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The Google Assistant is already pretty great at a certain number of tasks, including Google Searches, playing media, setting reminders and more. But, the real power of any AI assistant right now is in the third-party integration, which is where Amazon’s Alexa has had a lot of movement. Google is looking to catch up with
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Letting developers onto the Google Assistant platform will help it compete with Amazon Alexa. Google gave third-party developers their first portal into the Google Home virtual assistant on Thursday: the ability to make their artificial intelligence carry on conversations with Google Home users. In a jab at Amazon, whose competing Alexa virtual assistant offers third-party
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What’s hot and what’s not in holiday tech? Depends who you ask. Hitwise, a division of Connexity that tracks online searches, said Fitbit was the most sought-after tech product last week, and No. 2 among all holiday items behind Hatchimals. Tech in fact dominates Hitwise’s Top 10 chart for the seven days ended Dec. 3,
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Rise Bar, a challenger brand in the multi-billion dollar nutrition bar industry, lays down a new challenge by being the first in the category to launch an Amazon Alexa skill. “Rise Above” provides healthy lifestyle tips to eat simply and rise above in sport, business and life. Rise Bar
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Google Assistant and, therefore Google Home and the Pixel, are about to become way, way smarter. That’s because Google officially launched its Google Assistant API on Thursday, which will allow developers to build support right into their apps and services. According to Ars Technica, Google’s API works a bit differently than Amazon. To tap into a third-party
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Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Amazon’s IoT Strategy: A Force to Be Reckoned With Amazon has gradually rolled out parts of its IoT offerings in the last year, but these are just the tip of the iceberg. In addition to optimizing their back-end AWS offerings, Amazon is laying the ground
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D&H Distributing, the leading North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, announces it has seen category growth of 50% and higher in several key categories—despite the uninspiring performance of the general distribution market this year. D&H reports sales gains of 77% in IoT solutions (e.g., smart home and Wi-Fi- or Bluetooth-connected products); 52% in
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D&H Distributing, the leading North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, announces it has seen category growth of 50% and higher in several key categories—despite the uninspiring performance of the general distribution market this year. D&H reports sales gains of 77% in IoT solutions (e.g., smart home and Wi-Fi- or Bluetooth-connected products); 52% in
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Bluetooth 5 continues to evolve to adequately meet the requirements of IoT developers and consumers, at the same time keeping true to its core of being the global wireless standard.(Photo: David Becker/Getty Images) News of the Bluetooth 5 started in June 2016. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially unveiled the Bluetooth 5, which boasts
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