Source:lifehacker.com Twitter has added another feature for “lazy” twitter users who are reluctant to scroll and read their tweets. The app is called Amazon Alexa. What this means is that from today being the launch date, your tweets can be read out to you on any Alexa enabled device or through your Echo speaker. You …
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Apple’s $159 AirPods wireless headphones.AP The star of last week’s Apple event was clearly the iPhone 7, the Cupertino titan’s latest, greatest, and most headphone jack-less invention. But Apple also gave us a tantalizing glimpse at a possible future for computing in the form of the AirPods — a $159 pair of wireless earbuds that …
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Left to right, Commissioner Chris Carr; Mayor Karsm Reed; Krishna Mikkilineni, Honeywell senior vice president; Gov. Nathan Deal; Terrence Hahn, CEO and president of Honeywell Home and Building Solutions; and ‘Bud’ Peterson, president of Georgia Tech With 53 percent of its sales coming from outside of the U.S. last year and a presence in 1,250 …
Amazon’s voice platform, Alexa, is no one-trick pony. In fact, she just added new skills to her repertoire: She can now order you food or an Uber, and she can even find your lost phone. She can help you pay your mortgage on time, too, and offer special deals that only she has access to. Plus, soon, she’ll …
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Verizon has been busy building a diverse Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio that includes sensors used on farms as well as on city streets. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced it is buying Sensity Systems for an undisclosed sum. Sensity, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has focused on using energy-efficient LED lighting to help cities build …
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Razer CEO and co-founder Min-Liang Tan at TechCrunch Disrupt 2016. Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images Razer might be best known for high end gaming hardware and lightning fast peripherals, but the company is now ready to expand from its core business into everything from the Internet of Things, to Virtual and Augmented Reality, to robotics …
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As companies in industries from finance to health care race toward a digital future, the pace of data-driven business transformation is accelerating. But all too often, existing IT infrastructure still struggles to keep up. Fed by the Internet of Things (IoT) and the daily transactions of a digital era, data is the heartbeat of business …
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Verizon is moving from telephone poles to street lighting poles with its latest acquisition to bolster its Internet of things business. The telecom giant has been looking for new growth areas around connected smart devices—including water meters, self-driving cars, and drones—as some of its traditional markets slow. On Monday, Verizon said it was buying privately-held …
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Staff Report Will a fight break out over who’s responsible for securing data? Maybe. Will companies start taking security seriously? Not sure. Will design engineers need to address security before corporate management? A key component of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is the cloud; that group of services …
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| Share | Share | Share | Share Saft has announced it will be at InnoTrans 2016 to launch C.O.M.M. Batt, its first ever Internet Of Things (IoT) service for nickel-based onboard batteries. The new service now enables rail operators to realize the benefits of predictive maintenance planning for their backup batteries based on remote, real-time monitoring e.g. …
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