"Hey Alexa…" Turn your smart device into a smart key.
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Here's what else you should know about the smart device.
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But the rest of the smart device universe is fragmented.
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Constant connectivity, after all, is the dream for any "smart" device.
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The Surface Duo looks like a fast, elegant, smart device too.
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Think of it as a smart device for your smart devices.
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I'm just not sure a $199 smart device is the solution.
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John Scott Leyton, Senior Researcher at the University of Toronto's Citizenship Laboratory, said our attitude to the smart device may not change because of several cases as our society has already accepted the smart device, but people are also gradually accepting the fact that we are losing control over such things when we enjoy the convenience that created by the smart device.
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Google's original ambitions for a smart device platform were actually even bigger.
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The FlipFlic makes the classic smart device mistake of inhibiting manual control.
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It will certainly change consumer demand around ISPs and smart device makers.
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A smart device that can answer almost any question and play music
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Simply connect via Bluetooth to your smart device and enjoy the music.
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It can turn anything that's plugged into it into a smart device.
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For example, if a thief is able to access your credit card information by hacking into a smart device, you and your credit card will have to deal with the resulting charges, not the maker of the smart device.
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Pretty much any smart device you own can work with Google Fit now.
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HomeKit compatibility means one less smart device that doesn't agree with your iPhone.
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The aforementioned toy, the Teksta Toucan, is a smart device from Genesis Toys.
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That said, a privacy-conscious smart device company would fill a market hole.
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The third and final layer broadcasts the information to the user's smart device.
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It's a handy way to charge your smart device or the Away battery.
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Ecobee is a smart device manufacturer whose products are powered by Amazon Alexa.
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Then there's Cupixel Art Box ($59.99), a smart device for the aspiring artist.
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Of course, that's never stopped Kickstarter before, which has once again risen to the challenge of making a smart device out of something that probably didn't need to be a smart device with the GoCube, a Rubik's Cube with Bluetooth.
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And, like with any connected or "smart" device, the e-shower will have apps.
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That's the name of Spotify's first voice-controlled plug-in smart device: Car Thing.
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Still, vulnerabilities exist in any smart device, so recognize the risks before going online.
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The Google Home is a hands-free smart device powered by the Google Assistant.
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Did it ship, and if so, did its smart device live up to expectations?
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The train has a real motor that you can control using your smart device.
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You can make audio or video calls from a smart device or computer using Skype.
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All you need is a computer, TV, or smart device, and you're good to go.
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Take 2breathe, a smart device that you're supposed to strap around your waist before bed.
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Mountie comes with five swappable grips to secure your smart device to most modern laptops.
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It also has a heft that you don't normally find in your average smart device.
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Ninety per cent of its passengers, reckons the airline, already carry a smart device onboard.
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That made me reconsider which smart device one should start building their smart home with.
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The smart device was initially reported to be Google Home, but this was later amended.
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And if you just want some music, connect your smart device via Bluetooth and enjoy.
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All you need to access that information is the Zmodo app on your smart device.
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This gift set includes the Mia Smart device and a pore and blemish gel cleanser.
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Simply download the GoPro app and pair up the Session to your smart device via Bluetooth.
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Smart device startup Essential announced Wednesday on its company blog that it would unceremoniously shut down.
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Timbeter – Timbeter is a smart-device solution for quick and accurate timber measurement and data management.
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That jump likely also had something to do with this recent shift toward smart device purchases.
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As far as I can tell, you'll need a compatible smart device to use this feature.
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A new smart device survey by Consumers International and the Internet Society highlights this seeming contradiction.
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Ostensibly, these data points are used to make your smart device experience better and more personalized.
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But perhaps there's a more significant issue to consider here — specific to the smart device category.
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Phillips joins a host of smart device companies supporting the Echo Plus out of the box.
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Of those surveyed, 89 percent would prefer to secure every smart device through one integrated system.
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This smart device is now on sale for just £34.99 in the Amazon Black Friday Sale.
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It's a seriously smart device that allows you to sit back and relax while it works.
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OK, so this isn't technically a smart device for your car, but it is car-related.
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The most subtle part of this image is the super-smart device in the middle of it.
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Now even more countries can buy this expensive smart device that migh not be selling so hot.
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The Braun Series 7 electric shaver is a smart device designed for a close and gentle shave.
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Over narrowband networks, your Connect Tag will function as a smart device, joining the Internet of Things.
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Google, through the Android operating system, holds a dominant position in the smart device operating systems market.
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The 560s connect to a smart device via Bluetooth, keeping tracking things within a 10-foot range.
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YouTuber William Osman designed this stupid smart device in order to "biohack" his family's English bulldog Barkley.
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Presumably, market forces would punish the smart device company, but that's only if the market finds out.
