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In 2014, the French model Withings debuted the Activité watches. They have been exceptional—basic, understated analog watches that additionally functioned as a easy health trackers. (Disclosure: I purchased an Activité Steel.) Withings’ line of well being care merchandise have been so stunning and well-designed that Nokia purchased the corporate in 2016. For the subsequent two …

For 12 years, Amazon’s Kindles have been profitable by working on a strict “much less is extra” precept. Kindles do not have Alexa, and so they do not ping you with infinite textual content message notifications. They simply make e-book studying straightforward. Every time I obtain a free library e-book, I marvel on the conjunction …

Apple’s music-streaming service reportedly has extra paying subscribers within the US now than Spotify does, however there’s little doubt that Spotify remains to be the worldwide chief in streaming music—and Spotify has been a multiplatform service because it first launched in 2008. Which is why it’s unforgivable that Spotify’s consumer expertise could be so complicated. …

The world has had no scarcity of iconic team-ups: Lafayette and the early American revolutionaries. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Doritos and Taco Bell. Add to that checklist Sonos and Ikea, who Monday debuted Symfonisk, their collaborative line of audio system. One of which can also be a lamp. That Ikea and Sonos teamed …

A couple of months shy of his highschool commencement, Kal Turnbull got here to a realization: Conversations on the web are damaged. The Scottish teenager had been on the lookout for an internet neighborhood for pleasant debate, a discussion board whose individuals would crack open his thoughts and fill it with the sorts of views …

We’re large followers of Apple’s iPad line. We can debate about iPhone versus Android telephones all day, however iPads rule the pill world. They’re speedy, they’ve higher-quality apps than rivals, and the {hardware} lasts for years. Today, they’re additionally on sale. Apple would not run discounted gross sales by itself web site, however because it …

Huawei hasn’t been making laptops for all that lengthy, and but it managed to make a splash with its MateBook X Pro in 2018. It has a slim aluminum physique, excellent battery life, and a beautiful show that measures almost 14 inches throughout diagonally. Despite the truth that its webcam, which is hidden in a …

In 2014, Google radically rethought how e-mail ought to work. The concepts it launched via its then new Inbox app—reminders! snoozing! bundles!—have since been absorbed into Gmail prime. At the time, although, bringing these options to the most well-liked e-mail service on the planet served a surprisingly essential function: serving to individuals exterior the power-user …

Memories of center faculty seemingly conjure up all types of ideas and feelings. “Productive STEM studying” might be low on the record. But on Tuesday, Lego is introducing a brand new coding and robotics set known as Spike Prime that it hopes will break by way of with a notoriously distracted viewers. Lego has already …

Wirefree earbuds have been caught in a rut for a number of years now. They’re a splendidly wubbulous thneed of an thought on paper—a Thneed, in fact, is A-Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need. Who wouldn’t need buds that wirelessly connect with your telephone and one another? But to date, producers pushing the idea have overpromised and underdelivered. Apple’s AirPods …