Have you experienced “nomophobia”: the fear of running out of power for your phone? Do you get anxiety and a sense of dread if your phone alerts you that its battery is low? Even worse, ever find yourself sitting on an airport floor next to a bathroom, because that’s the only outlet you can find […]
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© Amazon 28 September 2016 5:00 PM Hey Siri, jog on, yeah? Alexa’s here now and she’s got all the skills to pay the bills – and bring us pizza while she’s at it. So, who’s Alexa? She’s the new voice-activated digital assistant at the heart of the Amazon Echo, the company’s new connected speaker
Amazon seems to be bingeing new device announcements lately. First we got word of the all-new Fire HD 8, then it was the refresh of the Echo Dot, and then the company announced its Kindle for Kids e-reader. The new device train doesn’t stop there, apparently, as the company has announced what it’s calling the
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German enterprise software giant SAP has earmarked $2.2 billion for the expansion of its Internet of Things portfolio. As part of that overall effort, SAP also says it is acquiring Italian IoT firm Plat.One and Norwegian analytics software maker Fedem Technology. What’s Hot on ZDNet For starters, SAP’s $2.2 billion is part of a major
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Blackberry CEO: The smartphone market is saturated It’s the end of an era for BlackBerry. The company, famous for making cellphones with physical keyboards that were once so popular people nicknamed them Crackberries, has decided to stop making its own devices. BlackBerry said on Wednesday that it will rely on partners to manufacture the phones,
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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, hosts the second day of the Bosch ConnectedWorld Internet of Things event in Chicago. Part of an ongoing, collaborative effort to advance the Internet of Things (IoT), the conference continues with a focus on successful programs and real-world IoT projects in connected industry, also
Techstars has selected the first class for its New York-based internet of things accelerator. It’s the first program that Techstars has done with a consortium of industry partners instead of just linking up with a single, large corporate partner. For the accelerator, the first class is the culmination of a year of work putting the pieces
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Smartphone sales are expected to peak in North America and Europe next year, and then start to decline as the smartphone becomes just one of many connected devices. No one is more aware of this forecast than Qualcomm, the leading supplier of mobile processors and modems. The company is eager to translate its smartphone success
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New Zealand’s fibre expert, Orcon, was the first to offer Kiwis Ultra-Fast Broadband, the first to offer a Gigatown plan and is now continuing the ethos of innovation by launching Gig plans in Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga and Christchurch. From tomorrow, Kiwis with a need for speed can sign up to the new plans, starting
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SHARE THIS STORY Eugene Grygo, Chief Content Editor, FTF News While Wall Street coasts into the final quarter of this year, the foot soldiers of securities operations are likely consoling themselves with thoughts of bonuses and what to spend them on. I will do my best to help you dream about the gadgets you’d like
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