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Overall I think this is a fun, smart device and one that many people might find useful.
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But the true ingenuity of a "smart" device is the way it upends traditional models of ownership.
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"We want to create a smart device on wheels," Mr. Kirchert said by phone from Hong Kong.
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There are three main smart device platforms to choose from: Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Apple HomeKit.
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Allowing Alexa, or any similar smart device, into our homes does not entail a tacit forfeiture of privacy.
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It used to be the case that a smart device would only connect to one account: the manufacturer.
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So, like every 'smart' device, this one also benefits from having human logic involved to complete the loop.
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Lenovo said revenue for its PC and Smart Device Business rose 12 percent in the three months period.
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The smart device quickly went out of stock, only to have its price balloon back up to $129.
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AirBolt's TSA-compliant smart device secures your luggage and lets you control the lock via the companion app.
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Here's the question: I think many people would like to play Nintendo's action games as smart device applications.
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The company's core PC and smart device business, however, grew in terms of revenue in the third quarter.
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The announcement notes that ForwardWorks hopes to create "full-fledged game titles" for smart device users to enjoy.
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Smart plugs let you turn a basic lamp or coffee maker into a smart device without replacing anything.
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The animal covers the screen of the smart device and offers amusing sounds while the child is eating.
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Following in the footsteps of last year's event, Amazon launched another Alexa-equipped smart device for the kitchen.
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Moka offers services beyond point-of-sale, but the core offering is turning any smart device into a cash machine Moka offers services beyond point-of-sale, but the core offering is turning any smart device into a cash machine Moka itself is expanding its capabilities on the payment side.
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All of this boils down to a bigger question: do you really need a smart device for your animal?
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Actually, in some ways, the Shield TV is better than a Google Home as a living room smart device.
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Put bluntly, this smart device is a big honking soundbar with an Amazon Echo Dot stuffed inside of it.
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It helped that the company's main type of customer isn't someone who starts out looking for a smart device.
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The competition watchdog said the probe relates to Google's alleged abuse of its position in the smart device market.
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Earlier this month, Facebook announced Portal, a camera-equipped smart device that's meant to compete with Amazon's Echo Show.
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Google just got one step closer to the possibility of controlling a smart device through hand gestures from afar.
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The FURBO Dog Camera is a smart device that notifies you anytime there's a puppy-related moment at home.
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With smart device control and energy saving tech, it will help to bring your home into the 21st century.
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This smart device is usually listed at £229.99, but is available for just £64.99 until midnight on May 15.
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Then you have to navigate to the right app, since each smart device typically comes with its own interface.
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Key takeaway, with a little bit of rephrasing: Nintendo may develop a new physical controller for smart device games.
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But you don't even have to worry about it because it's 2020 and every device is a smart device.
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When your meal is done cooking, the VeSync app sends your smart device push notifications to let you know.
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Nest joins a growing trend of smart device companies leveraging existing products to gain access to new revenue streams.
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Each of these droids move authentically either on their own or with the Sphero app via your smart device.
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This completely digitized instrument connects to a smart device and the app (for iOS and Android) becomes the instructor.
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Nest, the smart-device unit under Google's Alphabet that recently shuffled its executives, is trying to capitalize on that.
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Instead of just being another smart device on your home network, the next version of Home could be the network.
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The mechanism utilizes Bluetooth low-energy and can be set to auto unlock when a connected smart device is nearby.
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It doesn't matter how intelligent a smart device is, without a reliable internet connection these gadgets are rendered completely dumb.
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The Echo Spot is not like the others though: it's a smart device that has personality to fit every need.
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More than 42 million homes used some form of smart device for tasks such as energy management, security and entertainment.
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Plus, it also doubles as a handy charger that can juice up your smart device when you're on the move.
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Google, through its Android operating system, has a dominant position in the smart device operating system market, the regulator said.
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Just tell Alexa the name of the tune, and this smart device will find it without a hitch, hands-free.
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In addition, Google also today announced that a number of new smart device makers are putting their weight behind Weave.
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Click here to view original GIFThe ultimate smart device does exactly what you want before you to tell it to.
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The smart device understands what those squeaks, meows and barks mean so your pets can get exactly what you want.
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"Wherever there's a smart device, around it there are other smart devices," he said, arranging the items on the concrete.
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Establishing a channel to disclose software vulnerabilities in a smart device is a huge step towards increasing consumer IoT security.
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While Kinsa has a public health mission, other smart-device companies may not have similar mind-sets, Ms. Bannan said.
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Launched Tuesday, the wearable smart device links to an app designed to teach users how to pray with Rosary beads.
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Soon, you'll be able to schedule your smart device to turn on/off and start/stop at a certain time.
