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Albert AI makes intelligent virtual assistants accessible to SMBs

NoHold, a Milpitas, California-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that pioneered chatbots in the 1990s, has launched a “quickstart” platform targeted towards small to medium size businesses (SMBs) and individuals interested in creating virtual assistants quickly, easily, and cheaply. The Sicura Quickstart platform allows SMBs and individuals to create a virtual assistant automatically by uploading word […]

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Greenwave Systems and Nuance Introduce Conversational IoT

Natural language processing is going to be critical to the future of IoT interface dynamics, and now, Nuance Communications and Greenwave Systems have announced a team-up that will move that needle, thanks to adding Nuance Mix voice and AI-powered natural language understanding (NLU) technologies as part of its award-winning AXON Platform® for managed services. Working

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Amazon Alexa, at Your Command

A virtual personal assistant is like a genie you can summon 24/7. Five years after Apple added Siri to the iPhone, many smartphone users are accustomed to talking to a disembodied voice and expecting a helpful response. Now, Amazon has taken the concept of a virtual personal assistant a step further. Set up one of

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Using LiftMaster to Contro Your Smart Home

Our MyQ technology uses industry-standard encryption, up-to-date security techniques, and periodic security testing with respected outside services to keep users’ information safe. Using LiftMaster to Contro Your Smart Home Juan Lopez | LiftMaster Can any home really be made into a “smart” home? How can a homeowner connect their home without spending a fortune? Yes,

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Hackers are polishing their skills while Kiwis get complacent

Kiwis don’t seem to be learning from their mistakes when it comes to cybercrime, according to a new report from Norton by Symantec. The annual Norton Cyber Security Insights Report aims to shed light on the truth about online crime and the personal effect it has on people. According to the findings, New Zealanders who

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Martian adds Alexa to its hybrid smartwatch

If you’ve already gone through all of the trouble to stick a microphone and speaker on your hybrid smartwatch, you might as well make the most of the thing. Martian’s taking advantage of the opportunity with the addition of Amazon Alexa functionality to its mVoice wearable. Honestly, as silly as it sounds, this may be one

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John Lewis shoppers prepare their homes for Christmas

John Lewis shoppers prepare their homes for Christmas Published: 6 December 2016 – 21:10 Characterised by the final Black Friday promotions on Sunday and Monday driving sales, trading at John Lewis last week (to December 3) was “positive”, according to online trade director Mark Felix. Sales for the department store group totalled £172.1 million, up

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7 Ways to Prevent Package Theft

Nowadays, many of us know all too well the perils of package theft. We shop online for gifts, clothes, gadgets, even groceries, and then – when our deliveries are left out in the open on our stoops for hours – they’re quite easily snatched from their rightful owners. So much for holiday spirit. With the

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The Obama Cybersecurity Policy Needs Trump To Actualize It; 'Internet of Things' Manufacturers …

The Obama cybersecurity policy initiated a commission report detailing the recommendations needed to secure the American cyberspace, but to actualize these need the support of incoming president Donald Trump, who already vowed to rescind Obama’s executive orders during the campaign. One of the recommendations hold “Internet of Things” product manufacturers to be held accountable for

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Home Hub, Microsoft's answer to Alexa and Google Home, could be PC-driven

In 2014, Amazon’s Alexa kicked off the craze of putting stand-alone digital assistants in the home with its Echo device. Google Home followed suit in 2016, offering a similar device that responds to voice commands, but powered by Google Assistant and the company various other digital properties. Ever since Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant joined Apple’s Siri

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