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Cisco's Jasper unit lands IoT deals in auto, connected health, trials NB-IoT

Cisco’s Jasper Internet of things unit landed partnerships with automaker Honda, Korea Telecom and wearable health tracking company Jupl and completed live trials of a Narrow-Band IoT implementation with Australian telecom Optus. The news landed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where Cisco’s Jasper unit outlined its progress since being acquired by the networking giant …

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The latest internet-of-things privacy breach was brought to you by teddy bears

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They’re really quite sinister.Image: cloudpets By Jack Morse2017-02-28 03:45:03 UTC As if you needed another reason not to put an internet-connected microphone in your child’s bedroom. A California-based toy company selling “a message you can hug” reportedly exposed over 2 million voice messages recorded between parents and children to online hackers. What’s worse, the company …

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Amazon teaches Alexa to recognize the sound of your voice, report says

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Amazon’s Alexa may finally be able to recognize your voice.Image: Mikael Buck/REX/Shutterstock By Karissa Bell2017-02-28 02:23:16 UTC Amazon’s Alexa could soon be a lot smarter. The company is working on a new feature that would allow its voice-enabled assistant to distinguish between different voices, according to a report form Time. The feature, which for now …

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Amazon is teaching Alexa to distinguish different voices

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Reuters Staff / Reuters For all of Alexa’s many skills, one major thing Amazon’s voice assistant is currently missing is the ability to distinguish who is actually speaking to it. According to a new report from Time magazine, however, the online retail giant is currently working to make that a reality. As Time‘s sources inside …

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Creepy IoT teddy bear leaks >2 million parents' and kids' voice messages

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Enlarge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcxNHgYUz6s reader comments 58 Share this story A maker of Internet-connected stuffed animal toys has exposed more than 2 million voice recordings of children and parents, as well as e-mail addresses and password data for more than 800,000 accounts. The account data was left in a publicly available database that wasn’t protected by a …

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Amazon Alexa update will distinguish between voices

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by Brandon Russell | February 27, 2017 In an upcoming update, Amazon’s Alexa will be able to distinguish between different voices, according to a Time report. The feature will apparently provide users in a given household with a “Voice ID,” and give Alexa the ability to tell who is talking to it. The feature is …

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Yamaha to Add Amazon Alexa Voice Control to MusicCast Multiroom Audio Ecosystem

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Yamaha is bringing Amazon Alexa voice control to its expansive family of acclaimed MusicCast wireless multiroom audio products. “Telling Alexa to play your music and hearing it synchronized throughout your home with Yamaha sound quality is an extraordinary experience.” — Bob Goedken, general manager, AV division. Buena Park, California (PRWEB) February 27, 2017 Yamaha is …

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Yamaha's MusicCast will get cozy with Alexa voice control in 2017

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Yamaha is the latest company to work with the Alexa voice assistant. Sarah Tew/CNET Yamaha has announced that its multi-room system MusicCast will soon take orders from the Alexa voice assistant. “MusicCast is the most versatile and powerful wireless multiroom audio system on the market, and the integration with Amazon Alexa makes it even easier …

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Amazon, Lenovo Motorola to Put Alexa Into Moto Phones

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Because Android is an open-source system, Motorola could replace Google with Alexa, if desired, and that looks like what the plan is going to be for now. Theoretically, you soon may be able to have two voice personalities on your smartphone: Google and Amazon’s Alexa. Wonder if they will give each other orders. Wonder if …

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The 21st Century Senior Living Community: Residents Speak, Tech Delivers

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The 21st Century Senior Living Community is a series brought to you by CDW, a provider of technology solutions and services focused exclusively on serving the healthcare marketplace. The series takes a clear-eyed look at how leading providers and their partners are creating the next generation of senior living communities by raising the bar on services, design, and technology. “Alexa, …

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