Smart home gizmo highlights from CES 2023
From fridges that turn your kitchen into a rave to devices that analyse your urine, CES 2023 had a smorgasbord of smart home tech on display.
Telecoms.com
LG
LG has its finger on the pulse of the economy with a new NFT platform
South Korean tech giant LG has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) platform called LG Art Lab, on which users can buy, sell, and gawp at digital images deemed to be worth large sums of cash.
Connected cars drive the agenda at CES 2022
Car manufacturers and tech firms rolled out new smart motors and integrated connectivity software at the CES tech show, showing ever more convergence between the two industries.
LG is out of smartphones but not connectivity
As anticipated Korean tech giant LG has decided to throw in the towel on smartphones, having failed to find a way to make a profit out of them.
LG reportedly set to exit smartphones
Korean tech giant LG has been struggling in the smartphone game for years and now seems likely to finally call it a day.
LG teases phone with rollable screen at virtual CES 2021
Korean tech giant LG is the first major vendor to promise a smartphone with a rollable screen.
LG ditches and ZTE scales back on MWC due to coronavirus
The World Health Organisation declaring the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern raises serious concerns about impact will this have on Mobile World Congress.
LG drives towards connected car market with Cerence tie-up
LG has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cerence to make a play for the emerging connected car market.
LG promises mobile profits by end 2021
LG’s new CEO has promised to recover the lost fortunes of yesteryear, driving the mobile business unit towards profitability within two years.
LG joins the virtue-signalling crowd with AI standardisation plug
LG is the latest technology company to humbly join the ranks of technology disciples preaching standardisation and, of course, its idea is better than everyone else’s.
LG kicks off massive game of management musical chairs
With a new CEO, CFO and CSO, as well as new Presidents for the Home Entertainment and Mobile Communications units, the LG management team is looking very different.
LG doubles down on games and multi-tasking with new dual-screen
LG first started touting its smarts with a dual screen at Mobile World Congress in February, but at IFA it has launched the LG G8X ThinQ, an updated version of the concept.
LG doubles-down on gaming and entertainment with K-Series launch
With IFA just around the corner, it would be fair to assume a tsunami of consumer devices launches are on the horizon, and here, LG has kicked-off its own efforts.
LG muscles in on competitive AI chip space
LG has unveiled has developed its own artificial intelligence chip in an attempt to muscle in on this increasingly competitive segment of the semiconductor market.
Samsung and LG set to launch 5G smartphones in February
The Korean media has reported that the world smartphone leader Samsung and its struggling compatriot are going to launch the first 5G smartphones at MWC and ship in March.
T-Mobile US breathes a sigh of relief as first phone to support 600 MHz is launched
The new LG V30 is the first phone that can use the 600 MHz band, which is especially handy for TMUS following its latest piece of premature triumphalism.
IFA 2017 is more connected than ever
The world’s second biggest consumer electronics show is increasingly all about connected devices as IoT becomes endemic.
Q1 2017 smartphone market – Chinese vendors to the fore
The Q1 2017 global smartphone shipment numbers are out and they show solid growth with nearly all coming from Chinese vendors, largely from their domestic market.
It might be time for LG to pack in the mobile business
LG has unveiled the figures for the quarter ending December 31 with one question remaining; why is the team bothering with its mobile division?
As its phones falter LG defrosts the IoT fridge
Having been distracted by the mobile phone market for the past 16 years LG seems to have decided the smart fridge isn’t such a silly idea after all.
Events
Climate Action Digital Symposium
- 26-26 September 2023
- View Event
5G Core
- 17-19 October 2023
- View Event
Network X
- 24-26 October 2023
- View Event