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Unlike the sad smart device, you will be able to taste the Pickle Rick Pringles hitting shelves on Feb. 2.
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So, whether it's a slick new water bottle, carafe, or smart device, this gift can help your friend get hydrated.
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When you buy a smart device, it doesn't just belong to you; you share custody with the company that made it.
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The new feature, however, will essentially allow you to run a speed test on each individual smart device on your network.
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By learning the signals from your various remotes and rebroadcasting them when prompted through an through Alexa or another smart device.
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You get the smart features without drastic aesthetic changes, and that should be the goal for every smart device right now.
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Don't forget to set any clocks that aren't on a smart device ahead one hour before heading to bed Saturday night.
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It just made sense to do a horror movie where a smart device turns on you because that actually seems plausible.
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If it wasn't clear before, Alexa has become the default smart home integration option for the majority of smart device manufacturers.
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And last, try to replace your smart device time with healthier activities such as meditating or actually interacting with real people.
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TL;DR: Learn how Alexa and Google Assistant *actually* work with this $298 training on smart device coding — that's 225% off.
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The home smart device (from a company owned by Alphabet, formerly Google) does all this this to better manage your home climate.
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So don't forget to set any clocks that aren't on a smart device ahead one hour before heading to bed Saturday night.
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If you equate "smart" with "pretty much hassle-free," the new Dyson Pure Cool is the kind of smart device you'll like.
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After buying an Amazon Echo, a smart device designed to be an in-home assistant, Khatibloo was initially pleased with its functionality.
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One suggestion is to download the PS Messages app onto your smart device of choice and delete the offending message from there.
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With its proprietary communications platform and smart device applications, Fanmode solves this problem and makes global real-time fan participation possible. FirstV1sion
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What if it was a super smart device that could cook your food perfectly without you ever keeping an eye on it.
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Unlike competitors in the voice-controlled smart device market, like Amazon and Google, Roku will only build the voice assistant software itself.
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Nintendo said that its smart device and intellectual property-related income was 17.9 billion yen, a 426 percent year-on-year increase.
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Sleep tech and aromatherapy were big trends in 2017, so it's only natural that someone would combine them into one smart device.
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It's an analog watch mounted on-top of a smart device with killer battery life: a must-have for your active lifestyle.
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They can also trigger in connection with a motion sensor or another smart device like a lock, an additional burglar-busting feature.
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You might want to check out tutorials, but your young one can have a great time without a smart device on hand.
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These 3D models need to be quick, light and able to run on the processing power of any consumer-grade smart device.
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The Mia Smart device pairs with the Clarisonic app and allows you to customize skincare routines, watch how-to videos, and more.
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That means the app, which received a major revamp last year, is now usable on pretty much any smart device you might own.
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What feels like a gag at the beginning of the play turns into a smart device that lets air back into the theater.
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Timbeter — Timbeter's smart device based solution enables measuring raw timber material quicker, cheaper and more accurately; plus processes & stores data in digital form.
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Seth Moulton is expected to introduce a bill that would limit how smart device manufacturers like Amazon and Google can collect your data.
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Instead of thrusting its Tizen smart-device operating system in everyone's face like it did last year, it put partnerships front and center.
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Smart device privacy regulation will take some time — three to five years, Coll estimates — though politicians are becoming more focused on the topic.
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But it goes a step further with Alexa, acting not only as the connected home smart device, but also the command center, too.
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Furbo can also detect your dog's bark and will send a Barking Alert to your smart device via the free iOS/Android app.
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In some cases, Boyd said, users should reconsider whether a smart device is worth the privacy risks, rather than a non-connected device.
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Most of the government entities here launched smart device applications to reach their clients, whether that was visitors or residents/citizens of Dubai.
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And given its open-source nature, this kind of TV/smart device forced synergy is opening the door for some Wiki-based prankery.
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Pringles' ad "Sad Smart Device" is another example of an ad doing average online, but generating a lot of attention and emotional reactions.
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This software can be accessed on your Android or Apple device, as well as your PC, Mac, or any internet-enabled smart device.
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Additionally, the IVL isn't just a complementary currency, but also a free and instantaneous, portable, smart-device-accessible universal savings and payment platform.
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This LED Smart device lets you watch catch-up TV in the highest quality, and even comes with a one-year manufacturer warranty.
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As mentioned, the Pure Cool is a "smart" device, meaning it connects to your Wi-Fi network and has an accompanying app, Dyson Link.
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Looking at the effortless pairing process and smart device-switching features, there's a brilliance in their execution that no other wireless headphone can match.
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But the core idea is centralizing control of every other smart device in your home and building new kinds of interactions out of them.
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That's probably because we're going to turn everything we can get our hands on into a smart device, even if it seems super gratuitous.
