Online retailers that want to take advantage of the hottest technologies such as virtual reality, need to consider the wireless carrier network consumers are on. Wayfair LLC, Ikea, and eBay Inc. are experimenting with virtual reality shopping experiences, but no shopper is going to use it if their device can’t power the experience. With burgeoning […]
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Chris Monroe/CNET Back in 2014, Bosch introduced the Home Connect app with the intention of making it an all encompassing solution. At this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin, the German company is bringing that dream closer to fruition. Bosch showed off three new products and announced integration with online rules platform IFTTT at this
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We first saw Ring, the internet-connected video door bell on Shark Tank where it impressed the Sharks, but failed to get an investment. Then, in late 2015 Richard Branson made a stunning investment of $28 Million into the startup. Branson was halfway around the world, as he explains in this interview with Fortune magazine, when a
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Credit: Thinkstock Sigma Designs, the integrated circuit manufacturer that owns Z-Wave smart-home technology, announced today that it has released the interoperability layer of its Z-Wave technology to the public domain.The company had previously donated its Z-Wave radio standard to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which adopted it as the public G.9959 radio standard. Not familiar
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STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– HARMAN (HAR), the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, announced today that it has been named the undisputed Internet of Things (IoT) service provider by leading management consulting firm Zinnov. HARMAN emerged as the top leader in both the Product Development Engineering and Software Platform Engineering & Management
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Advertisement Sonos has been vocal about bringing voice control to its speakers, and now it’s taking a step toward that, announcing that it struck up a deal for a “long-term strategic partnership” with Amazon to integrate Alexa into its devices. Right off the bat, this looks like a good mix. Sonos speakers sound great, and
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Advertisement Alphabet is moving Nest Labs engineers into Google in a bid to bolster the development of the Amazon Echo competitor Google Home speaker. Nest Labs, the stand-alone smart home company that manufactures internet-connected smoke detectors and thermostats, was acquired by Google in 2014 for $3.2 billion. Two and a half years later, Google’s parent Alphabet
T-Mobile today made two notable Internet of Things (IoT) announcements. First up, T-Mobile is teaming up with Sequans Communications S.A. to use their LTE Cat 1 tech for T-Mo’s machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoT customers. This is a significant upgrade, as T-Mobile is migrating from 2G technology for its M2M and IoT needs. Sequans’ LTE Cat
The Year of Conversational Commerce Conversational Commerce refers to using natural language within a messenger application (Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, and others) or using voice assistants (Siri, Amazon Alexa, and others) to interact with a business for an inquiry, purchase, or customer service. The term Conversational Commerce was coined by Chris Messina, Developer Experience Lead at
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If you can’t beat ‘em, might as well join ‘em. At an event today in New York City, Sonos announced that they’re going to be adding compatibility with Amazon’s Alexa voice control and compatibility with Spotify Connect. Today’s event didn’t feature any brand new Sonos hardware, but instead, the announced Alexa support will be available
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