Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 6, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
It looks like a monkey, whose nose is an RFID reader, stomach is a control panel and ears are the navigational buttons.
Would that my kids were that easy to control.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 8, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on converting cassette tapes to CDs using a computer, tablets vs. netbooks, and more.
Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 8, 2011 at 10:09 am PT
Many stressed workers and maybe even one or two looking for marriage partners, pound the well-trod circuit around Toyko’s Imperial Palace Gardens each day with earphones funneling music to match the mood. But as any jogger can tell you, reaching for the portable music player to press pause, or fast forward to the next track mid-stride can be tricky, or even embarrassingly uncool.
Cari Tuna, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 8, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Cisco Systems has cut the price of its umi video-calling system for consumers, a flashy offering released in October to great fanfare–and widespread criticism about how much it cost.
The network-equipment giant on Monday said it is reducing the price of the existing umi system to $499 from $599, and introduced a $399 version with reduced high-definition resolution that requires a slower Internet connection.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 2, 2011 at 6:12 pm PT
Walt reviews the Peel universal control, which lets iPhone and iPod Touch users turn their devices into TV remotes
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 4, 2011 at 11:55 am PT
As televisions go the way of smartphones and get loaded up with apps, Netflix Inc. is staking its claim on an important place–the remote control.
The movie-rental company has struck deals with makers of TVs and DVD players to put a one-click “Netflix” button on remotes starting this spring, Netflix said Tuesday.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm PT
YouTube today is launching a personalization update to its “Leanback” viewing mode, which is meant to be played on televisions. YouTube users who watch through Leanback already spend on average 30 minutes per session, two times longer than sessions on the Web.
Kara Swisher in News on October 7, 2010 at 5:16 am PT
Yesterday, BoomTown dragged my weary bag of bones to downtown San Francisco for the unboxing of a new consumer telepresence product from Cisco called Umi.
The networking giant is making yet another big foray into the competitive space for,
well, space in the living room.
At the event, Cisco dubbed Umi as sweet as chocolate. Is it?