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The Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube turn your TV into a smart device and basically eliminate the need for a cable package.
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It's a pretty good deal, considering almost all the channels we watch are on it, and we can stream it from any smart device.
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Like any good smart device, the Arlo system is also compatible with Amazon Alexa, Echo Show, Fire TV, and Google Assistant for voice control.
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The camera can also connect to your smart device so you can control it with your phone and view your footage in real time.
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Grimmett has voted every year since 1931 and was one of the first to vote on a smart device in the county, Fox13 reports.
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The Furbo Dog Camera allows you to check up on your puppy while away with real-time audio and video on your smart device.
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The Mii characters, coupled with the smart device app, opens the opportunity for us to reconnect with a lot of that original Wii audience.
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Nintendo said that its smart device and intellectual property-related income was 29.1 billion yen in the quarter, up 172 percent on the year.
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Branson is a firm believer that taking notes, whether on a smart device or written with pen and paper, is the key to success.
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It's also a great first smart device for someone who isn't sure if they really want or need a home full of smart devices.
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Smart Device Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police [Correction]Photo: GizmodoWe're gradually learning that smart home devices can be quite valuable for police.
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That's right — you can turn your air conditioning unit into a bona fide smart device with the purchase of one essential item: A smart thermostat.
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This high-tech doorbell comes equipped with a 1080HD video camera with infrared night vision capability that you can view right from your smart device.
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Just connect the Echo Show to Wi-Fi, set it up with the Alexa App on a smart device, and you'll be ready to go.
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Why it's important: Users are increasingly getting accustomed to the idea of some smart device sitting in their living room that will answer their questions.
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The idea is to give kids an even stronger reason to put the iPad down and play old fashioned toys, ironically using a smart device.
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EarthNow plans to create a more mass-market product that will provide instant access to real-time footage of the Earth to smart-device users.
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It's also a smart device equipped with Android TV, which gives you access to Netflix, Hulu, Twitch, and any other streaming service you might want.
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My family won't allow a smart device into the house for fear of companies creeping on us, but I recognize we're probably in the minority.
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Companies don't want to have to think about things they sold 20 years ago, but the smart device model, by default, requires that they do.
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A. As researchers have found vulnerabilities in internet-connected light bulbs, it is wise to be wary when connecting smart device to your home network.
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ScandIt raised $30 million from GV and NGP Capital for technology that gives any smart device-- from tablets to drones and wearables-- into a scanner.
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Amazon has slowly transformed the Alexa-sporting Echo into a smart device hub, though there a limits to what you can do with voice alone.
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" The Yeah Yeah Yeahs posted a notice at one of their gigs: "Please do not watch the show through a screen on your smart device/camera.
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The set's two cars, an Octane and a Dominus from the video game, can be controlled with an app on a smartphone or other smart device.
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D&D Reader, a new app from Wizards of the Coast, endeavors to fix that by letting you access all of it from your smart device.
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It said revenue fell 8 percent in its PC and smart device business, 10 percent in its mobile business and 4 percent in its data center.
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We believe that the American people deserve equal access to the best possible connections and smart device options, and will keep working to make this happen.
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The newly renamed PC & Smart Device Business Unit will be led by former Acer executive Gianfranco Lanci, who serves as Lenovo's president and chief operating officer.
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Using a smart device for anything but the purposes explicitly sanctioned by its manufacturer risks violating a warranty, bricking a device or even breaking the law.
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Wink has a compelling pitch — it's willing to tie together basically any smart device you bring it — but it's not the only company with that mission.
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You can connect any device to the Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini, from lamps to fans and air conditioners, to make it a smart device.
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TL;DR: The U-Grip phone mount will keep your smart device still while you navigate — pick one up in the Mashable Shop and save $47.
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Up until the Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst Kit, every STEM toy I&aposd tested required the use of a smart device, which means screen time.
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According to CEO Eyal Ronen, getting a job at this smart-device consultant company isn't easy as the company only accepts 8 percent of its applicants.
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If you stop by for a visit, make sure to bring a charged smart device, or you'll end up standing idly in a room with routers.
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The ability to stream music via Bluetooth is a nice bonus, effortlessly allowing you to connect your smart device and jam out to your favorite spring playlist.
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This standardization of software and hardware parts has made it possible for companies unfamiliar with the complexities of producing an integrated smart device to launch one anyway.
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An overhaul of the devices section was needed, not only for aesthetic reasons, but because Alexa owners are stocking their house with more than one smart device.
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Using stuff like IFTTT, or even preset smart device scenes with Google Assistant, you can trigger different lighting for different events — like color-coded touchdowns, for instance.
