Election Day has come and gone without the big internet attack that the experts forecasted after the Oct. 21 outage of over 1,000 websites. But take no comfort. Many bigger — and more annoying — attacks are on the way. It is only a matter of time. To understand why, and possibly how and where …
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Google Home is a lovely prison for Google Assistant. Perhaps Google’s new assistant should be asking for help instead of offering it. special feature How to Automate the Enterprise One of today’s biggest opportunities for IT to make an impact is by automating business processes, manufacturing, repetitive tasks, and more. We delve into examples and …
Posted on November 9, 2016 Shopping for Alexa skills, or capabilities that enable customers to interact with devices in a more intuitive fashion, has been made easier to do now that Amazon has given the skills marketplace an overhaul. Examples of skills for those who aren’t familiar include getting your Alexa-enabled device to play music, answer …
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LABÈGE, France AND KYOTO, Japan, November 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of a global communication solution powering the Internet of Things (IoT), and its partner KYOCERA Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (KCCS) announced the nationwide roll-out of the Sigfox network in Japan – the world’s third largest IoT market. The partnership …
9 November 2016 Qorvo expands capabilities of voice-activated, smart home assistants Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) says that the GP712 radio chip (which expands the ability of consumers to control smart home networks with spoken commands) is now …
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Erick Gomez has developed a new piece of hardware called Remotsy, which as the name suggests has been created to provide wireless remote support for Amazon’s Alexa and Samsung SmartThings home automation system. Watch the video below to learn more about the inspiration behind Remotsy, and how the new WiFi remote control can enhance your …
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Si tu coche pudiese hablar, ¿qué diría? Gracias a una colaboración entre ZTE y Mojio, desbloquear los datos ocultos de su coche ya es posible con SyncUP DRIVE™ de T-Mobile. SHENZHEN, China, 9 de noviembre de 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), un importante proveedor internacional de soluciones de telecomunicaciones, empresa y tecnología de …
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ZDNet LISBON, PORTUGAL: The Internet of Things (IoT) doesn’t have to be, and should not be, the Internet of “all things” if we are going to use our smart devices to stay safe. According to Adam Sager, chief executive officer of smart indoor security device maker Canary, running a truly “smart” home in this day …
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The thing about the Internet of Things, says Cees Links, is that “it’s very thingy.” It’s not that Links, a pioneer of the wireless data industry, doesn’t see the connection between the Internet of Things and the things themselves, but all the focus on the actual devices, he says, is missing the point and making …
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) has announced the release of a conforming Thread mesh networking stack that has successfully passed testing based on the Thread 1.1 technical specification. Developers using the new Thread 1.1-conforming stack running on Silicon Labs’ wireless SoCs and wireless modules can submit their Thread-enabled products for conformance testing using Thread …