Technology News from the World's Most Influential Companies
This is something we’ve been talking about from way back when Andy Rubin, co-creator of Android, first unveiled his plans to make a smartphone under the banner Essential, the startup that he’s floating for all his hardware dreams. We talked about how tough the smartphone market already was, and how a new player would struggle…
An unspecified number of Google Home users were faced with a simple problem last weekend, when the digital assistant refused to respond to the “OK Google” wake words. The problem was simple in that Google Home was totally unusable for the duration of the outage, but the implications for smart homes of the future are…
Essential, the company that Andy Rubin started for his Essential Phone concept, has come across its first legal snag in the form of a cease and desist letter from accessory maker Spigen. Spigen’s lawyers say that the ‘Essential’ trademark belongs to them, as a sub-brand used for its battery packs and other smartphone accessories. SEE: ‘Essential…
At the ongoing Google I/O 2017 developer conference this week, Google Home had some major updates announced. These are not “cute” features that are “nice” to have. We’re talking major, major upgrades that tremendously improve the functionality and productivity of Google’s smart speaker. First of all, we need to understand Google’s biggest strength and its biggest weakness…
Echo Show, the Alexa-enabled smart speaker with touchscreen launched by Amazon yesterday, has some great features, but there are also a couple of very cool accessories that you can buy along with your pre-order. First, the features: Amazon Echo Show Key Features: Available in black and white options, the Amazon Echo Show is essentially an…
Mercedes-Benz owners of 2016 and 2017 models across the United States will now be able to take their Amazon Echo or Google Home experience wherever they go. No, you don’t need seat space or a device holder; Echo and Home can now integrate with Mercedes’ ‘mbrace’ on-board intelligent connected system via ‘Mercedes me’ on their smartphones….
Recent reports reveal that Alphabet is working on a few feature for Google Home, the company smart speaker powered by the voice-activated Google Assistant. By leveraging their Google Wifi technology and porting it to Google Home, Google hopes to bring mesh Wi-Fi as a big advantage over Amazon Echo. Mesh Wi-Fi is essentially a signal-boosting method…
Burger King’s spoof ad that triggered Google Home devices around the nation two days ago goes to show one thing: that AI assistants like Google Assistant on Google Home, and Amazon Alexa on Amazon Echo devices, need to learn how to identify specific voices and only respond to those. This lack of proper voice recognition…
Amazon’s push to create 30,000 part-time jobs over the next year just got a major boost as the company announced that it will open up 5,000 work-from-home, part-time positions in its Virtual Customer Service program. The initiative is over and above Amazon’s commitment to creating 100,000 full-time positions in the United States over the next one year….
In days past, hackers would take down large websites just to make a public statement. They still do that, but now, mounting a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack to take a website down has become much easier because they’re using connected devices to achieve the same goal. And the problem is that these devices…
Comcast announced that it will roll out the second phase of data capping across 18 cities. This in addition to parts of 16 states that already have the cap enforced by the mass media conglomerate. As of November 1, 18 cities and states will be on the XFINITY Data Usage Plan, which essentially caps your…
Owners of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ (S8 Plus) in the United States can now pre-test Bixby, Samsung’s own AI assistant that was initially to appear on these devices at their launch earlier this year. The feature officially launches in English later this month, but users can get an early preview of the experience. Galaxy…
Nobody could have imagined that voice assistants like Siri would become such a driving force for technological progress when they were initially launched in 2011. Almost a decade later, it is believed that one in every four Americans has a smart speaker (Amazon Echo, Google Home), and eMarketer forecasts that by the end of 2020,…
As many countries enter another lockdown, businesses are once again witnessing their workforce working from home. While many employees now have the experience of working remotely and understand what is expected of them, there can still be the problem of organizations not performing as efficiently as when everyone was in the office. One way many…
Technology has made our lives easier in many ways, which is why you’d have a hard time meeting a person who would like to go back to the times without technological advancements. Primarily, thanks to technology, we are spared of many exhausting chores such as washing the laundry or the dishes, styling our hair, and…