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But it's also a surprisingly smart device that could, quite possibly, encourage empathy for those who seem to fall outside of traditional conventions of gender and sexuality.
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However, as with any new fangled device, the smart light bulb market grows on the daily — and is possibly the most saturated smart device market out there.
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For most people, the thought of a smart device sharing their intimate conversations and sending those recordings along to their acquaintances is the stuff of dystopian nightmares.
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You can even connect your smart device to remotely command your miniPRO to move, though we're still trying to figure out the use cases for that one.
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The visually friendly, informative app is one of the best features of the Pure Cool, a nice example of what a good smart-device app should be.
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When you connect to the camera using a smart device, you'll be able to speak to your pet in order to keep them company throughout the day.
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It also uses Chromecast for its smart features, so you get all the streaming apps and services you can think of along with the smart device functions.
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Helsinki and London-based Sayduck, for example, also uses technology to place 3-D models of products on top of the camera view of a smart device.
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And finally, in this fiercely-competitive and fast-changing space, many smart device makers will implode — and consumers need a fallback plan in place if they do.
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There are already reports of arguments between smart-device makers and the tech giants over who has access to those data, and how much must be collected.
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Those screens might get all the attention, but they are merely the delivery mechanism or "stage" for what Byton hopes will be a smart device on wheels.
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While the startup is making its technology available across platforms – web, mobile, and one day, cars, it sees potential in the voice-powered smart device market, in particular.
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There's a reason why dads everywhere are obsessed with robot vacuums: it's a smart device that cleans your floors while you get to just relax on the couch.
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Its built-in Smart Hub is designed to cut down the steps required to introduce a new smart device to your home down by a factor of 15.
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You can usually find privacy settings in your account profile on the company's website or on an associated app (which is often required to run a smart device).
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When Google unveiled a new smart device for the home in May, many commentators online asked the same question: Why wasn't Nest, Google's smart-home company, unveiling it?
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New kinds of data are emerging from the myriad increasingly ubiquitous sensors in the world, such as medical sensors, motion sensors, smart device gyroscopes, heat sensors and more.
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Cappos, who avoids all technological intrusions into his personal space if he possibly can, told me he owns a camera-equipped smart device: Kinect for his XBox One.
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Google also says it's adding support for a bunch of new smart device categories into the Google Home app, including AC units, coffee makers, vacuums, and smart bathtubs.
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Walmart doesn't make its own smart device like Amazon, so it's tapping Google Assistant, Google's AI-powered voice assistant, which is available on more than a billion devices.
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At $50, it's more affordable than other Amazon Echo devices and still has desirable features like advanced voice recognition, smart device control, and assistance with small tasks via Alexa.
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The FTC has yet to take action regarding the dolls, but if you're looking for ways to "destroy" the smart device, the toy's website might just have your answer...
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But hey, considering Skype effectively turns your computer or smart device into a phone that can call anyone in the world, it might be worth a bit of cash.
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Whoops: SoftBank CEO reveals Walmart has acquired Flipkart There are rumors of a Microsoft-powered standalone smart device, but that might conflict with existing voice-ordering partnership with Google.
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To enable Google Assistant, users download the Assistant app on their phone or smart device, connect to the headphones, and then touch the sensors located on the ear cup.
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The Furbo Dog Camera is the smart device all dog parents need, so you'll never miss a single moment of your dog's day, even if you're not at home.
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You can hook Eufy up to any compatible smart device including lights, coffee machines, light bulbs, and even smart vacuums so that they can all activate at your leisure.
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The Vivosmart HR also offers the standard array of smart device functionality like notifications for calls, texts, emails and calendars, along with music control and a phone-finding features.
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The new frontier of smart device is known as the internet of things, or IoT, and involves connecting new electronics to the internet, such as webcams, TVs and refrigerators.
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The Home Hub can be integrated with pretty much any smart device you can think of, and you'll be thankful that you can control it all on one screen.
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Microsoft appears to be readying Windows 10 for future devices that are similar to Amazon's new Echo Show hardware, with easy access to voice search, calling, and smart device control.
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Two, the younger you are, the more likely you are to think that a smart device might be an improvement ... but also to think that such devices are too expensive.
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"However, the game connects to servers intermittently, and the amount of data used is within the normal range you could expect for smart device games," a rep told The Verge.
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In its most recent earnings report, Lenovo said its personal computing and smart device business group shipped 14.5 million units for the quarter, down 3.3 percent from the previous year.
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And because Apple has consistently proven its nearly unrivaled skill as a designer of end user experiences, it succeeded in selling us DRM in the guise of a smart device.
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At this point, it seems like every so-called consumer smart device—from routers and baby monitors to connected thermostats and garage door openers—has been shown to have vulnerabilities.
