Brillo Rebrands as Android Things Fascination with technological advancements is a facet that we all likely share here at XDA. With each new generation of Android devices, most companies push incremental changes to their hardware line-up. Some, however, take a leap of faith and introduce new devices that test our imaginations to their very limits. […]
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When talking about Automation 4.0 or Internet of Things, it is never an easy job that can be accomplished by a single technical people, a task force or even a company. The IT people needs to learn Modbus, PLC logic, low level C language for I/O control and the OT people needs to know about
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At long last, Microsoft has set a public target of bringing consumer devices—that aren’t PCs—to market in 2017 with its personal digital assistant, Cortana, inside of them. Today, Microsoft announced a way to challenge Amazon’s Alexa-powered Dot and Echo devices, as well as Google’s Google Home. Microsoft’s New Devices SDK will allow to power a
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A vulnerability in some popular Netgear routers has gone unpatched for months. Left unchecked, it leaves thousands of home networking devices exposed to full control by hackers, who can then ensnare them in havoc-wreaking botnets. While Netgear has finally released a tentative fix for some models, the delays and challenges in patching all of them
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The Daily Beast launched a new version of its iOS app today, incorporating one of the IAC-owned news site’s main features — the Cheat Sheet, which provides brief (150 to 200 word) summaries of the day’s top stories. The Cheat Sheet gets prominent placement in the app. In fact, it’s now one of two main sections, along
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Microsoft announced a few new Cortana features today, including a Skills Kit and a Devices SDK. This adds on top of other recent developments, such as Cortana working on IoT devices and supporting far-field speech communication. The Skills Kit seems to do the exact same thing that Amazon’s Alexa skills do. Examples that Microsoft provides
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[embedded content] Subscribe on YouTube Brookfield Residential, a real estate company based in Virginia, announced this week that it’s gearing up to begin offering brand new homes powered entirely by Amazon’s voice-activated platform, Alexa. Unveiled during AWS re:Invent 2016, Brookfield Residential’s Smart Home — as the firm is calling it — serves as the very first
December 13, 2016 – By mmahotstuff AlarmCom Hldg Inc (NASDAQ:ALRM) Ratings Coverage Out of 11 analysts covering Alarm.com Holdings (NASDAQ:ALRM), 8 rate it a “Buy”, 0 “Sell”, while 3 “Hold”. This means 73% are positive. $37 is the highest target while $18 is the lowest. The $29 average target is 5.26% above today’s ($27.55) stock
Many CISSPs finish December in a panic as they try to complete their required CPEs for the year. The good news is that there’s large number of vendor webinars for the cybersecurity year in review, and 2017 cybersecurity predictions, which a CISSP can view to finish the year in good standing. As to 2017; Yogi
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Microsoft’s virtual assistant might soon appear in a whole lot more places – wherever there’s a screen and the ability to run Windows 10 IoT Core, the lightweight version of Windows 10 that’s designed for things like refrigerators and connected thermostats. At a recent event as detailed by MSPoweruser, Microsoft revealed that Cortana will be
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