Sonos’s Weird-Looking New Speaker Solves A Living Room Design Problem

Like many consumer products, Sonos’s newest smart speaker began with plenty of consumer research. But in studying the way that people live and interact with entertainment technology at home, the company discovered a fact that seemed to undermine its own approach: Most people-a full 70%, by Sonos’s count-do not mount their television sets on the wall, preferring to sit them on top of a piece of furniture instead.

Nintendoa s weird and wonderful Switch console may be a hard sell for some

An attendee plays the “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” video game on the Switch during an unveiling event in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Nintendo’s new machine, a tablet-sized device with wireless controllers that can be used anywhere but also connects to TVs, will go on sale March 3 at a price of $300, with a brand-new Zelda game as its launch title. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Nintendo’s new Switch console is an odd gadget.

Nintendoa s weird and wonderful Switch console may be a hard sell for some

An attendee plays the “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” video game on the Switch during an unveiling event in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Nintendo’s new machine, a tablet-sized device with wireless controllers that can be used anywhere but also connects to TVs, will go on sale March 3 at a price of $300, with a brand-new Zelda game as its launch title. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Nintendo’s new Switch console is an odd gadget.

Germany’s Offbeat New Year’s TV Tradition Is a Ratings Hit

More than 17 million viewers tuned in to watch versions of ‘Dinner for One,’ an English-language sketch from 1963 featuring a 90-year-old heiress and her increasingly intoxicated butler. An 11-minute black-and-white comedy sketch from 1963 continues to dominate German TV viewing on New Year’s Eve, with ratings hitting a new high as the country rang in 2017.