Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the company’s annual I/O developers conference on Wednesday with a keynote address that included previews of a batch of new products. Among those showcased were Google Assistant, a tool that can understand and respond to complex questions in real time; and Home, Google’s highly anticipated response to Amazon’s Echo …
Among the most significant announcements on Day One of Google I/O 2016, taking spot in Mountain View, property to Google, is Google Home, a voice-activated solution that brings the Google assistant to any space in your home. Google Home is primarily based on a new conversational Google assistant which further’s Google’s mission: “to organize the world’s information …
If you’ve hesitated about acquiring Amazon’s Echo, your reticence may have paid off. Sometime this fall, Google will release its own voice-activated assistant/Wi-Fi speaker called Google Home, which may be smarter than Amazon’s Alexa or even Apple’s Siri, with a wider array of compatibilities and capabilities than either. Introduced at Google’s I/O Developer’s conference earlier …
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United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt speaking during the SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Austin, Texas.(Photo: Jack Plunkett, AP) Martine Rothblatt, futurist and founder of Sirius XM, says by the time her biotech company’s genetically modified transplant organs are in use, drones will likely deliver them. Rothblatt gave her view of the future …
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(Photo : Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Google Home is expected to be released later this year with no word yet on an exact release date or price. Google just unveiled its voice-activated home device that would compete against Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo during its annual I/O conference on Wednesday. The device is simply called Google Home, and …
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YouTube Thousands of people gathered near Google’s headquarters on Wednesday to hear the company’s vision for the future. In past years, Google has used its developers’ conference to unveil all sorts of shiny new toys and services. Not all of them have been smash hits, however. Google Glass had its big coming-out party at I/O …
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Every year, Google gathers all sides of its versatile industry to show off everything they have been cooking over the past year. From the latest version of Android to automated cars and more, many consider Google’s I/O conference as a tech fair. For this year, the day is today, Wednesday. Follow us Although nothing is …
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It’s no secret that the tablet market is struggling. Phones are getting bigger, laptops are incorporating touch screens, and thus the tablet honeymoon is over. However, Amazon isn’t quite ready to give up the ghost. Its hardware division is reportedly working on an Alexa-powered tablet that could revitalize the demand for slates. Amazon’s Lab126 hardware …
Google has decided to compete against Amazon’s voice command, Alexa, and is going to introduce its own voice-activated device, Google Home. Echo, also known as “Alexa”, is a service offered by Amazon to provide a wireless speaker and voice command platform in a cylinder-like speaker with an incorporated microphone. The service includes several features like being able to play …
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U.S. Jubal Alexander had been living in his pickup truck, parked under a farm-to-market road in southeast Texas, according to local news reports. He was saving money to pay bills while working nights as a pipefitter at an area chemical plant, family and friends told ABC News. And, they said, he was never in any trouble. Alexander, 24, was discovered dead earlier …
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