The new Amazon Fire HD 8 Image: amazon By Lance Ulanoff2016-09-08 13:00:00 UTC While Apple and others are struggling a bit to interest new customers in tablets (and existing ones in upgrading the hearty devices), Amazon has been happily selling a line of extremely low-cost Android devices featuring its own Fire OS. The strategy has …
Tweet Share “Alexa” is coming to mobile — provided that mobile device is made by Amazon. Amazon today announced a new tablet, the Fire HD 8, which bears the same name as the Fire HD 8 tablet before it. The new tablet has the same eight-inch, 1280 by 800 resolution touchscreen display like its predecessor; …
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Amazon’s Fire tablets are the latest devices to get Alexa, the company’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana Amazon’s Alexa is present in millions of living rooms by way of the Echo speaker and the Fire TV. Now, Amazon’s virtual assistant is coming to tablets with new $89.99 Fire HD 8, the company announced …
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Until now, Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant—a voice controlled helper that answers questions, plays music on command, and orders diapers —has been limited to only a few devices. People needed one of Amazon’s home automation devices, the Echo and Echo Dot, or its Fire TV for streaming video, to use the sci-fi technology. But on Thursday, …
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Tado has expanded its range of home HVAC controls with the addition of a new Smart Thermostat and Smart Radiator Thermostat at IFA 2016 last week. The new radiator thermostat lets you individually control the radiator in each room, saving energy and providing a more customizable home environment. With winter approaching, Tado claims on average …
Interest in the Internet of Things appears to be increasing and security concerns might not be a deterring factor. When it comes to IoT security concerns, business executives at the top levels of organizations appear not to be as worried as those at the lower levels. Almost half (49%) of executives said they believe the …
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(Courtesy: Dell.com) Related Coverage AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than three years after going private, Round Rock-based Dell Technologies is now the world’s largest privately-controlled tech company after acquiring EMC Corporation. Last fall when Dell announced it wanted to buy EMC for $67 billion, the tech industry went into a tizzy about the repercussions from this …
Apple’s new mobile operating system, iOS 10, along with the new release of watchOS, will be arriving on September 13, the company confirmed today at its iPhone 7 press event. The updated iOS brings a number of enhancements, including the ability for Siri to work with third-party apps, so you can do things like request an …
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To no one’s surprise, “competition” was at the core of the keynote address that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler delivered at the CTIA “Super Mobility” conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Coupling it with the emerging fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology, Wheeler posed a rhetorical question. “What do we need to do seize the 5G opportunity?” he asked, …
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In a few weeks, Andy Young joins a panel to explore “Bridging the Industrial IoT Skills Gap” at the Smart Industry 2016 conference in Chicago. Today the controls engineer with Pioneer Energy chats with us about the role of young professionals working with the IIoT. Take a look… Smart Industry: What motivated you to enter …