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Bluetooth SIG forms Smart Home working group for mesh tech
Zigbee. Z-Wave. Thread. WeMo. It’s tough to keep smart home standards straight when new ones emerge practically yearly. But the…
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Here launches SoMo, a social transport app for planning and sharing rides
For private ride-hailing and ride-sharing, we have Uber, Lyft, Gett, Grab, and countless others around the world. For public transport…
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Bosch details connected robot lawnmower, gesture-sensing kitchen projector
Bosch, the Gerlingen, Germany-based smart devices conglomerate that produces everything from dishwashers to CCTV cameras, had a lot to talk…
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Google Assistant will soon be on 1 billion devices, but still can’t speak like John Legend
Google Assistant — the AI assistant that lives in Android and iOS smartphones, TVs, headphones, tablets, smartwatches, cars, smart displays…
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Oledcomm’s LiFiMax uses light to broadcast data at up to 100Mbps
Using light instead of Wi-Fi to beam data across a room might soon be the norm for everyday business, if…
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Vayyar knocks 40% off its Walabot Home fall sensor 3 months after launch
For elderly folks, suffering a trip or fall can result in serious health complications. Roughly every 11 seconds, an older…
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Microsoft and Kroger to create data-driven connected grocery stores
Microsoft and Kroger are taking a leaf out of Amazon’s book by building futuristic “connected” grocery stores. As part of…
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Pandora Radio cofounder’s Grabango raises $12 million for cashierless store tech
Cashierless stores are fast becoming a reality, thanks to Amazon’s aggressive expansion of its Amazon Go chain and an emergent…
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First Alert’s new smoke alarm lets you place calls through Alexa
Don’t look now, but Amazon’s Alexa is making its way to home security systems. At the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show,…
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