December was most profitable month for Apple's App Store with $3 billion in revenues

Apple's App Store, which feeds services and apps into its iOS products hit a high point back in December with US $3 billion in revenue and most of the sales went to games. January 1, 2017 saw $240 million in customer purchases which made that the app store's busiest single day ever.

In an Interview with The Verge, Apple's Marketing SVP Phil Schiller said December was the biggest month of sales in history for the App Store. Launched back in 2008, the App Store now has  2.2 million apps available. Developers have earned $20 billion dollars in 2016, up 40 percent from a year ago. Games ruled the App Store and Pokemon GO was still the most popular and downloaded application as the most downloaded app of 2016.

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CES 2017: ASUS updates ZenBook line to latest Intel processors

Las Vegas - ASUS isn't letting their guard down. Despite already having some of the more compelling notebooks and subportables in the market, they have upped the ante by offering these with the latest 7th generation Intel 'Kaby lake' processors.

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CES 2017: Hisense making moves to be a major player in high-end TVs

Las Vegas– Hisense, in case you didn't know, is one of the largest television brands in the world. Hisense unveiled display innovations here at CES that will be on the market in 2017, including the company’s first-of-its-kind true 4K Laser Cast TV, immersive screen sizes up to 100 inches and, for the first time, soundbars.  

Building on the company’s breakthrough success in 2016, Hisense continues to transform the viewing experience through its commitment to top-of-the-line TV technology and design. The company continues to expand its presence in the North American market, growing local R&D teams and unveiling higher-end technologies that were previously only available overseas.

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CES 2017: Lenovo has an Amazon Alexa-powered smart speaker

Las Vegas - Amazon’s Echo line and Google Home will be joined by another smart speaker and this one even has a closer relation with Amazon’s offerings. Aptly called the Smart Assistant, this voice-controlled speaker runs on the Amazon Alexa cloud-based voice services. So, you can ask it to do some quick web searches for you, play music, update your calendar, etc. Lenovo opted to use Alexa as it’s considered to be the fastest way to get an affordable smart speaker out to the market. Lenovo also has an ongoing partnership with Amazon that it wants to explore. That said, Lenovo reps have told us that they aren’t closing the door on using voice-based platforms of the likes of Google.

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