BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — With the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) within the past few years, predictions range from between 28 billion to more than 50 billion connected devices by 2020. These days, nearly any device can be connected to the Internet, from cars, watches and baby monitors to light switches, clothing and even …
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Hampshire, UK – 1st November 2016: A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected home appliance shipments is set to reach 202 million globally by 2021, rising from just 17 million in 2016. It argued that with the additional cost of including basic connectivity now less than $10, hardware manufacturers …
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Merchandising slogans like ‘intelligent home’ and ‘automated home’ have been banded around since the 1964 New York World’s Fair. In recent times, these have become increasingly difficult to decode. Despite the unprecedented potential of smart home technology, when faced with the prospect of AI butlers and networking kitchens, it’s easy to see why even the …
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The Allseen Alliance earlier this month merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation with plans to operate under the OCF name in working towards interoperability in the “internet of things” market through open source software frameworks and standards. IoT interoperability is a hot topic at conferences around the world, with the forecast billions of forthcoming IoT devices …
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The threat rising interest rates pose to financing has kept a lid on small-cap returns. However, some small-cap technology stocks have rallied significantly this year. While no one knows if these fast-growing small companies will continue to reward investors next year, these three stocks are winning new business in big markets ripe for disruption, and …
A map shows internet outages caused by the Oct. 21 DDoS attack. (Courtesy of DownDetector) A massive cyberattack on Oct. 21 hit Dyn, a domain registration service provider, and temporarily shut down several major websites including Twitter, Netflix and Reddit. Hackers used what’s called a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, to knock out the …
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By Julie Jacobson · October 31, 2016 Google Home, the smart home hub that could put Amazon Echo (Alexa) to shame, was announced recently with a new speech-recognition engine called Google Assistant. At the same time, the company introduced the Pixel mobile phone with the new voice-control platform onboard. (Assistant is not available for other …
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The Amazon Alexa voice user interface creates a variety of new use cases for internet of things devices. Enterprises… Sign in for existing members Step 2 of 2: By submitting your personal information, you agree that TechTarget and its partners may contact you regarding relevant content, products and special offers. You also agree that your …
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Last week, Paradox-owned White Wolf announced a partnership with interactive audio drama producer Earplay to produce an “interactive audio experience” set in White Wolf’s World of Darkness universe. Earplay’s work is intriguing because the company has basically set itself up as a purveyor of playable audio drama, and this project is especially notable for game devs because it’s …
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More than 400 students competed to create new apps and products in 36-hour hackathon By Sarah Nightingale on October 31, 2016 Share this article: Participants demonstrate their work at Citrus Hack 2016, a hackathon organized by students in UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — It took 400 students just two sleepless nights …
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