Apple's latest iOS ad focuses on Home

Apple's latest advertisement titled Home App- Welcome Home focuses on Apple's HomeKit enabled ecosystem as controlled by iOS on an iPhone using the Siri voice assistant. The Apple Home app was launched around three years ago and since then has been able to control smart lights like Philips Hue, locks, thermostats, smoke detectors, cameras and a variety of other devices.

Unlike competitors like Google Home and Amazon Echo, which both have standalone smart speakers/home automation hubs, Apple relies on iOS devices like the iPhone or the iPad to control these devices. Will Apple soon make the Apple TV a similar HomeKit hub, or will it create a whole new way to free Siri from iOS, so she can operate independently? Only time will tell.

Review: 2017 Mazda CX-9 Signature

Text and photos by Donny Halliwell

When I last wrote about Mazda’s full-size SUV, it was after a 5000km road trip and I was impressed by its capabilities as a comfortable, well-appointed family mobile. That was in the outgoing model. In the year since then virtually everything about the CX-9 has changed, for the better, leaving Mazda with a runaway hit for the segment.

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Review: Sennheiser PXC-550 Bluetooth headphones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The age of wireless headphones are upon us. While many sports in-ear headphones and general use models like the Apple Airpods, are ideal for short term casual use. Sennheiser’s PXC-550 Wireless headphones are designed for travelling. These are lightweight, yet supremely comfortable headphones that innovate the segment in a variety of ways.

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GDP Pocket brings back the spirit of UMPC in new crowdfunded project

UMPC, or Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, was all the hotness around seven years ago when device makers tried to cram the guts and OS of a notebook into pocketable computers or handheld devices. This was before the age of tablets or 2-in-1 devices. GDP, who has made a number of notable Android and PC-based gaming ultraportables is taking on Apple and Microsoft with the GDP Pocket, a UMPC for the modern age.

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