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Roku enables cord-cutting for College Students

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Cord-cutting” has become the new norm for Millennials. It is the 16–22 Gen Z, Millennial, Gen Xs who are driving disruptive trends the most, consuming most of their TV and film content online. With video streaming enabling unprecedented freedom of choice, college students appetite for video and streaming instead of legacy cable has become insatiable. …

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The Transformation of the Digital Classroom

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  The Classroom experience for educators and learners has evolved rapidly with technology.  Several initiatives including  digital whiteboards, augmented reality learning, remote classrooms, collaborative software and multimedia have transformed the way students learn.  The tools students leverage to learn have also changed.  Traditional notebooks and textbooks have been replaced with laptops, tablets and high tech …

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The Digital Backpack that will carry your load this school year

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With the new school year upon us, whether you’re a parent prepping your kindergartner for their first day, or a college student setting out on your own for the first time, in addition to buying paper, pencils and a laptop getting a good backpack will be this year’s most important purchase. While students’ may fear …

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Hisense enabled IoT Innovation for the SmartHome

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For Consumers the promise IoT enabled smart technology is the key ingredient for the smart home. The increased popularity of smart devices have an large trickle down effect. Smart television and OTT devices have increased the bandwidth demand for internet providers as well as synergies in technologies. Smart television manufacturers such as Hisense have created  …

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A Disruptive Bluetooth Uprising of Monster proportion

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Immerse yourself with the audio-phonic delights of the Monster® SuperStar™ S100 speaker. Monster ‘s  S100 is a well-designed quality wireless speaker that provides consumers with an above average sound experience.  It is perfect for both your everyday commute and  extreme vacation adventures. The SuperStar™ S100 Wireless speaker is Monster’s most affordable wireless audio speaker and …

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The Roku Channel Launches in Canada

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The first Youtube video “Me at the Zoo“ was  posted on April 23, 2005.   Although not spectacular in quality or content, this video would be revolutionary on how people accessed content.  Thirteen years later with video now accounting for 70% of all internet traffic and growing, streaming technology has helped to transform the internet. The …

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Grass is always Greener on the Smart Home’s side of the fence

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With the accelerated invasion of Smart devices throughout the home, one can see how every corner of the consumer’s house will be touched. The smart home market continues to grow, with 433.1 million smart home devices shipped globally in 2017. In comparison to the 47 million connected devices shipped globally in 2015, we can see …

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Linksys unveils the Disruptive Dual-Band Velop Wireless Mesh for SmartHomes

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Linksys announced today the expansion of its modular mesh WiFi  family to include the Dual-Band Velop.  TheDual-Band Velop‘s modular design comes in 1, 2 or 3 nodes which is customizable every home footprint and size.  Similar to the Tri-Band Velop, the Dual-Band Velop can be interspersed with either Dual-band and Tri-band Velops in the same network. The Dual-Band Velop is smaller …

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