It needs better voice controls and a virtual assistant, something it could gain from its recent acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Viv Labs. Even more than any single phone, Samsung needs to take a look at its entire lineup and find opportunities to woo buyers. It has been a leader in virtual reality through its partnership with Facebook's Oculus, and this could be the time to improve its VR headset or figure out what to do in augmented reality. (Just think of the popularity of Pokemon Go, an AR game that overlays a digital world on top of the real world.).

And Samsung needs to make its devices work together better, something that seems to be an eternal problem for the company, It owns all of the pieces of electronics puzzle: TVs, home appliances, mobile devices, Now it needs to put them together, The first evidence of that could come in early January at CES, geo / yellow iphone case CES marks the first big event for Samsung following the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, How will it respond?, Samsung has been lying low this holiday season, And for good reason, You'd want to keep your head down, too, if the year ended as poorly for you as it did for Samsung..

Looks lovely, doesn't it?. You have to claim a certain level of creativity. Who cannot be bewitched, therefore, by a dish being served at very upscale San Francisco restaurant Quince?. It's called "A Dog In Search Of Gold" and I fear the less polite might wonder what the person who invented this delicacy was in search of at the time. My own guess is either art or publicity. Or, perhaps, both. For this dish involves white truffle croquettes with a slight twist. They're reportedly being served on iPads that feature a video of water dogs on the hunt for truffles.

How very imaginative, you might think, Or how very San Francisco, Or even how very, thoroughly nauseating, An image of the dish was tweeted by local chef Richie Nakano on Tuesday, Although I'm sure it tastes delicious -- Quince has three Michelin stars -- some might think it has all the visual edification of expectorating in church, It's tempting to see serving such a thing as an example of precisely the excess for which San Francisco is currently renowned -- excess geo / yellow iphone case of hubris, excess of sanctimoniousness and excess of tastelessness..

Michael Tusk, chef and owner of Quince, told me he never set out to capture a younger audience, but "really to work on fun collaborations and have a humorous or whimsical start to the meal."But what about the hygienic aspect? Tusk told me: "The iPad slips in and out of the box and we designed a sheath that is cleaned after each order. The food does not directly sit on top of the iPad at all.""The iPads are removable and sit on top of cleanable screen that is sanitized after every order," he added.