Sears cuts century-old ties with Whirlpool and will stop selling its appliances

Sears cuts century-old ties with Whirlpool  11:58 AM ET Tue, 24 Oct 2017 | 00:53 Sears Holdings is cutting its century-old ties with Whirlpool and will no longer sell the company’s products, which include Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air subsidiaries, according to an internal Sears memo sent to stores last week. The memo was reviewed by CNBC. “Whirlpool has sought … Read more

Towson residents might have little recourse for power outage that fried appliances

  Mary Munoz woke up in the wee hours of Sept. 23 after hearing a loud crack. After realizing the power was out in her Rich Hill Road home, in Stoneleigh, she went to check on her son, Tomas, before returning to bed. In that moment, she was unaware that the outage, which also cut … Read more

Connected Refrigerators Dominate the Global Smart Kitchen Appliances Market

 A new analysis by Verify Markets shows the Global Smart Kitchen Appliances Market was valued at $371 million in 2016 and is expected to reach over $2 billion by 2023, growing at a double-digit CAGR during the forecast period. Currently, smart refrigerators dominate the market with more than 50 percent of the market share. Refrigerators were among … Read more

Children enthral audience with traditional beats

The first batch of students from Vadhya Vidhyalayam gave their first public performance of panchavadhyam and pancharimelam — traditional orchestra forms of Kerala — at the Mahalingapuram Ayyappan Guruvayurappan temple on Saturday. Their performance left the audience enthralled and asking for more. “I never knew that he would be so interested in this art form … Read more

Learn, compare, deal on appliances

Unless you’re an expert in spin cycles, buying an appliance could leave you dizzy. To make the process easier, here are answers to the appliance-buying questions you’ll probably ponder, from “When should I buy?” to “Do I really need a warranty?” REPAIR OR REPLACE? People with existing appliances have two options: repair or replace. You … Read more

SEC Reveals Data Breach Caused By Software Application Vulnerability

Printer-friendly versionEmail this CRN article Another data breach has taken advantage of application vulnerabilities in a major organization, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed a data breach that exploited a software vulnerability in its database filing application. In a public statement Wednesday, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said the organization detected an intrusion by attackers in … Read more

How to turn off Bixby Home

Bixby Home is woken up with a press of the dedicated Bixby button on the Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8’s side, or by swiping in from the left of the home screen. Thus turning off Bixby Home is a two-stage process: 1. Deactivate the Bixby Home button 2. Deactivate the Bixby Home screen To turn … Read more

Hitachi Vantara Unveils New Turnkey IoT Appliance, Powered by Lumada Software

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), today unveiled a new appliance for internet of things (IoT) deployments: Hitachi IoT Appliance, powered by Lumada, Hitachi’s IoT platform. Delivered as a turnkey system, the appliance’s “hyperconverged meets microservices” architecture combines Hitachi’s best-in-class storage and compute with industry-leading networking technologies and comes fully integrated with … Read more