Amazon Alexa Fund made its largest investment to date in smart thermostat company ecobee. Ecobee raised a total of $35 million in its Series B round, which also included Thomvest Ventures and existing investor Relay Ventures. The web giant and Canadian startup already had a budding relationship, as ecobee was the first smart thermostat to […]
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Amazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Alexa Fund has poured its largest investment to date into the smart Wi-Fi connected thermostat, Ecobee, investing $35 million into the latter from its $100 million fund. The retail giant initially began the fund with the aim of encouraging developers to experiment with new services, making most of its hefty investments into
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PCIe 4.0 will double interconnect performance bandwidth and be better poised for use in mobile and IoT applications. SAN FRANCISCO—PCI Express (PCIe), the bus standard that already drives many internal computer components from graphics card to storage devices, is already fast and powerful. But it could soon be getting even better. Version 4.0 of the
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Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is fast proving its relevance in the automotive industry, and the new partnership with Hyundai aptly proves this. Using Amazon’s Echo speakers already linked to the Alexa system, owners of the new Hyundai Genesis G90 car can issue voice commands to their car right from inside their rooms and get the car performing
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On Thursday, Amazon announced that owners of the Hyundai Genesis G80 and G90 would be able to use Alexa voice commands to remotely control their vehicles. The feature is being viewed by many in the industry as an indication of Hyundai’s seriousness in establishing Genesis as a distinct luxury division. Alexa is now capable of
Internet of Things or better abbreviated as IoT, has taken the industry by storm. It is expected that this technology can soon replace millions of jobs in the small and medium-skilled levels. This technology has already emerged as a successor to a lot of work related to administration and support staff. Minneapolis-based 75F uses Internet
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Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Smart thermostat manufacturer Ecobee has announced that it received $35 million in funding from the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Alexa fund. Amazon has reported that the investment in Ecobee is the single largest investment that has ever come from the Alexa fund. Ecobee announced that it intends to use the
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Do you want to turn on your Hyundai? Use Amazon’s Alexa Have you ever wanted to turn on your car from inside the house? Now this thing is possible thanks to Hyundai and Amazon. These two brands are now using their technologies to make customers happier. If you own a Hyundai Genesis G90 sedan you
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