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What you missed in the Smart World: Amazon Echo takeover
Amazon’s efforts to take over the connected homestead are paying off, as the e-retailer beat out Apple and Google’s smart home efforts according to a recent survey. To that end, Amazon’s released two new devices for its Siri competitor, Echo. In other Smart World news, we learn of Raspberry Pi’s latest update, developments in the ...
Full specs on new voice-controlled Amazon Tap and Echo Dot
Amazon.com has upped the ante in its smart home push with the launch of two new devices called the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot. What you should know about these devices is that both are powered by Alexa Voice Service, Amazon’s Siri-like voice assistant, just like the original Amazon Echo, but they are way cheaper. ...
Cryptosoft collaborates with Symantec to secure IoT
Today’s Internet of Things roundup features new security solution for the connected world, as well as new hardware to connect and protect our homes. Cryptosoft’s new collaboration to secure IoT Cryptosoft Ltd., a provider of policy-driven authentication and encryption services for Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M devices, announced plans to collaborate with software security provider Symantec Corp. ...
Kumbaya! Amazon Echo beats Apple, Google smart home efforts
A new report from Argus Insights, Inc. reveals that though homeowners are not that happy with their smart home devices, there’s one device that’s delighting the masses. The report reveals that consumers are frustrated with the smart home devices offered by Google and Apple, specifically because their devices do not get along, but they are ...
What you missed in the Smart World: It’s flu season for IoT
It’s flu season for the Internet of Things. This past week saw an infectious virus spreading across connected devices as easily as the common cold, new security tools from Verizon and BlackBerry, and an exploration of data privacy in the dark web. Every week we round up the latest developments in the Smart World, from ...
Google’s new AI can find out where you took any photo without needing geotags
Google has pointed its staggering computer expertise to an interesting task: determining where any photo was shot by having artificial intelligence (AI) examine the background. Using a learning neural network and 92 million images, Google created PlaNet, a system capable of quickly locating the geographic location for most photos. And it does so with an accuracy better than most ...
Quirky IoT at MWC: Robotic pet toys and more | #MWC16
Known for smartphone product launches, the annual Mobile World Congress is becoming a hotbed for other connected devices – ones that don’t make phone calls. So far, we have seen new mobile devices from Samsung, LG, HTC, as well as new initiatives to make drones fly further, fresh gadgets for the smart home and efforts to boost ...
Latest smart gadgets leverage weather data and more
Today’s Internet of Things news roundup features a collaboration to make connected homes even smarter, a new in-car smart mount for phones, and a home security startup raising $1 million in seed funding. Icontrol Networks turns to weather to save energy Icontrol Networks, Inc. and Earth Networks announced a collaboration that would integrate the latter’s ...
MouseJack: New threat targeting IoT in the office
Cybersecurity company Bastille Networks, Inc. has uncovered a massive vulnerability in wireless mice and keyboards, leaving billions of PCs and millions of networks vulnerable to remote exploitation via radio frequencies. Launched in 2014, Bastille is pushing Internet of Things (IoT) security with next-generation security sensors and airborne emission detection, allowing corporations to accurately quantify risk and ...
Big Data still needs eye candy: PBS documentary delivers
Big Data. These two innocuous words may not mean much to some, but almost everyone in this world is leaving a digital footprint that contributes to this burgeoning collection of data. To help people understand what Big Data is and how it plays a role in people’s lives, a unique film collaboration between the Smolan Brothers ...