NETGEAR's connected world in 2017

While Wi-Fi AD speeds (7.2Gbps) are definitely part of the 2017 landscape, it is more about what a mix of good Wi-Fi, the right range extenders, and Ethernet cabling can do for home networking to supporting the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT), VR, 4K streaming and home security. NETGEAR released a comprehensive range at […]

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Report: by end of 2017 there will be more than 30MM voice assistants in US homes

Investment research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has estimated that there are now 8.2 million US homes with Amazon Echo/Alexa devices. Independently, voice analytics company VoiceLabs asserts that Google has sold somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 Home devices since launch. Not counting Siri, Cortana and the Google Assistant on smartphones, Echo and Home together

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Opinion: A Siri Speaker can learn a lot from Amazon's Echo, but its success really depends on …

Apple’s rumored Siri Speaker may be hitting the market this year and with it will likely come improvements to Siri itself. Apple, however, won’t be the first to release a standalone speaker with a built-in virtual assistant. Google has already released its solution, Google Home, while Amazon has its Alexa virtual assistant available in several forms, including the

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Star Trek fans rejoice; Amazon will finally let you use 'Computer' as a wake word for Alexa

Amazon has added a fourth choice to the possible words that you can use to wake up one of its Alexa devices. Previously, the options were ‘Alexa’, ‘Echo’, and ‘Amazon’, but now, you can use ‘Computer’. Indeed, it is every Star Trek fan’s dream come true. Image of man attempting to use ‘Computer’ as a

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Report: IoT security products face huge challenges

Network security, device authentication and encryption are the most currently successful strategies for securing Internet of Things systems, with identity management and emerging tech — including security analytics and blockchain — likely to join them over the next one to five years, according to new research from Forrester. The report, “TechRadar: Internet of things security, Q1 2017,”

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What Investors Should Expect When Intel Corp. Reports Fourth-Quarter Earnings

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is gearing up for another earnings report. The semiconductor giant is slated to post fourth-quarter results after the closing bell on Thursday, Jan. 26. Here’s what investors should look for in this update.  Intel by the numbers Intel’s official guidance for the fourth quarter points to revenue rising approximately 5% year over year,

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Industrial IoT (IIoT) predictions for 2017

Posted Monday, January 23, 2017 by RICHARD HARRIS, Executive EditorProgrammability at the SCADA and Sensor access layer to drive major digital transformation initiatives for distributed enterprises in 2017. FreeWave Technologies, Inc. has five Industrial IoT (IIoT) predictions for 2017 for you to consider. The series marks the second annual list of Industrial IoT (IIoT) predictions compiled

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Cybersecurity in the Age of Digital Transformation

Technologies such as big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and mobile computing are reinventing the way companies handle everything from decision making to customer service. The automation of virtually all business processes and the increasing digital connectedness of the entire value chain create agility, but they also significantly raise cybersecurity risks and

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