Steve Pak | Jun 10, 2016 08:20 AM EDT Pebble Happiness App (Photo : Twitter) Pebble’s Time smartwatch is getting a new app that tells owners of the wrist wearables whether they are feeling happy, sad, or an in-between nonchalant. It also tells owners of the smart watch how they can boost their mood. Besides …
On Monday, Apple will be holding its Worldwide Developer Conference, an annual gathering in which Cupertino traditionally announces all of the major changes coming to its mobile operating systems—as well as a new product or two, usually. That makes it a huge day for designers and design-lovers—not just those working within Apple’s ecosystems, but those …
Asking Apple Inc.’s voice-activated assistant, Siri, what the company plans to unveil at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco next week elicits the response: “If I told you, they’d probably make me sit through product security again.” Witty, perhaps, but Siri will have to supply more satisfying answers if it’s going to convince customers, …
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The first week of June began with probably the biggest sizzle-y story of all: the unveiling of the 12 new skills that 14 companies across payments taught Alexa. Companies as large as Visa, Discover, FIS, Fiserv, Vantiv and Western Union, and diverse and scrappy as DaVincian Healthcare, EXA, OnVocal/People Power, BIG, and Zipscene/Feasty got their …
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The Apple’s voice assistant Siri is expected to expand beyond the iPhone and iPad to third-party apps and Macs. Regarding Apple’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, which begins Monday in San Francisco, analysts expect an expanded role for Siri that would improve IQ of Apple’s personal digital assistant. Even though Siri was one of the first digital …
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Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Image 1of/1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 08: Apple senior vice president of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi (L), shakes hands with Apple CEO Tim Cook during the Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Apple annouced a new OS X, El …
Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has admitted the federal government can learn a lot from the private sector in how it can do things more efficiently, effectively, and productively with tax payers’ dollars. Speaking at the Vivid Ideas panel, Drones for Good, Bishop said that much like how the private sectors have begun working …
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A mother from Australia thanked Apple’s Siri on her iPhone for saving her baby’s life. Using the voice activation services, she managed to reach the emergency services while focused on reviving her baby. An Australian mother of a one-year-old baby girl personal thanked Cupertino-based tech giant Apple in a letter after iPhone’s voice-activated assistant app …
The Apple logo can be seen on the Moscone Center West conference center in San Francisco, USA, 07 June 2015. Image: Christoph Dernbach/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images By Christina Warren2016-06-09 14:30:38 UTC We’re just a few days away from Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC. Each year, Apple packs developers (and the press) into a crowded …
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Marvell’s IoT Application Processor (IAP) family gets a new addition, the IAP220 (see figure). Its integrated sensor hub extends battery life by allowing the host to sleep while sensor information is read and analyzed. The main processor is a dual-core, 1 GHz Cortex-A7. It also has a Cortex-M4F for real-time control. The chip is designed …