Loaner Porsches, robot room service, butler-drawn baths, elf tuck-ins (elf tuck-ins?). It may sound like the life of the 1 percent, but all of these could be yours for the night if you splurge on the right hotel room. We searched hotels across the country for over-the-top, extravagant and just plain eyebrow-raising amenities. Goldfish on …
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Telco TV and entertainment solution provider Netgem has launched a new connected device category enabling mobile and TV providers to add value to their bundles. The new SoundBox combines the functionalities of a connected speaker with the capabilities of a TV box to create what Netgem calls a unique platform for a new generation of …
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Amazon Alexa continues to evolve, now enjoying free speech rights and a beefed-up portfolio of having 10,000 skills, leaving behind by miles its rival, Google Assistant, which has not even reached the 100 skills mark. Amazon Echo users can now ask Alexa to do ao number of things like order chicken wings, send text messages or …
The Internet of Things, or IoT, has brought us many benefits as consumers. Along with those benefits, however, the growth of IoT has also brought greater cybersecurity risks. in a recently published white paper on IoT cybersecurity from Arbor Cloud, the security division of NETSCOUT and a leading provider of DDoS protection in enterprise, mobile and …
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Nielsen completes acquisition of Shadyside software firm February 25, 2017 12:00 AM Screen grab of Rhiza Inc. homepage By Stephanie Ritenbaugh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Another big name is claiming a stake in Pittsburgh’s tech sector. Global data firm Nielsen Holdings is acquiring Rhiza Inc., a Shadyside-based company that provides media and consumer analytics software. Nielsen …
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With a simple layout and the Amazon Alexa skill functionality, it has become easier for women to stay up to date with their menstrual cycles, calculate their most fertile dates and ovulation as well as helping them to remember doctor’s appointments. Period Track, a global mobile software company working to deliver the next generation intimate …
d’Tempat Country Club Selangor, Malaysia – February 24, 2017 – VYROX, a global leader in smart home, video intercom and Elv systems, unveiled the world’s most advanced voice activated smart home automation system. This latest innovation allows consumers to use voice commands to control more than 60 home automation functions for the full range of …
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing our world. This may seem like a bold statement, but consider the impact this revolutionary technology has already had on communications, education, manufacturing, science, business, and many other fields of life. Clearly, the IoT is moving really fast from concept to reality and transforming how industries operate and …
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2/24/172/24/17 Whether you bought one for yourself or got one as a gift, you can’t deny the Amazon Echo is pretty awesome. Sure, it takes time to get used saying “Alexa,” but you get over that pretty quickly. If you want to learn a few more tips to get the most out of your Echo, …
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For the utility industry, sensors represent an opportunity — a chance to modernize and update the way power consumption is measured and monitored. But there’s also an inherent challenge. “When you have literally tens of millions of edge points, it is not feasible to backhaul that data in real time. There is too much cost. …
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