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Popular Posts: Recent Posts: Quick: Which tech company would be your pick to pile on the connected home speaker bandwagon? With the surprise success of the Alexa-powered Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Echo, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) joined the fray with Google Home. The spotlight was then on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), but Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) unexpectedly beat Apple […]

Telstra has announced that Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC)’s outgoing chief strategy officer for South East-Asia and Oceania Hakan Eriksson will be joining the telco as its new chief technology officer. Prior to his most recent post as regional CSO, Eriksson was Ericsson’s Australia and New Zealand CEO for four years following a nine-year stint

Ordering a pizza has never been easier.  Now all hungry patrons have to do is merely mouth phrases such as “Alexa, open Pizza Hut” or “Alexa, ask Pizza Hut for a pizza” to place an order.  A request to “ask Pizza Hut” (or “open,” “tell,” or “use”) will enable the skill — that is, Alexa’s built-in

“The technology is applicable in one-to-one conversations such as a traveller getting information from a concierge, one-to-many interactions such as a tour guide speaking to a throng of tourists, and many-to-many communications such as multiple immigrants sharing experiences in a support group”, explains Microsoft in a blog post. “Premium audio meets your personal assistant” is

The smart home is set to be one of the most disruptive technology markets yet, but the biggest immediate battle is between the principles of open platforms versus proprietary. Although this may sound an esoteric debate, the decision has far reaching implications for the market…  Author: Thomas Rockman – Vice President Connected Home Deutsche Telekom

In line with recent rumors that Microsoft is going to harness the ubiquity of Windows and the smarts of Cortana to compete with Google and Amazon in the smart home niche, the tech giant has now opened its AI assistant to third-party developers and device makers. This way Cortana can be integrated into a plethora