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Revenue rose 8.5 percent to $14.04 billion on a strong performance in its PC and Smart Device business and its Data Center business, just beating the $13.95 billion analyst view.
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While Google may be trailing Alexa a little when it comes to smart device compatibility, the opposite is true when it comes to features offered by their respective digital assistants.
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Smart security devices — including Google's Nest and Amazon's Ring brands — make up the second largest smart-device segment after entertainment, according to shipment data estimates from market intelligence firm IDC.
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Intriguingly, Kia's DRIVE WISE will also include a new Human Machine Interface (HMI) that it's showing at CES called I-Cockpit that incorporates gesture controls, fingerprint recognition and smart device connectivity.
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It's not clear what went wrong, but a battery-powered smart device would necessarily have to limit its use of battery-draining features, like Wi-Fi, which could lead to problems.
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Writes Lance Ulanoff: Its built-in Smart Hub is designed to cut down the steps required to introduce a new smart device to your home down by a factor of 2399.
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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a 2020 presidential candidate, plans to introduce a bill that would limit the types of data that smart device makers like Amazon and Google can collect.
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It can be your sole smart device for now, but if you choose to get more smart products (and let's face it, you will), it can become your smart home hub.
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You can still control and dim them at your leisure with your smart device, but you can also control their glow and sync them to music for a little more atmosphere.
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In other words: If you've bought into the Internet of Things, now is the time to make sure your "smart" device isn't being hijacked by hackers to take down the internet.
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Lei Jun has promised to bounce back and expand Xiaomi's offline commerce efforts, while he intends to continue its 'smart device' ecosystem push to increase customer engagement and generate increased revenue.
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This is also a war followed in real time by anyone with a smart device, a technology that delivers instant updates, and oftentimes partial truths, to smart screens across the globe.
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Google devices chief Rick Osterloh said he believes anyone "in proximity" of a microphone-fitted smart device like Google Nest or Amazon Echo should be informed the devices are in use.
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Google devices chief Rick Osterloh said he believes anyone "in proximity" of a microphone-fitted smart device like Google Nest or Amazon Echo should be informed the devices are in use.
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Rocketbook Smart Reusable Mini Notebook, available on Amazon for $16Insider Picks reporter Mara Leighton uses this reusable notebook to send her notes directly to her email, smart device, and cloud storage.
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Systems like Piper make it easy to set up security and monitoring in any room of your home and access a live feed with your smart device anywhere in the world.
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Any device you plug in, be it a lamp, fan, air conditioner, or anything else, becomes a smart device that you can turn on and off using Alexa and Google Assistant.
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Out on the road, there's EyeLights' Eyedrive smart device, that allows a driver to see GPS directions, music playlists and incoming calls through a hologram that appears on the car's window.
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They make the applications that allow people to perform specific tasks on a computer or other smart device as well as the underlying systems that run the devices or that control networks.
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In fact, she's downloaded Ashley's personality into a smart device called Ashley, Too, so she can continue churning out hits long after Ashley is gone, which may be sooner than anybody imagined.
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Correction: ABC News has amended and editor's note to its story clarifying that the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department did not specify the type of smart device that called them to the home.
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You can also read the data on your smart device, and it's even compatible with Alexa, so you can ask Amazon's digital assistant for a detailed weather report at any given moment.
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The setup is simple — just a board with five color-coded spaces that plugs into your smart device and a deck of corresponding color-coded cards — but there are so many possibilities.
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Instead, it will use an IPS security method that only looks at which IoT devices should be communicating (AKA: your phone and your smart device) and flags anyone who shouldn't be there.
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The Chromecast is a little more interesting in that it doesn't have a remote at all; you control it using a phone or other smart device that you sync up with it.
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This means that, in some cases, a real person is listening to what you ask your smart device or smartphone — as well as some things you never meant for it to hear.
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But we've learned a lesson from the thickening layer of computation in our lives, turning every toaster and toothbrush into a "smart" device: be careful what you wish for in networked intelligence.
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The company's proposed ingenuity is that the Pure Cool Link is a smart device, equipped with a 360° Glass HEPA filter, with connectivity via the Dyson Link app for iOS or Android.
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The constant currency figure for 2000, Gartner says, is $22015 billion, down -103% on 210, dragged down by the declining price of phones and the rise of the sub-$212 smart device.
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The Connect Kit, the company said, lets Amazon maintain the digital security of a smart device — and Amazon is very likely to be better at security than many manufacturers of household appliances.
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Photo: Palm Ventures GroupPalm, the innovative brand behind the PDA, is reborn and it's coming out of the gate with a product that aims to create a whole new category of smart device.
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It also launched "Outfit Compare" in its shopping app around the same time – ahead of the launch of its Echo Look smart device, whose own companion app offers the same "fashion advice" feature.
