The Pebble Core is a tiny, internet-connected device that you can use as a fitness tracker, music player, or smart remote control for your other gadgets. It also has a microphone, which we were originally told was for recording voice notes on the go. But it turns out there’s another use for the mic: The …
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Pebble has revealed that its upcoming Pebble Core wearable 3G computing device will offer Amazon Alexa integration at launch, offering a number of voice-activated features. Pebble says that the Alexa features for Pebble Core will offer these voice functions, among others: Play songs, artists, and playlists from Amazon Prime Music, iHeartRadio, and more. Brief you …
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Bluetooth Smart beacon built by Krakow, Poland-based startup Estimote. (Image courtesy of Estimote). Svenn-Tore Larsen is trying to build an entire business on Bluetooth. But the company where he serves as chief executive, Nordic Semiconductor, is not using the familiar wireless standard that has found its place in everything from smartphones to headphones. Instead, the …
Optimize your Echo experience with our handy tips and fun tricks! The Amazon Echo, Amazon’s smart speaker, is taking the home automation game to another level, thanks to Alexa and the fact that “she’s” constantly learning to serve you better. If you have an Echo of your very own or are considering buying one (you …
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—At the Code conference here, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked about how important intelligent agents and machine learning will be for the future of computing, along with his thoughts on where Amazon is going, the media controversies revolving around Donald Trump and Peter Thiel, and the importance of space exploration and development. …
Push a button, order potato chips. Push another, order diapers. Really, who wants to bother with all of that tedious web browsing, let alone all of that horrid driving to the store business? It’s so much easier to just push a button and, hey, presto, the products show up on your doorstep. That’s the dream …
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Mary Meeker talks about the broader slowdown in the economy. Asa Mathat / Recode Mary Meeker paints a sobering picture that Silicon Valley may want to attention to. Everything from population growth, global economic expansion, smartphone shipments and, most importantly, the number of new Internet users has hit a wall, according to Meeker, a partner …
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Cross Sections / Science & Media A roundup of science news from around the Web — and around the world. • 30 years after leaving physics because of harassment, Margaret Wertheim explores why sexism is so hard to get rid of in science. (Aeon) Using dummies and cadavers, the U.S. military is researching how to …
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The voice-enabled intelligent speaker Google Home has received flak for being a revamped variant of Chromecast, as both the devices use the same Wi-Fi chip and microprocessor. However, it turns out Google Home is not merely a streaming device. ( Google Home ) Advertisement Google launched its voice-activated virtual assistant dubbed Google Home at the Google …
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