This $100 minimalistic dock houses an iOS or Android phone in landscape mode on the top, and recharging is done via your own USB cable -- you get a 2.1A port and a 1A port on the back. But it's really all about the companion app: Once paired up over Bluetooth, you can preset Beddi's three physical buttons to either call an Uber taxi, toggle a Spotify playlist, control the temperature on your Nest or switch on a Philips Hue light. Some of these can even be automated according to your desired schedule.
Microsoft will roll out the new music streaming service to many customers on Tuesday as part of an update to the Xbox gaming console
he service will let users stream more than 30 million tracks worldwide across Microsoft's ecosystem of Windows 8 mobile devices and PCs, as well as the Xbox. Think of it as Microsoft's in-house version of Spotify.
The Redmond, Washington-based software maker is in talks
with major record companies for the needed rights, and plans to
begin service later this year, said the people, who asked not to
be identified because the discussions aren’t complete.