smart home

Startup Wants Alexa To Tuck You In At Night

Startup Wants Alexa To Tuck You In At Night
Startup Wants Alexa To Tuck You In At Night
October 04, 2017  |  Amazon

Sleep tech startup Eight has launched a new Alexa skill that allows users to interact with their mattress, both to control it (by adjusting the...

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Google Tracker: Toeing The Line And Stirring The Pot
Google Tracker: Toeing The Line And Stirring The Pot
October 03, 2017  |  Retail

Google is really taking control of its own destiny this week. It made moves to appease the European regulators who slapped it with a $2.7...

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Smarter Homes And Offices
Smarter Homes And Offices
September 15, 2017  |  Voice Activation

OK, Google. Listen up, Alexa. Playtime’s over. It’s time to step outside the smart home and begin to build the smart office. The same tools...

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Amazon Goes Brick And Mortar At Kohl’s
Amazon Goes Brick And Mortar At Kohl’s
September 07, 2017  |  Amazon

Kohl’s is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer partnering with Amazon, with shoppers at designated locations soon being able to purchase some of the online retail giant’s...

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Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
August 31, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are now on voice command speaking terms. The companies announced news on Wednesday (Aug. 30) that owners of either company’s...

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Google Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
Google Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
August 01, 2017  |  Google

As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an over-the-rainbow experience for...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Nearly two decades ago, Disney debuted its “Smart House” movie in which a young boy wins a computerized home. At the time, it may have felt...

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360i Pits Amazon Alexa Against Google Home
360i Pits Amazon Alexa Against Google Home
June 30, 2017  |  Retail

360i asked Amazon Alexa and Google Home 3,000 questions and found out that the Home is (sometimes) smarter than Alexa — it all depends what...

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New Data Shows Amazon Still Rules Home Speaker Market
New Data Shows Amazon Still Rules Home Speaker Market
June 21, 2017  |  Amazon

In Internet of Things (IoT) news this week, data from Slice Intelligence has found that while Amazon continues to dominate the home speaker market, Google is struggling...

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