Ecobee, the maker of a smart thermostat, has completed a $35 million round of funding, which included an investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund. Amazon’s Alexa Fund is joining with Thomvest and Relay Ventures to invest in the startup that has become the first smart thermostat to sync with Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa. “These investments enable […]
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Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri are getting a sister: A voice-activated digital assistant named “Monica,” who will live at the office and is designed for business. Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) is introducing Monica in beta in some of its video endpoints. Like Alexa, Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, you speak to Monica in natural language,
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The need to get up and tap the Tap to get Alexa’s attention defeats the purpose. At a Glance Amazon Tap TechHive Rating Skip the Tap. Spend the extra money and buy the Echo, instead. When we reviewed the Amazon Echo last year, we hailed it as the best home-based voice-controlled product at the consumer
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Stephanie Hay Crunch Network Contributor Stephanie Hay is the head of content strategy at Capital One and led the design team that created Capital One’s Amazon Alexa skill earlier this year. How to join the network Two words: “all set.” People say them every day — after the waiter delivers food, when finishing a customer
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Intel’s ARM partnership would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Intel’s developer powwow last week featured a bevy of moves that were summed up with a simple word “pragmatism.” And that approach is increasingly being seen among enterprise technology giants and ultimately this pragmatic innovation approach is likely to be good for customers. First,
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With the Internet of Things slated to have tens of billions of connected devices by 2020, one of the most crucial design considerations for internet-connected products is figuring out how to seamlessly integrate these devices into everyday life. In this respect, teaching machines how to identify the individuals they are interacting with is paramount—it will
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ENLARGE SolarCity’s initial plan was to sell power straight to homeowners. Photo: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg News By Christopher Mims Christopher Mims The Wall Street Journal CANCEL Biography @mims christophermims [email protected] Aug. 21, 2016 1:20 p.m. ET 12 COMMENTS Everyone is waiting for the Internet of Things. The funny thing is, it is already here. Contrary to
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Hyundai Genesis has collaborated with Amazon Alexa wherein the car owners may maneuver the features of their automobile even when they are just at home. The updated features allow for ease-of-use and enhances accessibility to the unit no matter the whereabouts of the user. Advertisement A statement released by the vice president of Amazon Alex,
An enormous selling point of cloud software, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and other new technology is that it removes “friction” from business. But as it turns out, much like with sex, the economy isn’t that great if you take away all the friction. This is why the best news out of our house
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Back in June, Apple had announced a number of exciting changes for iPhone users in iOS 10, with a great deal of attention going towards improving Siri. The company has finally decided to tear down the walls surrounding its digital assistant, allowing third-party apps like WhatsApp to take advantage of its abilities. WhatsApp for iPhone
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