A fresh beta update just started rolling out for the Google app, popping the version number up to 6.1. There aren’t many immediately obvious changes with this release, but it does contain a switch that will allow users to turn off trending searches in their area. But if you’re looking for some potentially exciting new …
Every top tech company has announced its interest in conversation as a way to interact with computers this year. Microsoft announced its Bot Framework, Facebook opened Messenger to developers, Google announced Allo, and Amazon keeps expanding Alexa. Until recently, one tech giant was missing: Apple. At their WWDC conference, Apple finally announced its entry into the conversational …
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| | Share 5 Tips to Successfully Plan for IT Modernization Self-service IT has been a major trend in IT circles for quite some time now, but now virtual assistants are about to transform the way IT services are delivered in a way most IT organizations never imagined. This week IPsoft previewed an Apollo …
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The new Furby Connect costs $99.99. Image: brittany herbert/mashable By Raymond Wong2016-06-30 14:38:00 UTC Just when you thought Furby couldn’t get any cuter and smarter, it has. Roughly four years after Furby underwent a modern reinvention to re-emerge with LED eyes and app-connectivity — and a cuddly Furbacca version — Hasbro has announced the Furby Connect, …
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Amazon.com, Inc. has a new update for Alexa. The virtual assistant can now enable skills simply through voice-commands. Previously, Users with Alexa-powered devices had to rummage through their phones for the Alexa app, and manually enable each skill to proceed further. Amazon has received positive feedback for its digital assistant after the retail giant began …
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Well, as they say, if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Such seems to be Amazon’s attitude about smartphones – as it jumps back into the smartphone sales game. Sort of. Jump might be too strong a word – but a toe has definitely gone in to test the waters. After the …
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Posted on June 30, 2016 Physical boundaries? Where we’re going there are no physical boundaries … at least when it comes to IoT, as industry innovations continue to challenge traditional notions of what a connected device looks like. And, yes, the landscape does seem downright “Back to the Future” inspired. Beyond the confines of smartphones, …
Posted on June 30, 2016 Oil and water. Vinegar and milk. Millennials and traditional banks. At least that’s the conventional wisdom to this point. But FIS Mobile is on a mission to change that – to shake up the way millennial consumers interact with banks – and they are enlisting a familiar millennial ally: Amazon’s …
MADISON, Wis. — In early April when UL (Underwriters Lab) launched its new cybersecurity standard, dubbed UL 2900, for the testing and certification of connected devices, reactions from the Internet of Things (IoT) market were split. On one hand, cybersecurity experts surmised that UL was in over its head. After all, the safety organization, founded …
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Alexa has been busy. One year after Amazon opened up its personal digital assistant to developers, the disembodied voice of Echo, Dot, Tap and Fire TV can now perform more than 1,400 functions, or “skills” as the e-tailer prefers. Related: Banks Race To Incorporate Alexa To mark the anniversary of its API skills kit, Amazon …