(Credit: Shutterstock) The Internet of Things crashed into the old Internet on Oct 21st, and it wasn’t pretty. A specialized but fairly simple bit of malware known as Mirai was used to cause huge numbers of simple Internet-connected devices (cameras, home routers, baby monitors, etc.) to flood the infrastructure of a service provider called Dyn. […]
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Shutterstock photo The world around us is moving towards pervasive connectivity, and as a result, any connected device can be a potential Point of Sale (PoS). This is exactly what the new initiative by IBM and Visa intends to accomplish, by combining “the business of the Internet of Things with the technology of the Internet
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The $200m Watson IoT Centre in Munich Image: IBM IBM has opened a $200m global headquarters for Watson Internet of Things in Munich, Germany. The centre will be home to what IBM is calling “cognitive collaboratories” with Avnet, BMW, BNP Paribas, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra – where they will work with IBM to identify opportunities
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The Internet of Healthy Things (IoHT): Now we can start to take control of our own health regimes and live better. Image credit: Medelinked This is a contributed post written by Jas Singh in his role as chief technology officer for mobile & online health platform company Medelinked. The organization aims to empower people to take control
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The Amazon Alexa enabled devices have had the ability to buy stuff with voice commands since launch and now Google is adding the feature to Google Home. Google Home now allows you to buy stuff from their range of Google Express retailers using voice commands. What do you need to get done today? If picking
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Credit: Public Domain It’s no wonder titans of tech are locked in an epic battle of the bots, racing furiously to produce the best virtual assistant. Their respective help-bots – Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana – promise consumers one of the most valuable commodities in the world: free time. Thanks to
Last month, I published a list of 25 reasonably helpful queries you could ask your Amazon Alexa device. But, really, who needs helpful when there’s silly, ridiculous, nerdy, or just plain fun? So, this time, I have 18 Alexa tricks, and I promise none of them are even the slightest bit useful. 1) Alexa, make
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Yesterday was our Connected Consumer Summit, where we brought together a wide variety of brands with key thought leaders from the mobile marketing world and beyond to explore and discuss the cutting edge of connected life, and how marketers can embrace the latest advancements in technology, from AI to the Internet of Things. Mobile no
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Advertisement Amazon Alexa, the intelligent voice assistant function on the Echo speaker is supposed to be a convenience for people to help them shop through voice commands. However, not only adults but also technology savvy kids are able to instruct Alexa and able to purchase stuff. Kids are using Alexa through the Amazon Echo speaker to order whatever
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The global Internet of Things devices market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 4 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to a new report from market research firm Technavio. In a press release highlighting the new report, Technavio said the global IoT devices market size is forecast to reach $1.37 billion by
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