January 5, 2017 —Some Ford drivers may soon be able to use their voice to adjust the thermostat in their home, add an item to their shopping list, or open their garage. Ford Motors Co. announced Thursday it has teamed up with Amazon to bring its digital-voice assistant to models with Ford’s latest SYNC feature, which […]
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Having trouble viewing the video? Try disabling any ad blocking extensions currently running on your browser. DALLAS (CNN) — It was either a late Christmas present or an unfunny prank. Megan Neitzel couldn’t figure out why an expensive dollhouse and four pounds of sugar cookies were delivered to her Dallas home. She didn’t order either.
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Salt Lake City — (KUTV) From CES in Las Vegas, Chet Pipkin, founder, chairman and CEO of Belkin International, visited with Fresh Living about great options for whole home Wi-Fi. For more information, visit linksys.com. Chet Pipkin is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Belkin International based in Playa Vista, in the heart of Los
Although CES formally opens today, press and analysts have already endured a day and a half of press conferences and mini-exhibitions. While CES will include almost every consumer product under the sun, there are themes and trends that emerge every year as the industry shifts around new technologies, business models, and consumer trends. As a
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A pedestrian passes in front of the new Amazon Go grocery store in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg In the midst of the year’s busiest shopping season, Amazon.com Inc. surprised some with one of its next-gen commerce announcements. Amazon Go, which promises to eliminate the checkout altogether, generated headlines
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Comments Print (Sense) The Sense device analyzes a home’s energy consumption. Sense Labs Inc., a Cambridge startup developing an Internet-connected home electricity monitor, has added robotic vacuum maker iRobot as an investor, raising another $1 million to help expand manufacturing and sales. The new cash adds modestly to the roughly $14 million investment round the
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Last year, Triby became the first non-Amazon product to integrate Alexa functionality. But what, you’re no doubt asking, has the company done for you lately? After all, since that announcement, countless other products have followed suit, and these days we’re up to our necks in voice-controlled vacuum cleaners and refrigerators, right? At this year’s CES,
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A bustling Las Vegas has been hosting the 50th edition of the Consumer Electronics Show. It is the first major hi-tech exhibition of the year and is bigger than ever with a record breaking exhibit space of more than 300,000 square metres. Visit us at the #CES2017 – The Consumer Electronics Show opens Thursday in
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Even in the tiniest of apartments, your most precious possessions somehow vanish when you need them most. In a bid to make messy people slightly less late, TrackR has announced a new range of item locator tags. The TrackR pixel tag is its new keyring-like device, allowing you to track any item within your home
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Location tag company TrackR has outed its latest, smallest, and most affordable trackers yet, the TrackR pixel and TrackR wallet 2.0. Revealed ahead of CES 2017 this week, the two new gadgets each use Bluetooth to link to a nearby smartphone. If you walk away from your keys, or can’t find your TV remote, or
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