Demand for Apple's HomePod stalls after hot start

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It seems that demand for Apple's smart speaker has slowed down. The HomePod began shipping to customers in the US in February, and seemed to be grabbing a lot of attention during its news cycle. The device was praised for its stunning sound which was at a level of larger, more expensive hi-fi speakers. The HomePod, it seems, was just the smart speaker the Apple ecosystem was waiting for.

Two months later, however, it looks like the HomePod demand is going flat. Bloomberg reports that Apple has lowered manufacturing volume for the smart speaker. The same report says that there's a possibility a cheaper and smaller model will be coming soon.

I had reservations about the HomePod's value proposition a year ago, just after it was announced.

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Breaking: Netflix outage affects customers on Christmas Eve

Amazon Web Services, which is the cloud service infrastructure that powers Netflix is has gone down and is affecting certain devices and making it impossible for them to access the popular streaming service in certain areas. Big bummer for families and individuals whose Christmas Eve tradition involves watching some sort of Christmas related movie or show. People can keep posted by following updates on the @NetflixHelps Twitter feed.

Update on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 1:08PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Netflix has just issued a Tweet stating that services are now back to normal

Breaking: Massive and prolonged Internet outage affects Rogers customers

A widespread Rogers Internet and mobile service outage started  late Saturday afternoon as Twitter was flooded with reports from various cities in Southern Ontario, including Toronto, Waterloo and London. A Techcrunch report suggested that the outage may spread across the entire country. Rogers responded via its Twitter @RogersHelps account that the service failure was due to "wireline interruptions" and that updates are forthcoming.

Source: TechCrunch

Update on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 9:20PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As of 9:20 PM Rogers Internet Service is back up