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Google Assistant Rolling Out To Android Marshmallow, Nougat Devices Starting This Week

One of the best features of the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones is the Google Assistant, Google’s own voice-activated assistant that competes with Apple’s Siri. With today’s announcement however, it looks like Google Assistant will be available on more devices starting this week. The great thing about Google Assistant is that it allows users to …

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Smart Home Hubs: Will They Control Retail?

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Amidst the growing interest in smart home hubs and in smart technology, an article in Forbes.com poses an interesting theory. Currently, retailers and consumers are most interested in how Internet of things devices, particularly wearables, will help to drive the customer experience. The article points out that this ignores looking at how the Internet of …

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At Last, Google Makes Assistant Available To Nougat And Marshmallow Phones: Here's When You …

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Advertisement Google just announced that its virtual assistant is coming to non-Pixel phones. Until this confirmation, Assistant has only been available to other phones via Allo, its messaging app, and only its pair of Pixel handsets integrated it natively. Now it’s landing to Nougat and Marshmallow devices as soon as this week. You Will Soon Have Google …

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Higher IoT Speeds Coming To 11 Cities

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Wireless connectivity within the Internet of Things may be receiving a boost in speed soon as new efforts launch to implement and leverage 5G connectivity. Verizon is collaborating with Ericsson and Samsung in the U.S. to roll out 5G connectivity to pilot customers in 11 states within the first half of this year. The faster …

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Alexa's Headed to Moto Droid Z as a Moto Mod

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You’ll soon be able to talk to Alexa, Amazon’s voice-powered digital assistant, from your Moto phone. But you’re going to need a Moto Mod to do it initially.Some of the Moto Mods for the Moto Droid Z family (Credit: Motorola)At Mobile World Congress, Motorola took the wraps off some new add-ons for its modular Moto …

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Motorola Announces an Alexa Mod, a Gamepad Mod, a Wireless Charging Mod, and More

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At Mobile World Congress 2017, Motorola unveiled a plethora of new additions to its Moto Mod family, including an Alexa Mod, a Gamepad Mod, and a Wireless Charging Mod. Motorola also took this time to tease a few interesting Mod prototypes to boot. During the press conference, Dan Dery, Motorola’s head of Moto Mods, re-iterated …

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Moto Mod with Amazon Alexa in the works along with gamepad, wireless charger, and other Mods

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Along with the new Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, Moto today announced that it’s got some new Moto Mods for its Z series of phones. Perhaps the most notable new Moto Mod is the one with Amazon Alexa. With it, you’ll be able to access Amazon’s digital assistant on the go, letting you do …

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Handsets Going Wide, says LG

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SAN FRANCISCO – LG Electronics went wide with its latest smartphone and thinks Apple and Samsung will, too. The G6 debuted at Mobile World Congress uses a 5.7-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio and dual wide-angle cameras. “We tried to make the screen the biggest part of this device…we see 18:9 as an emerging …

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Motorola's new Moto Mods include Alexa-equipped assistant, gamepad

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Why it matters to you Motorola’s Moto Mods are one of the Moto Z’s best attributes. And Motorola committed to them in a major way at Mobile World Congress. One of the most unique — and arguably best — features of Lenovo’s Moto Z series is Moto Mods. The growing portfolio of modular add-ons includes …

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Kickstarter: 'The Internet of Mysterious Things' Picture Book – Ending Soon

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A look inside Lisa Seacat DeLuca’s Internet of Mysterious Things Picture Book I first discovered Lisa Seacat DeLuca when she kickstarted her first book, A Robot Story. The binary counting book became a favorite with my daughter and her preschool class. Lisa is now kickstarting a second book, The Internet of Mysterious Things. The book …

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