Places and Things

The latest wrinkle for Comcast's X1 platform is an ability to kick-start the movie ticket purchasing process from your voice remote. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/30/comcast-voice-activated-fandango-tickets/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

As discussed in a previous blog post, IETF designed EVPN to be next-generation BGP-based VPN technology providing scalable layer-2 and layer-3 VPN functionality. from http://blog.ipspace.net/2018/05/typical-evpn-bgp-routing-designs.html https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCH3i9hSDpS2mPi1khU72zq5Dt8Q9DVpBg3zqNnr7ABS9ZfRuxaMOICSnLJ6Oj_HMbPT6nekHJ7FQAmPTsAW6rSmep4ZqtDgiuQHjqRiUCk1u57xUBDxKt48xbarBmlOloPNsjuHe0T7K/s1600/Multi-Pod+Overlay+Control+Plane.png

Hydrogen is either the wonder fuel of the future or a technological cul-de-sac. Toyota believes the former, and has spent the past few decades developing mass-market hydrogen cars. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/29/hydrogen-fuel-cell-toyota-mirai-evs/ https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/76cef4295bfa5efbd1ae2b11851017a0/206410618/hydrosoc.jpg

Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference is often mistaken for a hardware product launch event. However, the main purpose of WWDC is to introduce Apple's latest software enhancements and tools to the third party developers who use them to create apps for Apple's platforms. from https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/29/a-look-at-apples-secretive-strategies-set-to-unfold-at-wwdc-2018 https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=303691330110002&ev=PageView%20&noscript=1

The Samsung Galaxy S9 builds on the Galaxy S8 in many ways, yielding one of the best flagship phones of 2018. Now, B&H has revealed a rather fetching deal for the 64GB Galaxy S9. The chain store is offering the 64GB Galaxy S9 for just $599 — a $180 discount according to the store. from https://www.androidauthority.com/64gb-galaxy-s9-599-870365/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Sony is celebrating the PS4 community with its annual Days of Play event — which offers a bunch of deals on games and PS4 hardware along with a limited edition blue-and-gold Days of Play PS4 console — from June 8th through June 18th. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/29/17404620/sony-days-of-play-sale-event-ps4-deals-games-hardware https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11439335/41448532645_dfb024df05_k.jpg

We learned earlier this month that Philips was working on a major update to its Hue app for its smart home lighting system, and the new version has just hit the iOS App Store. The 3.0 app update is the biggest update to the Hue app since the original release of the 2.0 version. from https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/29/philips-hue-3-0/ https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/hue3.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000