How Cisco Systems Performed in Fiscal 2Q17 PART 5 OF 10 By Adam Rogers | Feb 20, 2017 2:56 pm EST Cisco acquired AppDynamics for $3.7 billion In January 2017, Cisco Systems (CSCO) made headlines when it announced its acquisition of AppDynamics. Cisco offered $3.7 billion in equity and cash to AppDynamics, nearly double the …
Why Is Cisco Eyeing the Internet of Things Space? Read More »
By a lucky coincidence, I had a chance to drive both the 2017 Prius Prime and the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq in the same week. The Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid with a futuristic vibe; the Hyundai Ioniq comes in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric versions. The Prius lineup and the Ioniq lineup are competing …
The German distributor of talking doll My Friend Cayla insists it is safe to use but takes hacking claims “very seriously”. The distributor of a talking doll which has been banned in Germany due to security concerns insists it is not an “espionage device”. Vivid GmbH said it was taking the allegations about My Friend …
My Friend Cayla: Doll banned in Germany not 'espionage device,' company says Read More »
Luma is a new startup that launched in June 2016. The company makes a cutting-edge Wi-Fi router to combat the issue of wireless “dead zones”—using several smaller routers around a home to create what’s known as a mesh network to provide whole-home Wi-Fi coverage. Luma was founded by Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse. Both are …
Mylestone is a service that lets people catalogue their thoughts and memories on Amazon’s Alexa Mylestone is a service that connects the dots with data, effectively building memories from an otherwise drab stack of digital files. Working through the Amazon Alexa platform, Mylestone makes sense of your images. The app builds stories that read like “memories”, mining …
MATT CHAPMANStaff Writer Lincoln County state Rep. Jason Saine has co-sponsored a bill designed to equip rural communities with high-speed internet. “This is an opportunity for local governments to partner with private enterprise to help spread broadband in a very directed way if there’s a need for infrastructure,” Saine said. “This does not allow cities …
Saine-sponsored bill would help connect rural areas to high-speed internet Read More »
Image Source | Youtube.com Bond isn’t just your run-of-the-mill smart home accessory. It’s actually meant to add some Internet of Things utility to older devices that have no access to the internet. Is that even possible? It can do this by learning the signals from the different remotes and rebroadcasting them when prompted through Alexa …
HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – February 20, 2017) – A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that smart home automation and monitoring devices will grow to over 770 million globally by 2021, representing an eleven-fold rise from just 68 million estimated in 2016. The new research, Smart Home Markets: Entertainment, Monitoring, Automation, Health, Metering, Appliances 2017-2021, …
An article from WSJ shows us the new vision of Chinese AI market this week. A Chinese startup named iPIN which is a new face to the top-tier AI conference, AAAI-17, got two papers presented at this conference. Besides iPIN, Chinese giants like Baidu, Huawei, and Tencent also has their papers accepted. According to Venture …
Why WSJ covered this Chinese AI startup but not BATX? Read More »
2/20/2017 50% 50% BONN, Germany — The Deutsche Telekom white label portfolio for smart homes makes it easy for business partners to enter the market with new services, like new pricing models, and the possibility to integrate smart home functionality into alternative gateways. The integrated Qivicon smart home platform has expanded its international presence by …
Deutsche Telekom Unveils White Label Smart Home Solution Read More »