Americans are snapping up hundreds of thousands of latest security cameras and smoke detectors linked to their Wi-Fi networks. But insurers apparently aren’t but persuaded the gadgets will make properties any safer. The common price of insuring a home was anticipated to rise this 12 months regardless of the devices that pledge to forestall billions […]
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Amazon’s Alexa was all over CES this month. Vendors are baking Alexa into everything from cars to refrigerators. Here at Camp David, Alexa controls more than 25 lights, the lighting array we use for work management, and our entertainment center. One of the things that’s most exciting about Amazon’s AI companion is that she (yes,
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Nest has been around for some time now. It has quickly become a leader in the connected home especially after Google’s acquisition of the brand back in year 2014. The company has continued to work on and release quality home products such as the Nest Thermostat, Nest Cam, and Nest Protect. The technology is even
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San Diego, 17 January 2017: XCellAir&commerce;, the professional in Wi-Fi Quality of Experience (QoE), immediately declares the supply of its Whole Home Wi-Fi Advisor. The free device, obtainable on XCellAir’s website, demonstrates how web service suppliers (ISPs) and multi-system operators (MSOs) can interact residential clients in creating a personalized Wi-Fi service. It calculates the optimum
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South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. unveiled a TV set-top box equipped with voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) system, the company said at a press conference at KT Square in Seoul on Tuesday. Its voice assistant GiGa Genie allows users to listen to music, manage schedules, get traffic information and control other Internet-connected appliances through
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Ford announced many new apps as well as AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots coming in the fall. App partners include ExxonMobil, Samsung, DriverScore, Sygic and Dash Radio. Ford SYNC works as an IBM Watson app. Ford Apps will work with Amazon Alexa. In the summer, drivers can ask Alexa questions through the steering wheel voice button. Ford
The new Nvidia Shield appears to have redeemed its past versions by fixing several flaws and adding power plus affordability to an already decent console, allowing it to compete against Amazon’s Kindle Fire TV and Roku. Featuring Android TV 5.0, Shield TV will be the perfect companion for streaming TV shows and playing games in
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Want to see customer experience in action? Just go on vacation. There’s no better time to see customer experience firsthand from a number of companies when you’re in a situation that isn’t as comfortable as being at home. However, it can also highlight outdated technology and bad practices. On a recent ski trip to Tahoe,
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way from science fiction to reality, in applications like self-driving cars, personal AI systems like Cortana, Siri, and Google Assistant, and home assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home. AI is also under some pressure from people who fear its impact on society in terms of privacy and job
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By default, saying “Alexa” near an Alexa speaker will activate the voice assistant and it will begin listening for your requests or commands. It takes some getting used to, but after a while, talking to a speaker and calling it by a human name begins to feel fairly natural. That said, if you have someone
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