Trey Pascador, Author at Padtronics

Motorola Partners With Amazon To Integrate Alexa AI On Its Smartphones

Tech The Moto Z will be among the Motorola’s first smartphones to implement Amazon’s Alexa AI digital assistant. (Photo : Marques Brownlee / YouTube) On Sunday, Feb. 26, at a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of the Mobile World Congress conference, Lenovo-owned Motorola announced that it will implement Amazon Alexa AI assistant on some […]

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For a smart and connected home

South Korean outfit Samsung has unveiled a suite of smart home appliances that combine elegant design and functionality, writes Izwan Ismail. A TOTALLY new smart-tech experience. That’s what Samsung promises as it showcased an exciting lineup of new innovative products for the Southeast Asia market at the recent Samsung SEA Forum 2017 in Singapore. The

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Dell Accelerates IoT Adoption with New Edge Gateway for Small Spaces

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress From 18-wheelers to heater cabinets, grocery refrigeration and remote oil rigs, Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series helps keeps truckers safe, food fresh and processes efficient Robust design allows customers to activate secure analytics at the edge of the network Incorporates industrial-grade capabilities at a maker

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Google Assistant Is Now Available To Many Android Phones

Google’s voice-based digital assistant will soon be available to many latest versions of an Android operating system. Till today, Google’s Assistant was only available on the Company’s own Pixel phones. The update, like Siri which is available on iPhones, help users to interact with the apps and ask questions. LG was one of the first smartphone manufacturers

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Visa Expands Global Payments, Partners with IBM Watson on IoT

Visa expands mVisa QR code payments and announces a new Visa Everywhere initiative in Europe. BARCELONA—Visa is widening its global payments capabilities, announcing its mVisa QR-based payment service will be available in seven new countries to provide simple, secure e-commerce transactions. The company also announced here at Mobile World Congress that it will be kicking

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On a clear IoT day, you can see data forever and evermore

It doesn’t matter whether a grower or food packing facility is 5 or 5,000 miles away from Megan Arnold’s office at Robinson Fresh, because within seconds her food safety analysis can begin with pinpointed data at the tips of her fingers. A decade ago, the food sourcing sister to C.H. Robinson, a third-party global logistics

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5 Things Partners Need To Know About Dell's New 3000 IoT Gateway

Gateway To Partner Growth Dell is adding a new product to its Internet of Things (IoT) gateway portfolio as the company tries to engage more with its partner base at the vertical market level. The new Gateway 3000, which is targeted for both fixed and mobile use cases requiring smaller sensor networks, tight spaces, and

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Google Assistant expands to more Android phones, smart home, and wearables

The Google Assistant has come a long way. We still remember calling it as ‘The Google Assistant‘. Yes, with emphasis on ‘The’. Actually, it’s been ready for years and back then, we’ve been saying that it would beat Siri. Google has been working on integration and getting accelerated development but through the years, we called

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Google Assistant Rolling Out To Android Marshmallow, Nougat Devices Starting This Week

One of the best features of the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones is the Google Assistant, Google’s own voice-activated assistant that competes with Apple’s Siri. With today’s announcement however, it looks like Google Assistant will be available on more devices starting this week. The great thing about Google Assistant is that it allows users to

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Smart Home Hubs: Will They Control Retail?

Amidst the growing interest in smart home hubs and in smart technology, an article in Forbes.com poses an interesting theory. Currently, retailers and consumers are most interested in how Internet of things devices, particularly wearables, will help to drive the customer experience. The article points out that this ignores looking at how the Internet of

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