones to Mac computers, each with its dedicated user base. However, when analyzing the penetration of these devices among US consumers, the numbers reveal more than...
As of April 10, get the Apple Magic Mouse for $74.99 with an on-page coupon for $14 off its original price of $99.
Amazon's best deals of the day on April 17 include the Apple Watch Series 9, Samsung The Frame TV, Amazon Echo Buds, and more.
The Amazon Fire TV Cube streaming device is just $114.99 at Amazon, down from the usual price of $139.99. That's an 18% discount.
Although “Stereophonic” is not a musical, it’s easy to get swept up by the terrific original rock songs that throb through it. And as writer David Adjmi’s play, which opened Friday night at the John Golden Theatre, is set during the mid 1970s, Will Butler’s music sounds authentically of that edgier era. Almost eerily so.
Game Room is one of the best experiences on Apple Vision Pro, especially with newly introduced spatial Personas. The latest update to the Apple Arcade game introduces one of the most popular classics: checkers. more
AI chatbots transformed writing, image generation, and -- most recently -- audio. Whether it is a text-to-music generator, voice cloner, or playlist generator, every day there's a new audio AI tool introduced. Now Amazon Music has jumped on the trend.Also: GPT-4 Turbo reclaims 'best AI model' crown from Anthropic's Claude 3On Tuesday, Amazon Music launched Maestro, an AI playlist generator that responds to a user's text, emoji, or voice prompt to create a new playlist with a unique selection of...
When WWDC kicks off on June 10, there will be a lot of attention on Apple’s plans for new artificial intelligence features. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reiterates that one of Apple’s primary focuses will be on privacy and on-device intelligence. more
You can queue songs in Apple Music so that the tracks you want to hear play automatically, one after another. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)
Amazon has cut paid perks for Alexa developers. With a bigger focus on generative AI, the voice assistant’s third-party apps (skills) aren’t a priority. An Amazon spokesperson told Engadget that the “older programs have simply run their course, so we decided to sunset them.” Launched in 2017, when Alexa was all the rage, the program paid developers bonuses for skills that resonated with users. It was part of Amazon’s quest to turn Alexa Skills into a booming app store. (Did that happen?) At the...
Amazon has decided to cut off paid perks for Alexa developers. The company confirmed to Engadget on Wednesday that it will end the Alexa Developer Rewards Program at the end of June. A second program that rewards developers for using Amazon Web Services as the backend for their Alexa apps will wrap up at the same time. With the emergence of generative AI, the pioneering voice assistant’s third-party apps (“skills”) no longer appear to be a central focus for the company. The news was first...
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change.