Say hello to Amazon's new, compact smart display, the Echo Show 5. Given the success of smart home devices -- and especially smart speakers -- it's not much of a surprise that today we get yet another choice, yet another AI-enabled device. This time from the current leader in the...

Every now and then stepping away from the minutia and taking a look at the so-called "big picture" is probably a healthy thing to do. Here in Silicon Valley there's so much day-to-day go, go, go, we occasionally forget to take the time to evaluate trends. To get outside of...

The scenario is all too common and frustrating for those embarking on their smart home journey: You install a smart bulb, say one made by Philips Hue which lead the industry, in a family room ceiling light. The problem, however, is that that light fixture will always need power for...

Amazon has updated the Fire 7, its budget-friendly, entry level tablet. With 16GB and special offers (ads), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will reportedly start shipping the Fire 7 on June 6, 2019 for only $49.99. As the name implies Fire 7 features a 7" display (IPS 1024x600 @ 171ppi). In addition you...

Starting at only $399 Google's Pixel 3a smartphone line-up makes a strong case for the "less is more" crowd.

Not surprisingly, the new Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has been hard to buy. Well, actually that's not entirely true. It's actually easy to buy, and rather I should say, hard to actually get. Meaning most online retailers take Pocket 4K orders, but don't fulfill them typically for...

Well, okay then. This is not an entry level phone. A budget phone. A mid-range phone. Or just a plain old discounted phone. It's a lite flagship. Not a heavy flagship or a light flagship, but in 2019 make that, I repeat, a lite flagship. This is new marketing speak we're seen in...

Canon and Nikon move up-market with full-frame mirrorless cameras. Could this be a way to avoid the inevitable smartphone takeover of the lower end segment?

Lately I've been so caught up with the beast that is the Panasonic Lumix GH5 for shooting videos here on Stark Insider that it's easy to assume no other camera in the world matters... or even exists. Silly me! Interest in the venerable Canon EOS 80D, for instance, remains relatively...

The smartphone is devouring the stagnant DSLR camera market. Can mirrorless models save the day for Canon and others?