Do cities in California have the right to adopt ordinances for aesthetic reasons? The answer to that question regarding the definition of public use will be decided by the state Supreme Court, who agreed unanimously yesterday according to the Chronicle that they would hear a case brought against the city of San Francisco by T-Mobile […]
× PIX11 (WPIX) now available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Alexa PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York flagship television station, today announced content from PIX11 is now available via PIX11-branded applications on several platforms including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Google’s Android TV, where PIX11 is offering news, lifestyle and
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It’s no secret that the rise of computer apps is transforming both the marketing and customer experience. One of the most intriguing developments in app development is in the area of chatbots that not only can send communications to customers but also respond “intelligently” to conversations. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Christian
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Technology providers need to focus less on the hardware and more on building software into the latest cutting edge technology already out there. Instead of talking to an avatar dog, seniors can now use cutting edge tools like Amazon’s Alexa—the tech behind some of the biggest sellers this holiday season. That’s according to Laurie Orlov, the founder of
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Next year will see widespread application of living services and a shift towards more evolved, human-centric businesses, according to a new report by Accenture subsidiary Fjord. According to the consulting firm’s design and innovation division, next year will further highlight the shift now taking place from a mobile-centric technological world to one based in real-life
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OK Google Several years ago, Amazon unveiled the Echo, a smart speaker designed to use Amazon’s Alexa AI (Artificial Intelligence) platform to help make life easier for its customers. While the Amazon Echo’s functionality was relatively basic when it was launched back in 2004, its functionality has improved significantly over the years as newer functionality and additional
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Dec 22, 2016— PRESS RELEASE: 451 Research’s latest Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things (IoT) Organizational Dynamics survey of nearly 1,000 enterprise IT buyers worldwide reveals that 71% of enterprises are gathering data for IoT initiatives today. This is a three percentage point increase from the previous quarter’s Voice of the Enterprise: IoT Workloads
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Post written by Gavin Miller Gavin Miller is Vice President & Fellow with Adobe Research, bringing computer vision and big data analytics techniques to life. Warner Brothers Prolific science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” As technology advances, what once was deemed “fantasy” begins to materialize
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Five-year-old consumer router resource Securifi hopes to bring mesh and connected-home technology to the masses with its latest iteration, the Almond 3 smart-home Wi-Fi system. Mesh platforms employ multiple routers to create a single, seamless network and eliminate dead zones. Securifi’s latest entry, a 2017 CES Innovation Award winner within the Smart Home category, accomplishes
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If the business IT market in 2016 was defined by an increased focus on cybersecurity vulnerabilities (including from the Internet of Things), cloud adoption and a shift to hyperconverged infrastructure, what does that augur for 2017? Often, predictions about the year ahead are untethered from the year that was, and do not have much of
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