A combination of consumer demand and industry interest could create a wave of smart home technology and IoT disruption for home insurers in the near future. According to an NTT Data report, 59% of surveyed home carriers say they’re making “strong progress” adding smart home technology to their coverage while 77% of those carriers are […]
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Give the correct instructions and you will be able to make Google Home and Amazon Alexa talk to each other. ( Search Engine Land / YouTube screenshot ) Google Home and Amazon Echo are voice assistants that can help you in a lot of ways. You can ask them questions, tell them to play your
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Nest has been around for some time now. It has quickly become a leader in the connected home especially after Google’s acquisition of the brand back in year 2014. The company has continued to work on and release quality home products such as the Nest Thermostat, Nest Cam, and Nest Protect. The technology is even
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South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. unveiled a TV set-top box equipped with voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) system, the company said at a press conference at KT Square in Seoul on Tuesday. Its voice assistant GiGa Genie allows users to listen to music, manage schedules, get traffic information and control other Internet-connected appliances through
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Ford announced many new apps as well as AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots coming in the fall. App partners include ExxonMobil, Samsung, DriverScore, Sygic and Dash Radio. Ford SYNC works as an IBM Watson app. Ford Apps will work with Amazon Alexa. In the summer, drivers can ask Alexa questions through the steering wheel voice button. Ford
The new Nvidia Shield appears to have redeemed its past versions by fixing several flaws and adding power plus affordability to an already decent console, allowing it to compete against Amazon’s Kindle Fire TV and Roku. Featuring Android TV 5.0, Shield TV will be the perfect companion for streaming TV shows and playing games in
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Want to see customer experience in action? Just go on vacation. There’s no better time to see customer experience firsthand from a number of companies when you’re in a situation that isn’t as comfortable as being at home. However, it can also highlight outdated technology and bad practices. On a recent ski trip to Tahoe,
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way from science fiction to reality, in applications like self-driving cars, personal AI systems like Cortana, Siri, and Google Assistant, and home assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home. AI is also under some pressure from people who fear its impact on society in terms of privacy and job
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By default, saying “Alexa” near an Alexa speaker will activate the voice assistant and it will begin listening for your requests or commands. It takes some getting used to, but after a while, talking to a speaker and calling it by a human name begins to feel fairly natural. That said, if you have someone
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Advertisement This year could usher in a new era for Amazon’s in the context of AI devices as reports suggest that the Amazon Echo will dominate the AI space in 2017. In 2016, the Amazon Echo dominated the sales and ended up being one of the top selling items on Amazon.com. Now, Forrester Research’s estimates
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