The Amazon Echo is a pretty mundane looking gadget. But wait, in case you’re new to Komando.com, let me explain. The Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. You tell Alexa to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask. The Echo is […]
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So, in the last installment of this series on the messaging protocol MQTT, we installed the Mosquitto MQTT broker. Now we’ll test it which we’re going to do on the same machine that Mosquitto is running on. First, you’re going to need to install the Mosquitto client tools: sudo apt-get install mosquitto-clients Now, let’s run
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A South Korean pedestrian walks by a Samsung sign in Seoul. (Getty) Samsung is planning to launch a digital personal assistant that is powered by artificial intelligence. The new AI personal assistant will likely make its debut on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8. As for when we’ll get an official look at Samsung’s next flagship
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In a surprising turn of events, LG’s flagship phone for this year will become the first non-Google phone that will possess the Google Assistant. Also, the feature has been criticized for not having much of a purpose. However, that has now changed because the digital assistant now has the ability to remember things for Allo,
Back when I was a kid in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the best way to get stuff done on a computer was with the Microsoft DOS command prompt — a text-based operating system for computers that looks positive antiquated today. It looked like this: c:/elitehacker/hacktheplanet.txt Wikipedia This so-called “command line” interface has a
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The baby is sick, and Mom is overwhelmed. She’s trying to call her doctor, researching symptoms online, and all while attempting to comfort a crying baby in pain. Few experiences in raising a newborn are as challenging or as frustrating as this one, and yet it’s something every parent faces sooner or later. The task
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Probably the most hyped up smartphone in the corner in 2017, LG G6 is not be toyed with. Even months from its official unveiling next month, the South Korean company’s next flagship iteration is already packed with game-changing features and specifications. And if those are not enough to jazz up its imminent launching, the forthcoming
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