Harry McCracken

1 week ago | fastcompany.mx | Harry McCracken

Es fácil olvidar el gran impacto que causó el primer Roku Box cuando debutó el 20 de mayo de 2008. En su lanzamiento, el dispositivo solo funcionaba con Netflix, más conocido en aquel entonces como un rival de Blockbuster por correo que estaba expandiendo su servicio de streaming. Las 10,000 películas y series que se podían ver eran bastante aleatorias y anticuadas: en aquel entonces, el servicio de DVD por correo de Netflix ofrecía 10 veces más títulos.

2 weeks ago | videonuze.com | Harry McCracken

It’s easy to forget how big a splash the first Roku box made when it debuted on May 20, 2008. At launch, the device worked only with Netflix, best known at the time as a mail-order Blockbuster rival that was just ramping up its streaming service. The 10,000 movies and shows you could watch skewed toward the random and musty: Back then, Netflix’s mail-order DVD service offered 10 times as many titles.

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Harry McCracken

2026 may still be more than seven months away, but it’s already shaping up as the year of consumer AI hardware. Or at least the year of a flurry of high-stakes attempts to put generative AI at the heart of new kinds of devices—several of which were in the news this week. Let’s review.

3 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Harry McCracken

Cory Joseph has been blind since birth. So he's among the people Apple aims to serve with an addition to its App Store called "Accessibility Nutrition Labels," one of a raft of features the company announced earlier this week to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Once the labels go live later this year, each app's listing will detail the accessibility features it supports, such as the VoiceOver screen reader, voice input, options to adjust text size and screen contrast, and captioned audio.

3 weeks ago | fastcompanyme.com | Harry McCracken

You can learn a lot about an app before you download it from Apple’s App Store, such as what other users think of it, the access it has to your personal data, and how much storage it occupies. Starting soon, listings will also include a section on something critically important to millions of people: the accessibility features an app supports.