Video: Dash is the hotel amenity delivery robot of your dreams

Crowne Plaza hotels are testing Dash, a smart amenity delivery robot which might soon replace bellhops, pages or porters. Dash can be programmed to deliver various amenities to specific hotel room guests. It can navigate the hotel, dash to the hotel room door, call the guests and when the door is opened- it completes the delivery. No need to tip Dash but you can rate timeliness or level of service and if Dash receives a good rating, it will break out into an R2-D2 type happy dance. The robot is being tested and has so far delighted various guests, Crowne Plaza is looking to deploy Dash in various hotels around the world.

Samsung bringing back attention to SPen prior to Galaxy Note 5 launch

Boasting that its smart-stylus is the 'evolution of the Pen', Samsung seems to be priming us for the launch of the Galaxy Note 5 on August 13th. The Note line, has been a consistent performer for Samsung and a big earner. The Galaxy Note 4 was widely hailed by users and reviewers alike for a solid feature set, better build and materials and some truly innovative pen-based functionality.

Reeling from poor sales of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge flagship phones, which has forced Samsung to slash prices to boost demand and hopefully push sales, the Galaxy Note 5 is the model that Samsung hopes will stick and help it regain its foothold in the smartphone market. The Galaxy Note 5 might not be met with much enthusiasm if it is true that Samsung is removing the microSD card slot and the user-replaceable battery. 

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iPhone's importance highlighted in special Apple website

Apple's iPhone has been with us for seven years now and while it is very much an iconic and familiar device a lot of features and functionality continue to be added. Arguably Apple's most important product category (and its most profitable), the iPhone has managed to successfully lead the industry in various areas around the world, and not only has it survived waves upon waves of competing products, it's managed to evolve various ecosytems from apps to health, wearables, car infotainment and mobile payments.

To accompany Apple's recent series of advertisements focusing on the many features that the iPhone, Apple has developed the "Why there's iPhone," website. While sounding a bit cryptic, the website is actually a very clear rundown of the various features of the iPhone which make it such a successful and beloved device. The iPhone's raison d'être is simple and consistent.

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Overview: HTC Desire 626s

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Often overlooked, the Desire line of mid-range smartphones offer a more affordable entry into HTC's unique design and software features and solutions to contract-free users.

The HTC Desire 626s is thin and light and features a 5-inch 720p HD display, 8 megapixel camera, a 2000mAh all-day battery, 1.5 GB of RAM, and is powered by a Snapdragon 210, quad-core, 4 x 1.1GHz processor, 16GB of storage is standard with microSD card expansion.

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