Advertisement Alphabet is moving Nest Labs engineers into Google in a bid to bolster the development of the Amazon Echo competitor Google Home speaker. Nest Labs, the stand-alone smart home company that manufactures internet-connected smoke detectors and thermostats, was acquired by Google in 2014 for $3.2 billion. Two and a half years later, Google’s parent Alphabet […]
T-Mobile today made two notable Internet of Things (IoT) announcements. First up, T-Mobile is teaming up with Sequans Communications S.A. to use their LTE Cat 1 tech for T-Mo’s machine-to-machine (M2M) and IoT customers. This is a significant upgrade, as T-Mobile is migrating from 2G technology for its M2M and IoT needs. Sequans’ LTE Cat
The Year of Conversational Commerce Conversational Commerce refers to using natural language within a messenger application (Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, and others) or using voice assistants (Siri, Amazon Alexa, and others) to interact with a business for an inquiry, purchase, or customer service. The term Conversational Commerce was coined by Chris Messina, Developer Experience Lead at
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If you can’t beat ‘em, might as well join ‘em. At an event today in New York City, Sonos announced that they’re going to be adding compatibility with Amazon’s Alexa voice control and compatibility with Spotify Connect. Today’s event didn’t feature any brand new Sonos hardware, but instead, the announced Alexa support will be available
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For those tech-savvy (or tech-interested) folks looking to soak up the last days (and rays) of summer before Chicago weather takes a turn, it’s not too late to hit up one of the city’s best rooftop spots. In particular, you can hit a rooftop tech social at the Godfrey. Ready for back to school season? Put on
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Nest reader comments 28 Share this story Just three months after Nest co-founder Tony Fadell left the company and new CEO Marwan Fawaz took over, Alphabet’s troubled smart home division, Nest, is apparently experiencing another shakeup. According to a report from Fortune, Google is “absorbing” Nest’s software engineers in order to form a “unified Internet
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The term, Internet of Things (IoT) is something we see in virtually every business article attached to inflated adjectives that will make any executive’s head spin. And while some of this conversation is hyperbole, restaurant and bar owners would be remiss to ignore the trends. When used effectively and if implemented along a clear roadmap,
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Is the air conditioning turning you into a popsicle? Is the television too loud? Are you hankering for a midnight snack? Don’t just sit there. Tell your hotel room. Aloft hotels, a brand of Starwood, has unveiled a new service that is straight from the future: voice-activated guest rooms. Aptly-named Project Jetson, the high-tech rooms
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ADLINK, a leading global provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and communications platforms, and Wind River today announced the establishment of joint lab facilities in Shanghai, China and San Jose, CA, US, to promote the adoption of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The Research & Development centers will feature Wind River Titanium Server software running
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Sonos Adds Third-Party Integration for Voice Control and Connected Home By Rachel Cericola What could make Sonos even better? Voice integration, of course. That’s actually happening, thanks to a partnership between the multi-room audio manufacturer and Amazon’s Alexa service. But wait — there’s more. At an event in Manhattan earlier today, the company was talking
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