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  • iot and web development
    Connected Devices
    IoT is Impacting the Future of Web Development, but How?

    IoT is said to be one of the largest services delivered by the world’s top, End to End Web Development companies. There's no denying the fact that IoT holds a great impact on every aspect of people’s lives now. End to End Web Development has become a trend being pursued...

  • How IoT Affects The Future Of Web Developments
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    How IoT Affects The Future Of Web Developments

    ATMs, Apple Watch, Fitbit, Self-driving cars and more are part of a list of devices using IoT is endless. The concept of IoT began years ago; we just didn't use the term IoT. Kevin Ashton is credited with being the first to coin the phrase Internet of Things (IoT) in...

  • AI
    Smart Speakers Are Useful and Fun, but Don’t Let Them Reign as the Queen of All Knowledge

    When we were asked to help promote the “Resident Evil” film franchise for Sony Pictures a couple of years ago, we came up with the idea of altering the fictional artificial intelligence character (The Red Queen) into a real AI character -- for which the fans could interact. It was a fun...

  • Technology
    Deal Alert! Get 25% off on Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube

    Just in case you had a rough month of August 2018, Amazon has plans to end it on a better note. The retail giant is holding a deal on two of its best selling devices, the Amazon Fire TV Stick and the Fire TV Cube, slashing their prices by 25%....

  • Gadgets
    Amazon Fire TV Cube is real, will be a Echo-Fire TV hybrid

    Back in September 2017, reports began circulating that Amazon is working on at least two new Fire TV devices. Unearthed by AFTVnews, one of the device was a pendant-style model that would dangle from your TV’s HDMI port. Amazon later announced a $70 Fire TV with pendant design and 4K support. However, nothing more was...

  • IoT
    UK now gets Google Home’s free calling service to landlines and mobiles

    As the battle for voice control in the home intensifies, Google is now offering free voice calls through its Home smart speakers in the UK. A software update that rolls out this week will add the new feature automatically into your Google Home and Google Mini smart speaker. The ability to make phone calls by...

  • Technology
    Amazon cuts the price of Fire TV 4K to $50, Fire TV Stick to $30

    If you're looking for streaming the on-demand services on your TV, there’s no shortage of set-top boxes and streaming sticks around. In fact, the electronics world has got smart and you'd encounter a number of smart on-demand streaming devices in the market. But if you want Alexa to be your...

  • Gadgets
    Setting up your Amazon Echo as smart home security hub

    Amazon Echo, the Alexa equipped smart speaker from Amazon has come a long way since its release three years ago. Amazon keeps adding a number of smart features to the device every few months. If you've just unwrapped an Amazon Echo hub this festive season, you might already know what...

  • News
    Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker

    Samsung Electronics has announced it aims to break into the new field of voice controlled devices by introducing a smart speaker in the first half of 2018. Samsung's smart speaker will be coming up against the likes of Apple's HomePod, Amazon's flagship Echo speaker and Google's Home max. Samsung Electronics...

  • Technology
    Amazon launches Fire TV Stick Basic Edition Worldwide

    Amazon on Tuesday launched a new Fire TV Stick Basic Edition globally. The new version of TV Stick is priced at $50 and is available to buy in more than 100 countries. The launch comes almost a year after the launch of Amazon Prime Video, Amazon’s Internet video on demand...

  • investing in iot
    Cloud
    4 Public Companies Investing Large Sums in IoT

    The advent of fast and reliable Internet paved the way for a more interconnected world. People now have the ability to interact with one another, no matter where they are in the globe. But after “perfecting” interpersonal communications through the web, we’ve begun to experiment on interactions with common household...

  • News
    Samsung is working on its own Bixby smart speaker, beware Apple, Google and Amazon

    Bixby, Samsung's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant first made its debut to the world on Galaxy S8 smartphone. The South Korean tech Giant is readying itself for the ultimate fight off with the offerings from Apple, Amazon, and Google. Amazon has had a fairly good amount of success with their Amazon’s Echo speakers...

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    Connected Devices
    Microsoft to turn Windows 10 PCs into smart home hubs

    Microsoft is planning to turn Windows 10 PCs into smart home hubs in next major update, scheduled for September. According to internal documents seen by The Verge, HomeHub will support devices from Philips Hue, Nest, SmartThings, Insteon, and Wink. The update is aimed primarily at ‘kitchen-PCs’ that are used by...

  • Industrial
    Why many major American companies have struggled in China: Amazon

    This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, other installments of which have been published  over the last month. Before mentioning anything about Amazon, the scale of its problem must be described. In 2014, after disappointing results for their business in China, Wolfe Research Analyst...

  • jeff-bezos
    Connected Devices
    Bezos: “I would never say” no to Amazon wearables

    Amazon has shocked us a few times with its hardware announcements, not many thought the Kindle would succeed to the extent it changed the entire publishing industry, Dash buttons offered a new, unique way to reorder items on Amazon, and Echo is one of the most popular Internet of Things...

  • defibrillator
    Connected Devices
    Could this smart defibrillator idea save more lives?

    What if those defibrillators you see on walls everywhere didn’t just help you help someone sick, they could also call 911 and tell you how far away an ambulance is? The winning concept at a recent “IoT for Cities” smart cities hackathon, held earlier this month in Santa Clara, California,...

  • Connected Devices
    Google invites all to its Nest in Amazon IoT battle

    Alphabet’s Google announced it has opened up its Internet of Things (IoT) protocol for its Nest systems, as competition with Amazon for smart home market share heats up. As reported by the Motley Fool, Google launched its first open-source foray for Nest’s Thread protocol, which paves the way for better...

  • Connected Devices
    Google debuts new Home for your mundane questions

    Getting into the smart home hardware business, today Google debuted Google Home, a voice-activated home automation system, at the firm's annual developer's conference, Google I/O 2016. We've had a few teasers over the last few months and Recode previously reported that Google has been working on a portable speaker containing a built-in voice-activated assistant...

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    Connected Devices
    Can Amazon’s new Dash really connect IoT dots?

    Amazon debuted its Dash buttons last year, letting you re-order a specific item when you’re running low with the touch of a button, and today it has expanded the capabilities for Internet of Things (IoT) developers with the new AWS IoT button. The button works on the Amazon Web Services...

  • works-with-nest-iot
    Connected Devices
    Arrayent debuts Nest-friendly EcoAdaptor for developers

    Internet of Things (IoT) developer Arrayent has announced its first EcoAdaptor for the Works with Nest platform. The EcoAdaptor “reduces deployment time associated with the product certification process” for IoT developers looking to utilize Nest’s APIs and connect with smart home products. Arrayent will provide development and debugging tools to...

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