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Apple prepares in-box iPhone software update system for unboxing convenience

TechSpot

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple started testing Presto in select retail stores late last year. The hardware is said to look like a metal cubby for shoes, and reportedly uses MagSafe and various wireless technologies to remotely turn on an iPhone, download and install updates, and turn the phone. Read Entire Article

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Nvidia offers retail loss prevention software to accelerate accelerator chip sales

CIO Business Intelligence

GPU manufacturer Nvidia is expanding its enterprise software offering with three new AI workflows for retailers it hopes will also drive sales of its hardware accelerators. The workflows are built on Nvidia’s existing AI technology platform.

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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

GeekWire

” The longtime Microsoft hardware chief and executive vice president led the company’s unified Windows software and hardware teams. Yusuf Mehdi will take on the responsibility of leading the Windows and Surface businesses with our OEM and Retail partners. He also led development of Windows 11.

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Early reviews of Microsoft’s new Surface Duo praise hardware, pan buggy software and muddy camera

GeekWire

Tech reviewers are giving the company high marks, mostly, for the unique hardware of the Duo, a hinged device with two 5.6-inch But beyond that, the underlying software on the Surface Duo appears to be suffering from numerous bugs, at least in the version that came with review devices. inch screens that unfold like a small book.

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Google’s first retail store opens this week

The Verge

After years of pop-up experiments, Google is finally dipping its toes in the physical retail waters with its first store, located underneath its offices in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City. It will primarily feature Google’s own hardware products, including Pixel phones, Nest smarthome gadgets, Fitbits, and assorted other devices.

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Lululemon is buying exercise hardware startup Mirror for half a billion dollars

The Verge

Lululemon, the company behind trendy fitness apparel, is getting into the hardware business with Mirror. The pandemic brought with it a reckoning for retailers — forcing shops to close their in-person locations for months and leading to widespread unemployment.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

CTOvision

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

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