The Dutchman Pieter Swinkels, together with his colleague Dave Anderson was appointed executive vice president of e-reader maker Kobo. Swinkels was until Wednesday serving as a director of the PR department for non-English speaking markets.
Manufacturers equip more and more items with computer chips and sensors. A smart collar for the dog to a door lock. Gadgets Freaks feast of all these innovations, but the ordinary consumer takes out yet on his shoulders.
Samsung launches its mobile payment service in the short term in Australia, Brazil and Singapore. In addition, the service will soon be used via the gear S2 smart watch of the company.
After an absence of more than six years turns the famous Technics SL-1200 turntable back on the market. Parent company Panasonic has shown at CES in Las Vegas know that there is a seventh generation of the SL-1200 turntable.
Lenovo launches world's thinnest combination of laptop and tablet. Thanks carbon Yoga 900S weighs less than one kilo, while it is 12.8 mm thick. However, the battery is powerful enough to watch 10.5 hours of video.
Gadget Maker Fitbit has a new product on offer: a competitor for the Apple smart watch, but with a longer battery life. However, the smart watch could not count on applause at the fair.
In addition to televisions and smartphones electronics CES also a good place to spot the latest gadgets. There is special activity meter is looking for your dog or a spoon to smart metering to carry your child. Here is a selection of the six most striking accessories.
In Melbourne, Australia is a family left homeless after a hoverboard, received as a gift cherry, caught fire during charging. The fire started in the bedroom, it spread quickly. The house has been badly damaged.
Legalization of online gambling is a lot closer. Government parties VVD and PvdA jointly submit proposals in order to arrive at a single tax rate for gambling.
Netatmo already had a camera in the collection for indoor use, but the company has now presented an outdoor security camera. Presence can detect people, vehicles and animals apart.
The operating system Microsoft Windows 10 running on over 200 million devices. This Windows 10 is growing much faster than previous versions of the operating system.
Many train passengers are not happy with the new website of the Dutch Railways, which was launched just over a month ago. The official NS travelers forum and social media complain disappointed travelers about technical errors and information 'untraceable'.
A British priest was Monday sentenced to fifteen years in jail, because he abused about ten boys between 1970 and 1991. The man, now 69, worked at a boarding school for children with behavioral problems. A 75-year-old former teacher at the institution had nine years in prison. Both suspects were previously convicted of abuse.
A man in Winschoten Sunday night could not resist when he saw a police car with the keys in the ignition, he got in and went for a drive.
Alcohol is in Iran or taboo, still drinks the population each year 60 million liters of alcohol. That the Iranian Ministry of Social Affairs reported after its own investigation. 'A bad development,' said the department.
Who Finding a date has as good intentions for the new year, is not alone. Many dating websites and apps call January 3rd a great day. On the first Sunday of the year there are many more people actively looking for a date than on other days. The dating site Match.com is the day proclaimed Dating Sunday.
Lenovo and Google presented the first smartphone with 3D technology Project Tango on 7 January. That concludes SlashGear an announcement of the two tech companies.
(Reuters / BLOOMBERG)- The casinos in the Chinese gambling paradise Macao have continued to show a decline in sales last year.
The number of mobile phone users in India last October passed the limit of one billion. This is India, after China, the second country to reach this milestone.
A wall may in the future no longer represent an obstacle to a remote controlled car. Thanks to two tilting propellers he drives just against it.
The smaller iPhone 6c, which next year according to insiders is on the market, given the 'guts' of a high-end smartphone, claiming employees of Foxconn to MyDrivers. The new 4-inch iPhone gets according to the Chinese, 2GB of RAM and an Apple A9 processor on board. Thereby 6c beats the 'ordinary' iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
All smart TVs that Samsung launched in 2016 to connect to the Smart Things platform of the company. That the Korean electronics giant announced today.
Investors at the Damrak booked Tuesday lunchtime good profits. Oil prices rebounded. In the thin trading in Amsterdam Heineken and NN led the dance. The embattled ArcelorMittal did not share in the festivities.
The number of Dutch people with depression, anxiety or mood swings uses online therapy this year grew by 85 000 patients. But the professor of eMental-Health at the VU University Amsterdam, Heleen Riper, warns of the risks.
Lessons over the internet. It has become the most normal thing in the world. A range of school tutoring, music lessons, language lessons, photography. And there is a striking trend: especially seniors explore the contemporary possibilities.,, In the past there was never really time for music lessons. I got it twice now and crosswise. '
Smartphone Makers launched last year grand total of 175 new models in the Netherlands. According to data from GSMinfo.nl, reports Nu.nl. A total of 32 manufacturers responsible for the diverse offerings.
Apple plans to roll apple pay next year in some European and Asian countries. Bloomberg reports that Apple's mobile payment service to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain will bring.
It seems that the iPad Pro, the largest tablet from Apple to date, no success in China. In the first month after its launch in November, there are about 49 300 iPad Pros activated, reports Mashable.
The Polish police have 178 kilos of cocaine found in a batch of bananas from South America. The drugs from Colombia have a street value of the equivalent of 25 million euros. It is one of the biggest drug seizures ever in Poland, said a police spokesman.
Dozens of people have been slain Sunday by air attacks on the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. Rescue workers and residents of the town said that Russian warplanes have carried out the attacks.
