Apple is bringing its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 in San Jose, California, closer to its home in Cupertino. The event has always been about software rather than hardware so updates on the latest versions of iOS, MacOs, tvOS, and watchOS are naturally expected. Though basically a developer’s gig, consumers often get big reveals in …

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The $200m Watson IoT Centre in Munich Image: IBM IBM has opened a $200m global headquarters for Watson Internet of Things in Munich, Germany. The centre will be home to what IBM is calling “cognitive collaboratories” with Avnet, BMW, BNP Paribas, Capgemini and Tech Mahindra – where they will work with IBM to identify opportunities …

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The Amazon Alexa enabled devices have had the ability to buy stuff with voice commands since launch and now Google is adding the feature to Google Home. Google Home now allows you to buy stuff from their range of Google Express retailers using voice commands. What do you need to get done today? If picking …

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Credit: Public Domain It’s no wonder titans of tech are locked in an epic battle of the bots, racing furiously to produce the best virtual assistant. Their respective help-bots – Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana – promise consumers one of the most valuable commodities in the world: free time. Thanks to …

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Last month, I published a list of 25 reasonably helpful queries you could ask your Amazon Alexa device. But, really, who needs helpful when there’s silly, ridiculous, nerdy, or just plain fun? So, this time, I have 18 Alexa tricks, and I promise none of them are even the slightest bit useful. 1) Alexa, make …

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Yesterday was our Connected Consumer Summit, where we brought together a wide variety of brands with key thought leaders from the mobile marketing world and beyond to explore and discuss the cutting edge of connected life, and how marketers can embrace the latest advancements in technology, from AI to the Internet of Things. Mobile no …

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