hardware

Retail Asia27/12/2023

The second-largest hardware chain in the U.S. has finally decided to support Apple Pay. For those who don’t know what Apple Pay is, it is the mobile payment service that allows an iPhone user to select a credit, debit, or prepaid card from the Wallet app and tap the phone against a POS machine to […]

Retail Asia25/03/2022

Apple is working on a hardware subscription service that would let you use its products in exchange for a monthly fee. It would be different than the iPhone Upgrade program that lets you pay for the iPhone in 24 monthly installments. Under that program, the device is yours once you have paid for it in […]

Retail Asia25/03/2022

Google Meet is getting a small yet important update this week, which adds noise cancellation capabilities to the app. The new feature is available to all Google Meet users starting today and there’s no need to make any adjustments to the app’s settings to benefit from noise cancellation. Google Meet users can take advantage of noise cancellation if they […]

Retail Asia28/01/2021

Ace Hardware Corporation, the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative, announced today that Jay Heubner, President and General Manager of Ace International will retire March 1, 2021 after 38 years with the company. Heubner joined Ace Hardware in 1983 in the IT department and quickly rose up through the organization to become a director. In 2004, […]

Retail Asia11/06/2019

Spotify has been the unrivaled champion of the thriving music streaming industry for a number of years now, but relying entirely on a service under siege by tech giants including Apple and Amazon seems like decidedly risky business. As such, it’s certainly not shocking to see the 2006-founded Swedish company dip its toes into the consumer hardware world with an aptly titled Car […]

Retail Asia07/01/2017

Equinix is collaborating with Facebook and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to deploy and test Voyager, the Facebook-designed packet optical switches, inside two of its IBX data centers. As part of the TIP “Open Optical Packet Transport” project group, Equinix is working closely with Facebook to field-test this next-generation packet optical networking technology. Voyager is […]

Retail Asia09/10/2016

Xiaomi is broadening its already expansive range of products by venturing into virtual reality for the first time. The company today announced the Mi VR Play, an “entry-level” virtual reality headset that it hopes can open this new exciting medium to new audiences because not everyone has thousands of dollars needed to set up an Oculus Rift or […]

Retail Asia05/06/2016

Online video piracy is alive and well in 2016, but the threat landscape has shifted from straight conditional access (CA) technology and P2P file-sharing to illegal OTT set-top-boxes (STBs) that connect users to sites that look like professional OTT service providers with fancy EPGs, but are in fact hosting stolen content. “So these new-age pirates […]

Retail Asia20/02/2016

IT products and services provider Challenger will establish a new online store to maintain its relevance in the retail market. Known as Hachi.sg, the portal, which will be unveiled in April 2016, will boast more products, an improved shopper interface and an online sales platform, Challenger said in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 16). Chief […]

Tag: hardware

Lowe’s finally adds support for Apple Pay

Apple reportedly considering a monthly subscription program for iPhone and other hardware

Google Meet update adds important audio capabilities

Robinsons Retail chief to head Ace Hardware international arm

Spotify unveils its first-ever hardware device

Equinix deploys Facebook-designed optical switches

Xiaomi announces its first VR headset

Illegal OTT boxes are the new P2P piracy

Challenger’s net profit in 2015 up 22%, plans to open new online store in April