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More recent continuous glucose monitors use a wire inserted beneath the skin that takes measurements every few minutes, and can deliver the results onto a smart device, like your phone or Apple Watch.
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To set up, you simply place your smart device in the cradle, and connect it to the board via Bluetooth; it's a painless process that took me all of two seconds to complete.
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And it launched the Echo Look, a smart device with a camera for snapping photos of your outfits, which could give Amazon a new source of data about what people are actually wearing.
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It is perhaps the best example of Xiaomi's smart device platform, which sees Xiaomi work in partnership with device makers to produce and sell hardware using the Xiaomi brand and its Mi.com store.
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They're useful for checking on the weather or grabbing reminders from you calendar at a glance, and there are few things as cool as setting up a morning routine on a smart device.
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The Tipron, developed by Japanese smart device maker Cerevo, looks like a white eye on a sleek robotic stalk and wheeled base — a child's friendly sidekick droid in some '70s science fiction movie.
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At CES today, the company announced the all newiGV1, an alarm clock radio that integrates Google Assistant, and a smart device that you might actually want to display in your home for once.
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"The growth strategy of PC and Smart Device (PCSD) focusing on commercial, high-growth and premium segments has paid off in delivering record revenue for the fiscal year," Yang said in a statement.
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It's no wonder why you see them all over the place — Apple has spent years taking over the "smart device" industry, making innovative new products that blazed the trail for other tech giants.
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In the fall, the university is launching a "skill" on Alexa — software that allows someone to interact with a smart device like an Amazon Echo speaker — called Husky Helper (named for Northeastern's mascot).
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This is the approach he recommends: If a smart device is going to make a difference in your life, then "it makes a lot of sense to make that leap," he told me.
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While some big brands, like Samsung, are leaders in smart appliances, the rest of the smart device world is fragmented, with much of the innovation coming from focused start-ups and midsize companies.
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Fourth, if you move into a new home, buy a secondhand car, or purchase a used smart device, always make sure previous owners' accounts aren't still connected to the hubs, routers and devices.
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Apple has patented a system that could make connecting all of your smart things easier by automatically detecting a new smart device, what room it's in, and authenticating it for you to use.
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In case you didn't already know, the Echo Show is a tabletop smart device that incorporates Amazon's intelligent personal assistant, Alexa, allows for video calling, and plays music through some pretty good Dolby speakers.
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Get a free Amazon Smart Plug when you purchase a third generation Echo Dot See Details If your smart device preference leans toward lighting, the Sengled smart bulb starter kit bundle is for you.
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One adorable grandmother had a bit of a difficult time using a popular smart device she received for Christmas, but that didn't stop her from trying—even if her husband was less than impressed!
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While the larger smart device manufacturers like Amazon, Apple and Google are "further along" at providing security, Warner is concerned about cheaper manufacturers who may not provide these safeguards in order to cut costs.
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Today, PIQ — a company that makes an advanced sports tracker— announced that it's taking its smart device ambitions even further, showing off prototypes of what it claims are the world's first smart skis and kiteboard.
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Another smart device, Bates' water heater, points to an exorbitant amount of water being used in the early-morning hours in what investigators believe was an attempt to cover up a crime, the affidavit says.
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Another smart device, Bates' water heater, points to an exorbitant amount of water being used in the early-morning hours, in what investigators believe was an attempt to cover up a crime, the affidavit says.
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In the single player mode, you can use a smart device to control the robot on a virtual battlefield (created using augmented reality) and use virtual weapons and special moves to take down digital enemies.
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The camera also has SnapBridge Bluetooth connectivity to connect it right to your smart device so you can share your cool-looking shots instantly — AKA shoot on your Nikon then share those photos of Instagram.
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If you're planning on picking up some cool new smart device for a loved one this holiday season, it might be worth your while to check whether it's one of the good ones or not.
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The company that brought you the Yoga Book has big plans for an artificially intelligent smart-device future — plans that it will reveal at the July 20 third annual Lenovo Tech World conference in Shanghai.
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Mattel announced on Wednesday that it was canceling plans to bring to market a smart device called Aristotle, which was aimed at children from infancy to adolescence and was set to hit stores in 2018.
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If you own a smart device or connected TV and found yourself alarmed by Tuesday's reports of CIA hacking, you need to start asking difficult questions about the companies you'll spend money with in the future.
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Following a recent case in which Amazon handed over data from its Echo device to police investigating a murder, a smart device called the police when a couple was allegedly involved in a violent domestic dispute.
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Connecting the MekaMon to a smart device via bluetooth and opening a free-to-download MekaMon app also unlocks a world of virtual gameplay where your robot can do virtual battle in your actual living room.
