(iStock) During my first year in college I dated a guy I’ll call Joey (because that was his name). Joey was super cute but not terribly imaginative, but he kept telling me not to give up on him and that he was planning something romantic for Valentine’s Day. The weeks turned into days and he …
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It’s a weird time for Sonos — and not because it recently got a new CEO. That transition seems to have happened without much drama, with Patrick Spence taking over a company he’d already been with for some time. But there is plenty of drama in the wireless speaker space where Sonos lives. The very …
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Amazon Web Services move to enter the Web conferencing business highlights how the company is moving up the cloud services stack and aiming to somewhat nullify the competitive advantages of Microsoft, Google and IBM. On Tuesday, AWS launched Chime, a unified communication service that’ll compete with Cisco’s WebEx, Microsoft’s Skype for Business and a host …
Largest smart home services provider among the world’s best in business and innovation PROVO, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vivint Smart Home, the leading smart home services provider in North America, today announced its inclusion in Fast Company’s annual ranking of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2017. Vivint earned the No. 22 spot on the list, which …
Voice-controlled homes have been appearing on television since at least the 1990s. But is that what we’re really heading towards? With the rise of Alexa, dash buttons and other smart home devices, we may soon see further changes in how we live our lives at home. Below, 10 technology leaders from Forbes Technology Council offer …
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If you think being able to purchase stuff with only your voice is neat, kids—who have no concept of money—will think it’s straight-up magic. Here are a few ways you can keep curious kids from treating your Amazon Echo like a real-life Santa Claus. Set Up a Purchase Confirmation Code Last month, a couple in …
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In a time of increasing temperatures and decreasing regulation, we can each do our bit to protect our shared Earth. For the owner of a smart home, this is a simple task. The raison d’etre for a great many smart home products, including some of the oldest and most popular, is to save consumers energy. …
Rising mobile search volume is putting pressure on Alphabet Inc’s margins. Flickr Changes in the way people access the internet are causing some trouble for Mountain View, California-based search engine giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), formerly known as Google. People are no longer waiting to reach their home or office to access their desktops. Rather, more and more people are …
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2016 saw Amazon give birth to Alexa and it was all over CES. Westcoast retail managing director Carl Oxley talks about how having a household name for the IoT to hang from will do everyone good. After a bumper final quarter of 2016, with sales in all sectors boosted by Black Friday, Cyber week, as …