(Karen Bleier/AFP) Kelli Burns may go down in history — or at least in Google search — as the professor who claimed, definitively, that Facebook “eavesdrops” on its mobile users. Her comments, reported in a Tampa TV news segment two weeks ago, have sparked a global panic about corporate surveillance and personal privacy. The claim …
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Apple’s HomeKit promised to usher in a simpler era for smart home control, harnessing the power of Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to control connected devices in your house. Using voice commands to dim the lights or adjust the A/C seemed revolutionary when Apple first announced the plan at its annual Worldwide …
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Microsoft’s Xbox One update will add Cortana, prompting questions as to where Apple is in this race? If there is one rivalry the tech world will witness through the ages, it’s that of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple. It announced that the Xbox One will be getting the Cortana treatment this summer. In a blog …
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Pebble Core backers on Kickstarter are getting a little something extra. They will be first to experience Amazon Alexa on Pebble’s infinitely hackable ultra-wearable when shipping begins in early 2017. The company claims to be bringing “Amazon’s acclaimed voice services to a fully-independent, 3G-connected wearable device for the first time ever.” Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky …
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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Publisher Reach on Facebook is Down 42% Since January (AdWeek)According to an analysis by SocialFlow, publishers on Facebook have experienced a rapid decline in overall reach during the past few months. The social analytics company examined 3,000 Facebook pages, most of which are …
I’m an Android girl who loves her iPad mini and her Amazon Echo. I also plan to be the first to bow before Skynet, once Judgment Day truly arrives. But I want to make sure I’m backing the right robot voice. I said “Hey Siri” and “Alexa” more than 300 times to determine which of …
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Amazon’s Alexa, the cloud-based virtual assistant, now has over a 1,000 skills under its belt. Since the launch of the Alexa Skills Kit less than a year ago, the Seattle-based company has been making strides in working with the developer community to build out Alexa’s skill set. In June last year, Amazon even rolled out …
June 6th, 2016 | Add a Comment The wearable technology will also introduce a GPS tracker free of a smartphone as well as a music player. The smartwatch market will see a considerable change in the offerings from one of its original players in 2017 when the Pebble Core is launched with a spectrum of …
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Posted 9 hours ago by STUART PARKERSON, PublisherPebble has announced that it has integrated Amazon Alexa with its upcoming Pebble Core wearable, bringing Amazon’s voice services to the 3G-connected wearable device. Pebble Core is the company’s first foray into a non smartwatch wearable device featuring 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, an accelerometer, two programmable buttons, a headphone …
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Welcome to the 143rd episode of the Android Apps Weekly show! Let’s take a look at the headlines from the last week: Google Play got a new feature this week that will recommend that you uninstall applications that you don’t use. This will save you space, obviously, but depending on the type of app, it …
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