If you can’t beat ‘em, might as well join ‘em. At an event today in New York City, Sonos announced that they’re going to be adding compatibility with Amazon’s Alexa voice control and compatibility with Spotify Connect. Today’s event didn’t feature any brand new Sonos hardware, but instead, the announced Alexa support will be available […]
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For those tech-savvy (or tech-interested) folks looking to soak up the last days (and rays) of summer before Chicago weather takes a turn, it’s not too late to hit up one of the city’s best rooftop spots. In particular, you can hit a rooftop tech social at the Godfrey. Ready for back to school season? Put on
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Nest reader comments 28 Share this story Just three months after Nest co-founder Tony Fadell left the company and new CEO Marwan Fawaz took over, Alphabet’s troubled smart home division, Nest, is apparently experiencing another shakeup. According to a report from Fortune, Google is “absorbing” Nest’s software engineers in order to form a “unified Internet
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The term, Internet of Things (IoT) is something we see in virtually every business article attached to inflated adjectives that will make any executive’s head spin. And while some of this conversation is hyperbole, restaurant and bar owners would be remiss to ignore the trends. When used effectively and if implemented along a clear roadmap,
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Is the air conditioning turning you into a popsicle? Is the television too loud? Are you hankering for a midnight snack? Don’t just sit there. Tell your hotel room. Aloft hotels, a brand of Starwood, has unveiled a new service that is straight from the future: voice-activated guest rooms. Aptly-named Project Jetson, the high-tech rooms
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ADLINK, a leading global provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and communications platforms, and Wind River today announced the establishment of joint lab facilities in Shanghai, China and San Jose, CA, US, to promote the adoption of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The Research & Development centers will feature Wind River Titanium Server software running
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Sonos Adds Third-Party Integration for Voice Control and Connected Home By Rachel Cericola What could make Sonos even better? Voice integration, of course. That’s actually happening, thanks to a partnership between the multi-room audio manufacturer and Amazon’s Alexa service. But wait — there’s more. At an event in Manhattan earlier today, the company was talking
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Next generation smart devices and holographic tour guides tested at 4 billion yuan headquarters in Shenzhen. Just across the border from Hong Kong in southern China, two gleaming towers of glass and steel are rising in a city long known for its manufacturing prowess. This is the new headquarters for Tencent Holdings Ltd., a $599 million project aimed
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Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz Nest Alphabet is breaking up Nest, its standalone smart-home gadgets company, and moving Nest’s software group back into Google. Nest Labs will continue to exist as a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, continuing to develop Nest-branded hardware such as its internet-connected thermostat. But dozens of Nest programmers making the move will go after
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If you can’t beat them, partner with them. Sonos, a maker of connected speakers, and Amazon announced at an event Tuesday that users will soon be able to control Sonos speakers with their voices, as the industry leaders have partnered to integrate the software of Sonos and Alexa, Amazon’s smart home voice assistant. Sonos’s reputation
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