T9 — the old text input from our trusty Nokia phones from the 1990s — is one of those throwbacks.
Direction 9 is a startup that is eager to introduce it to your television, so you can use the directional pad on your remote to enter text.
They showed it off at CES, and… I’d be extremely surprised if it ever makes much headway.
You have to focus up and down, and you can’t do blind typing,” explains Leon Chang, founder at Direction 9.
It seems unlikely that they’d be willing to add 20-50% to its cost just to add a new text input as a feature.
As 2023 draws to a close, we reflect on some of our favorite apps that made everyday life a little easier this year.
While flashy new AI apps and rival social networks were grabbing headlines, sometimes the most useful innovations fly under the radar.
The apps on our best-of list may not have arrived in 2023, but they became daily staples that streamlined our work or brought small moments of joy.
PSPlay makes it easy — it’s Remote Play on the go, as advertised.
Beyond that, it delivers features that Sony’s official Remote Play app doesn’t, like support for third-party controllers, picture-in-picture mode and screen capture — making it well worth the $5.99 price.
6 work from home gifts for remote workers in 2023 A gift guide for remote workers, by a remote worker, because the WFH life is here to stayAccording to WFHResearch, 40% of US employees work remotely at least one day a week.
Here are my six work from home essentials to gift the remote worker in your life.
While that may be a bit dramatic, a ring light is an easy way to help any remote worker look more professional on camera.
To add a little light to a remote worker’s life (quite literally), I suggest LUXSURE’s selfie ring light.
I suggest gifting an ergonomic mouse, like Logitech’s Lift Vertical Ergonomic Mouse.
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