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Brookfield Residential DC to Integrate Amazon Alexa into New Smart Home Concept

Brookfield Residential DC, a subsidiary of home building company Brookfield Residential Properties, unveiled its new concept for a fully voice-automated smart home at Amazon’s AWS re:Invent 2016 conference earlier this month. The Smart Home powered by Amazon Alexa will be fully integrated with Amazon’s popular Alexa voice assistant, who powers the company’s Echo home automation […]

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EnOcean Alliance brings self-powered wireless sensors to the cloud for an interoperable Internet of …

SAN RAMON, CA and LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Dec 13, 2016) – At the 2017 International CES (Las Vegas, January 5-8, 2017), the EnOcean Alliance will show its advancements of a self-powered Internet of Things (IoT). This includes a cooperation with the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) and with industry leader IBM to develop interoperable self-powered

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Google bought the firm behind that Amazon Alexa smartwatch

Cronologics, the company that developed what it hoped would be an alternative smartwatch OS to Android Wear, has been acquired by Google for an unknown sum. The startup was founded by former Google employees, ironically enough, and recently launched the Alexa-powered and Amazon-blessed CoWatch. The Cronologics OS that powers it is based on Android Lollipop,

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Three Touchy Questions for Tech Leaders to Ask Trump

Few in the technology sector besides Peter Thiel had much love for Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. But now that Trump is president-elect, executives from most of the high-profile U.S. tech firms have cleared room in their schedules on Wednesday to take a meeting with him and his transition team at Trump Tower. Tesla

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Worth Watching: Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) Institutional Investors Sentiment Index Improved …

December 13, 2016 – By Pete Kolinski · 0 Comments Sentiment for Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) institutional sentiment increased to 1.83 in Q3 2016. Its up 0.95, from 0.88 in 2016Q2. The ratio has improved, as 55 active investment managers increased and started new stock positions, while 30 decreased and sold stock positions

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Ten predictions for digital innovation in 2017

Changing human behaviour to drive digital advancements in A.I. Leading digital marketing, technology and commerce consultancy, Amaze, reveals its top ten industry predictions for 2017. Its chief strategists and technologists set out how human behaviour will influence digital advancements in the year ahead and what this will mean for brands, especially in terms of cognitive

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Cyberattacks in 2017: Who Is the Next Target?

In 2016, hacking on a large scale made the headlines more than ever. Whether it is political parties, government databases in the United States and Saudi Arabia, or large corporations such as Anthem and Target, cyberattacks seem to be on the rise. Forecasters at Forrester Research recently predicted that the next U.S. president can expect

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Online travel agencies finally realize that travelers just want someone to talk to

One of my most rewarding jobs was as a travel agent. From my desk at 10 Downing Street—in New York City—I comforted crestfallen backpackers denied boarding by airlines because they forgot to get a visa, or only purchased a one-way ticket (don’t do this) for a jaunt through South America. We sat together and filled

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Internet of Things Security Foundation Publishes Security Guidelines

The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) announced the publication of its Internet of Things (IoT) security compliance framework, part of the organizations’s mission to drive the quality and pervasiveness of security in IoT.IoTSF is promoting the “Supply Chain of Trust” concept, which encourages producers to adopt a duty of care for their own customers

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Mirai Botnet Latest News & Update: Uncovering The Threat Posed By Mirai & Other Botnets In Non …

Mirai botnet is more than capable of disabling internet service – it’s a weapon that could cripple national infrastructure.(Photo: ICT Blog’s/YouTube Screenshot) When the Mirai botnet first made headlines in September, its existence was made known with dramatic flair. It flooded Brian Krebs’ security blog with traffic from zombie Internet of Things devices first, then

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