End Game

Longview IoT Boosts Energy and Wireless Efficiency

By Rich Tehrani on Monday, May 20

Some of the biggest challenges slowing down the adoption of IoT are security, efficient battery usage and optimized wireless communications.One company has...

Full Story »

Tagged battery, cybersecurity, iiot, iot, longview iot, lora, m2m, mesh, security, solar, tdma, tech, telecom, wifi

Hallmark's Simple, Inexpensive Way to Boost Customer Satisfaction

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

In an effort to boost margins, companies often push more users to automated solutions such as FAQs, chatbots, voice bots and anything...

Full Story »

Tagged call center, contact center, crm, customer service, hallmark, net promoter score, nps, tsr

Huawei Places the World's First 5G VoNR Video Call

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

Huawei recently completed the world's first voice over NR (VoNR) call. The voice and video call service was made using two Huawei...

Full Story »

Tagged 5g, android, apple, cisco, dell, foldable, folding, galaxy fold, huawei, ios, ipad, iphone, mate x, samsung, tariff, trump

IGEL Advances Future of Work

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, May 16

IGEL is a provider of a next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s software products include IGEL OS, IGEL UD Pocket (UDP) and Universal...

Full Story »

Tagged automation, displayport, fow, future, future of work, google, green technology, linux, microsoft

Tata Communications and Cisco Collaborate on SD-WAN

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, May 16

Tata Communications and Cisco have extended their partnership to enable enterprises to transform their legacy network to a customized and secure multi-cloud...

Full Story »

Tagged 4g, 5g, business, channel, cisco, cloud, cloud communications, cloud pbx, collaboration, conference call, conferencing, consultant, contact center, hosted voice, ip communications, lte, mobile, msp, ooma, phone, pjsip, reseller, retail, sbc, sd-wan, security, service provider, sip forking, solution, stun, tata communications, uc, ucaas, ucaas provider, ucoms, video, video conferencing, webrtc, wireless

How to Win the 50-Year-Old China Trade War

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, May 15

Today and this week in-fact is historic - the left and right in the U.S. agree that we have a major trade...

Full Story »

Tagged apple lost american jobs, china, supply chain

Extreme Elements Enables The Autonomous Enterprise

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, May 15

Extreme Networks just announced Extreme Elements which in-turn enables the autonomous network and subsequently the autonomous enterprise. In a dynamic webinar, Dan...

Full Story »

Tagged byod, cloud communciations, cloud pbx, collaboration, communications, contact center, cybersecurity, ddos, dhcp, directory, extreme, extreme networks, fancy bear, hack, hacker, hacking, hosted voice, iiot, iot, ip communications, meetings, multirate, networking, nfv, phishing, politics, qoe, russia, security, sip, sip trunking, slack, uc, ucaas, ucoms, video conferencing, vnf, webrtc, wifi, wikileaks, wireless

Previous Pause Next

CES 2013: GameSkunk Asks--Do Your Games Stink?

January 9, 2013

While under normal circumstances, asking a question like that is a quick way to wind up under prolonged psychiatric examination, when CES comes around, there are few questions not worth asking. SensoryAcumen is making a very unusual case for that exact question with the planned release of the GameSkunk.

GameSkunk is, essentially, a device that will allow users to actually smell the games they play. GameSkunk has access to over 30,000 different scents, created as needed by a series of scent cartridges, which are subsequently deployed according to what's going on in the game. The cartridges are connected to a compressor, which distributes the smells as they come into play in a game.

Tagged: Battlefield 3, CES, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Consumer Electronics Show, GameSkunk, Sensory Acumen, University of Southern California, USB : Related Tags: sensory acumen, gameskunk, smell, games, sensory, smells

CES 2013: Razer Brings Out The Edge Tablet

January 8, 2013

After last night's foray into CES gaming, it's impressive to discover that, once again, we've got another gaming topic to bring into play. A brand new gaming tablet has been unveiled, and it's special for a surprisingly large number of reasons. Not only is who made it a bit of an eyebrow-archer, but so too is how it was made and what it's packing.

The folks at Razer brought out their new gaming tablet, the Razer Edge, at CES 2013, showing off the kind of power that might be hoped for from a tablet geared toward gaming. This isn't Razer's first foray into gaming hardware; they've been regularly making peripherals like mouse controls and keyboards for some time now, and not too long ago they brought out the Razer Blade, a gaming laptop, and the Razer Switchblade, a smaller portable gaming device.

Tagged: Graphics processing unit, HDMI, Intel Core, Nvidia, Razer, Razer Edge, Razer Switchblade, Solid-state drive : Related Tags: gaming tablet, tablet razer, gaming hardware, solid state, state drive, razer

Xi3 & Valve Show Off A System For Steam's Big Picture

January 7, 2013

With CES 2013 in full swing, there's a new development making the rounds out in beautiful Las Vegas. With Ultra HD and a variety of other home entertainment technologies being shown off, one of the biggest developments is just for us: the gamers.

The development in question comes our way from a combined force of Xi3 and Valve, who unveiled a new computer in an Xi3 Modular Computer chassis. Not only is this a computer tailor-made for living rooms everywhere as it's only about the size of a grapefruit, it's also specifically optimized to handle Steam's recently-minted Big Picture Mode. This is a development that likely has Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo very concerned indeed.

