By Roger Parloff Illustration by Justin Metz September 28, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT Decades-old discoveries are now electrifying the computing industry and will soon transform corporate America. Over the past four years, readers have doubtlessly noticed quantum leaps in the quality of a wide range of everyday technologies. Most obviously, the speech-recognition functions on our […]
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Going Digital is the new buzzword as more and more consumers are resorting to online shopping and digital experience for the convenience and cost effectiveness it offers. The spirit industry is no exception to this prevailing trend. In a bid to offer an innovative digital experience, the leading spirits distiller Diageo plc. (DEO – Analyst
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For many people, a connected home starts with a smart thermostat. Read the review: Honeywell Lyric Honeywell recently added the Lyric T5 Wi-Fi Thermostat with a new look and a lower price point to its existing lineup of smart thermostats and other Lyric connected home products. Like the other products in the Lyric lineup, which includes water leak detection
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Have you experienced “nomophobia”: the fear of running out of power for your phone? Do you get anxiety and a sense of dread if your phone alerts you that its battery is low? Even worse, ever find yourself sitting on an airport floor next to a bathroom, because that’s the only outlet you can find
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© Amazon 28 September 2016 5:00 PM Hey Siri, jog on, yeah? Alexa’s here now and she’s got all the skills to pay the bills – and bring us pizza while she’s at it. So, who’s Alexa? She’s the new voice-activated digital assistant at the heart of the Amazon Echo, the company’s new connected speaker
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German enterprise software giant SAP has earmarked $2.2 billion for the expansion of its Internet of Things portfolio. As part of that overall effort, SAP also says it is acquiring Italian IoT firm Plat.One and Norwegian analytics software maker Fedem Technology. What’s Hot on ZDNet For starters, SAP’s $2.2 billion is part of a major
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Blackberry CEO: The smartphone market is saturated It’s the end of an era for BlackBerry. The company, famous for making cellphones with physical keyboards that were once so popular people nicknamed them Crackberries, has decided to stop making its own devices. BlackBerry said on Wednesday that it will rely on partners to manufacture the phones,
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Techstars has selected the first class for its New York-based internet of things accelerator. It’s the first program that Techstars has done with a consortium of industry partners instead of just linking up with a single, large corporate partner. For the accelerator, the first class is the culmination of a year of work putting the pieces
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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, hosts the second day of the Bosch ConnectedWorld Internet of Things event in Chicago. Part of an ongoing, collaborative effort to advance the Internet of Things (IoT), the conference continues with a focus on successful programs and real-world IoT projects in connected industry, also