The smart home is gaining ground, but it’s still a muddle of confusing standards, competing platforms, and gadgets that don’t do what you might expect. But the promise of products that can make your life a little easier is hard to resist, so I’m here to answer the inevitable questions that arise. Whether it’s figuring […]
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Investors are waiting for the global consumer electronics tradeshow CES 2017 with bated breath as Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. recently made a tantalizing revelation that its POWERbot VR7000 vacuum cleaners will be compatible with Amazon.com, Inc.’s (AMZN – Free Report) Echo. The South Korean electronics behemoth believes that Echo will lend POWERbot VR7000 an edge
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With the Internet of Things promising a superior level of connectedness and ease of lifestyle, the market is flooded with smart appliances and gadgets. In a quest to make homes ‘smarter,’ consumers are ending up confused by the plethora of myriad offerings—what to buy and what to dismiss? Here is a list of IoT innovations
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Samsung has been making robot vacuum cleaners for a while now, and while they haven’t quite gotten to the level of popularity as iRobot’s Roomba line has, it seems that enough people buy them for Samsung to keep making them. With that in mind we have the latest model of Powerbot vacuum cleaners, the Powerbot
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Right on the heels of information that police are seeking past voice data thought to be recorded on Amazon’s Echo, comes word from the company that a huge number more of the devices are entering homes. Amazon said this holiday season was the best ever for it, with devices including Echo Dot and Amazon Echo
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Miami (AFP) – Amazon’s connected personal assistant Alexa may have witnessed a murder. But will she talk? Investigators in Arkansas recovered the Amazon Echo speaker infused with artificial intelligence from a murder scene, and want to know what Alexa heard, according to lawyers on both sides. The case centers around Victor Collins, 47, who was
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In the past year, some major technological demands and trends have emerged. NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – In the past year, some major technological demands and trends have emerged. Take a moment and think about it. Chances are just in the past few hours you’ve had multiple moments of continuous connection with people, information,
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“You ain’t seen nothing yet!” That’s the collective view from global cyberexperts as they describe the coming year of new data breaches and technology disruption that will impact every area of life. As we exit 2016, a year in which hackers stole the show for a variety of causes, cybersecurity has risen to the top
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Only 19 per cent of households are likely to purchase or use smart connected home technology over the next five years. According to an EY survey of 2,500 households in the UK, smart heating is the connected home technology that consumers are most likely to purchase or use over the next five years at 26 per
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Shutterstock photo Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program Fatal Disasters: Hacking the Internet of Things It’s just a matter of time before we move from hacked elections to hacked hospitals. And that’s when the body count starts. Dear Wall Street Daily Reader, We haven’t heard much out of Trump Tower
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