Admittedly, specs are a bit short on the ground for the product--likely because at last report, it was still in the development stage--but if it's sufficient to run Steam, then it must be pretty sound spec-wise. But if it does work with Steam, it's going to have a lot of possibilities.

Steam is most familiar for its sales, in which incredible amounts of PC games are offered for extremely low prices.

Tagged: Computer case, Games, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Steam, Valve, Valve Corporation : Related Tags: actually launches, steam, gaming, valve, development, computer

How Will Android Impact The Console Wars?

January 3, 2013

I know everyone's looking, with no small enthusiasm, toward E3 and the likely release of some new console systems, but one system in particular is shaping up to be a bigger destabilizing element than anything, and it likely doesn't have a name you'll recognize on it. We're talking about the Ouya, and it's got some very strange things going for it.

Perhaps the most immediately noticeable thing about the Ouya is that it's running on a very unusual operating system: Android. We've seen Android phones, and Android tablets...but an Android gaming console is something of a new one. It managed to raise $8.5 million on Kickstarter last year, and it will be coming our way in fairly rapid fashion.

Tagged: Android, Hulu Plus, Kickstarter, Microsoft, Ouya, Video game console, Xbox 360, YouTube : Related Tags: destabilizing element, android, system, launch, video, console

The Biggest iPhone Games Of 2012 Have Something In Common

January 2, 2013

So there was some very interesting news to show up today thanks to a recent look at the iTunes games market. Turns out the top grossing iOS games and apps of 2012 all had one critical point in common.

What was that particular point? As it turns out, they were all free to play. In the entirety of the top ten for iOS games downloaded from iTunes, they were all free to play.

Tagged: Angry Birds, Free-to-play, Fruit Ninja, IOS, IPhone, iTunes, Minecraft, Video game : Related Tags: games, turns, especially

Gaming's 2013: What To Watch For

January 1, 2013

Welcome to 2013, everybody, and with the dawn of 2013 comes a whole lot of new possibilities in gaming that few have even considered. Everything's looking a lot more real now that it's measurable in terms of months instead of saying "next year". But what's got my hackles up for 2013 in gaming? Well, that's what you're here for today, so let's run down what will hopefully be the biggest news of 2013.

1.

Tagged: BioShock Infinite, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation, Sony, Wii, Xbox : Related Tags: gaming, already, looking

The Best Of Gaming In 2012

December 31, 2012

Looking back on 2012--and given that there's only about three hours left in 2012 in the first place, it's certainly worth a look back--there are certain things that stand out from my year in gaming, not to mention for the industry as a whole. So permit me to get a bit maudlin and set up a little rose-colored look back at the year that was in gaming.

1. Three pieces of Skyrim DLC. There were a lot of things that could be said for Skyrim, and about Skyrim, but it was absolutely impossible to knock the sheer amount of downloadable content this game was packing in.

Tagged: Dragonborn, Elder Scroll, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Morrowind, New Year's Eve, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon : Related Tags: elder scrolls, worth, gaming, sheer, skyrim, looking

HTML5 Not Likely To Change Much Now In Gaming, But Just Wait.

December 27, 2012

It's not hard to see possibilities just dripping off of HTML5, especially as it regards to video games. But though this is a huge game-changer--and not just for video games--it's going to take some time before this is truly ready for prime time.

While there are some looking askance at that idea right now--and why not? Isn't HTML5 already making some major inroads vis-a-vis gaming?--the truth of the matter is that HTML5 has a long way to go in terms of operations before it will be the dream platform that everyone's been waiting for.

Sure, there have been some pretty substantial successes already. AOL did a lot with HTML5 getting Games.com back up and running.

Tagged: AOL, Atari Games, HTML, HTML5, Keepskor, Tristan Louis, Video game, World Wide Web Consortium : Related Tags: ready prime, truly ready, video games, games, already, going

Is Grand Theft Auto 5 Taking Cues From Saints Row: The Third?

December 26, 2012

A provocative question, make no mistake, but one we're going to take a look at all the same. Several new still photos have emerged, and it's making me wonder if, maybe, Rockstar's looking to take some cues from their competitor.

The new stills in question show that Grand Theft Auto V is looking, potentially, to ramp up its vehicle selection process. Early stills point to the available use of a commercial jet, a fighter jet, an airship, and a miniature submarine. While it's not yet known if those vehicles will make it to the final version of Grand Theft Auto V, or if they will be accessible to players when they do get there, it's still a very clear possibility, and it makes a very interesting comparison: is Grand Theft Auto V making a run at Saints Row: The Third?

Tagged: Airliner, Fighter aircraft, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar, Rockstar Games, Saints Row: The Third : Related Tags: grand theft, theft, grand, saints, third, while

The Top Three Elements To Make A Gamer's Christmas A Top Scorer

December 25, 2012

So like a lot of you out there, I spent time with my family today. A nice big meal involving a lot of family favorites and a lot of time together; my grandmother cooks goose every year, and if you've never had goose before I suggest you try it at least once. It tastes--and looks--oddly like roast beef, though there is commonly not a lot of meat on the bird. It's not at all like turkey, where there's tons of meat, but it has an unusual taste to it that is strangely like beef.

Tagged: Fritos, Gamer, Kinect, PlayStation, Video game, Wii, Xbox, Xbox Live Arcade : Related Tags: gaming experience, hardware software, gamer, gaming, system, hardware

Previous 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 ... 90 Next