Soon, you will be able to speak to your iPhone about how you want your latte, then find your prepaid drink waiting at a nearby Starbucks. And if you have a go-to drink, you can just ask Alexa to order one up for you. The voice-interface craze reached a new height when Starbucks Corp. announced […]
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Tech LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 18: A collection of venti sized Starbucks take away cups on February 18, 2016 in London, England. Yesterday Action on Sugar announced the results of tests on 131 hot drinks which showed that some contained over 20 teaspoons of sugar. The NHS recommends a maximum daily intake of seven teaspoons
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The Voice Purchasing function of Amazon’s Alexa speakers is meant to be a convenience to users, allowing them order practically anything from Amazon without lifting a finger. When it works as intended, it’s a rather helpful feature, even if it can sometimes feel a little more complicated than just whipping out a phone or laptop
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has delivered a rapid transformation under CEO Satya Nadella. After his first few weeks as CEO, Nadella described a Mobile First, Cloud First vision on which strategic and organizational decisions would be evaluated. He has stuck to that vision ever since and the results are dramatic. No longer is “mobile” defined by a
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Silicon Labs acquires Zentri Silicon Labs has acquired Zentri, an innovator in cloud-connected Wi-Fi technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT). Zentri helps customers worldwide securely connect and manage products across a range of industrial, commercial and consumer applications. Zentri provides combinations of modules, embedded and cloud software, APIs and other tools for rapid development
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Just few days after admitting its mobile success has created a new challenge, Starbucks Corp (SBUX) is taking its mobile game to the next level by adding a virtual assistant to the Starbucks app. (See also: Starbucks: A Victim of its Own Innovation?) The virtual assistant feature, called My Starbucks Barista, allows customers to place
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Limited rollout for now Today, Starbucks Ais that it is hopping on the voice assistant bandwagon with the introduction of a virtual barista in its mobile ordering app. The Seattle-based coffee giant is now letting peoples and companies to place orders for food and beverage items by issuing voice commands in a manner similar to
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Tweet Share Post With the explosion of Alexa-powered devices popping up everywhere, it isn’t much of a stretch to envision a future full of devices that are eager to have a conversation with us. Devices that are driven by artificial intelligence and woven into the fabric of our everyday lives — standing by to fulfill
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Let’s face it: We all want a smarter, more efficient home that can do the hard work for us — at our command — even while we’re away. Here are five new smart home products will get us a lot closer to that technological dream in 2017: The smart air conditioner Noria is a new product
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A smart home gadget that cannot be set up in 20 minutes will be returned to the store. This guest post is by Neil Lakomiak, business development manager, UL Building and Life Safety Technologies. It has been lightly edited and reposted from the “Inside UL” blog by permission. Connected-home devices are projected to grow at
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