Amazon has launched a new contest, with over $40,000 in prizes, asking developers to create new skills for Alexa that makes life more enjoyable, organized, and/or convenient. Can this work? As we reported recently, see The State Of Voice As UI, Amazon’s Alexa is currently the most talked up technology currently available. The Voice Lab reports …
Children are insane. Or, more precisely, they don’t think logically as adults do. Children aren’t burdened by hardened adult preconceptions and expectations, so suffer fewer roadblocks to learning new things. This different way of seeing things is why children adapt so easily to high tech that confuses the rest of us. That’s the theoretical basis …
More than half of consumers believe it’s more likely someone could gain unauthorised access to their connected home smart device than to their physical home Recent global research from Norton by Symantec reveals one in five UK consumers have smart devices, and an overwhelming majority of them (84 per cent) find they simplify their life. …
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The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq is the first car purpose-built to offer three different electric drivetrains and no gasoline-only engines. The hybrid Ioniq has the best mileage of any hybrid to date, 58 mpg combined, which tops the equivalent Toyota Prius by 2 mpg. With the electric-drive and plug-in hybrid Ioniqs, Hyundai is optimizing for maximum …
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Smart Homes devices are slowly and steadily finding their place in our house and arguably add convenience to our lives. But in addition to the price you pay acquiring these smart assistants to give a modern feel to your home, they might also cost your privacy. Be it Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, Siri or Cortana …
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Amazon Alexa users can now make the most of Healthtap’s Doctor AI through voice activated commands. Doctor AI is initially supported Apple iOS and Android devices and its first voice application. But support for Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence powered assistant, brings Dr. AI to home users who might not be used to using screens. “We’d been …
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Few things make you simultaneously wish you were in someone’s shoes and feel so glad that you’re not as watching someone jam out to a Paul McCartney concert via an immersive virtual reality headset in front of a room full of people. Yes, the guy who donned the headset and boogied down at the start …
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2/20/2017 50% 50% BONN, Germany — The Deutsche Telekom white label portfolio for smart homes makes it easy for business partners to enter the market with new services, like new pricing models, and the possibility to integrate smart home functionality into alternative gateways. The integrated Qivicon smart home platform has expanded its international presence by …
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Amazon Alexa users with health issues can now have Alexa call Healthtap’s Doctor AI to help figure out what’s wrong and direct them to act accordingly. Doctor AI initially supported Apple iOS and Android devices and its first voice application, Talk to Docs launched for those same devices in 2013. But support for Alexa, the …
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Earlier this week Google announced that owners of Google Home will be able to use Google Assistant to do voice shopping from participating retailers on Google Express. Amazon first launched voice shopping with Amazon Alexa on Amazon Echo devices at the start of the holiday season last year, and even had a blowout Alexa-only voice …
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