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Seth Moulton from Massachusetts proposed a bill called the Automatic Listening and Exploitation Act (ALEXA for short) that would penalize companies if a smart device recorded audio without the consumer triggering it with a wake word.
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Every time you add a new smart device from a different manufacturer, you basically have to add a new app to your collection, Logitech Senior Director of Home Control Neil Raggio pointed out in an interview.
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There isn't a hard scientific consensus on the benefits of night modes, and maybe they won't affect your sleep at all, but simply the comfort of using any smart device in twilight hours is dramatically improved.
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The bigger picture: Smart device vendors could tap a growing senior market through friends and family who are looking to help their elderly loved ones retain independence and reduce the burdensome costs of long-term care.
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A Kickstarter campaign aims to simplify smart modern living by transforming everyday objects into smart objects: meet CliQ, the smart wireless sensor that could turn virtually any object into a smart device for truly personalized automation.
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The light bulb is controlled by an app on the users' phone, but as LimitedResults discovered, the lack of security on the smart device itself meant that it could also potentially be controlled by an attacker.
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They can be a bit tricky to set up, but once they're running, you'll see exactly how much tracking is happening on your computer, phone, TV and any other smart device you hook into the system.
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The Emerson Sensi Touch WiFi thermostat is a programmable smart device that can help you regulate your heating and cooling, and it's currently on sale for $132.47 at Amazon — it's listed at $169 on Emerson's official website.
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So that's a new rival for Google Assistant, Siri, Alexa, and Cortana, combined with the new Essential Home device and Ambient OS which Rubin says is designed to integrate with every other smart device in your home.
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JD.com's smart device business meanwhile, will reveal a smart refrigerator, a new generation of Wi-Fi speakers and a delivery drone, the latter which is aimed at rural China, according to JD Smart Vice President Leslie Liu.
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" We had so much to show you, but not to worry â€" at the next available moment we’ll be making some big announcements to bring the next wave of smart device innovation to our users.
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Image: CujoLifehacker has a good introduction to some of the settings to be aware of but we'd recommend hitting up the support forums for both your router and your smart device of choice for more detailed advice.
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"The release of the smart device application 'Pokemon Go' led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series and drove the Nintendo 3DS family hardware sales growth outside of Japan," Nintendo said in its earning statement.
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The vulnerability of an Internet of Things device means that attackers can leverage physical access to a smart device to gain further access to a user's home network, and potentially compromise much than just a single device.
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And a smart device could learn the secret blend of secretions unique to its owner, let his or her phone sample whatever lovely blend is oozing out of their moist pores, and unlock the phone with it.
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And the answer, from Shinya Takahashi of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning and Development Division: Physical controllers for smart device applications are available in the market and it is possible that we may also develop something new by ourselves.
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The Aire is essentially meant to function like a home security smart device, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Nest, but with a turbine attached that ostensibly allows it to patrol multiple rooms in a house.
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With the Echo Plus's new Wi-Fi simple setup feature, all you'll have to do is connect a smart device to your Wi-Fi network using the Wi-Fi password you've saved in your Wi-Fi locker.
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As I mentioned earlier, Sonos was early to this concept—not as early as, perhaps, The Clapper, but early enough that it might have been the first internet-connected smart device that most people might have encountered.
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I liked the Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst STEM Kit because you don&apost need a smart device to play with it, there are several fun challenges, and it was a great introduction to engineering for kids.
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When one of the guys asks his smart device how many possible stackable combinations there are, the device responds "318,000," before going into a rant about how it will never be able to taste any Pringle ever.
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A technology saturated lifestyle — where smart device owners feel compelled to email, message and post to social media with reckless abandon, and often at all hours of the day or night — is taking much of the blame.
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The system, called Ubicoustics, adds additional bits of context to smart device interaction, allowing a smart speaker to know it's in a kitchen or a smart sensor to know you're in a tunnel versus on the open road.
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The system uses a small sensor that measures glucose levels just underneath the skin, as well as a transmitter that fits onto the sensor to send data wirelessly to a receiver or compatible smart device in real time.
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Lawmakers and public interest groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Amazon's Echo Dot Kids, arguing that the smart device is violating children's privacy by collecting and storing their data without meaningful control for parents.
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An internet-enabled "smart" device may seem like the perfect holiday gift — but there are downsides to owning connected devices that stay on around the clock and are capable of recording sound and video from inside your home.
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Take Nightscout, an app that can be downloaded onto a smart device that constantly tracks the blood sugar level of children with Type 1 Diabetes, without their parents having to be in the same place as their child.
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But all of this buzz and hype are putting pressure on smart device makers to rush their gadgets into the market while demand is hot — and sometimes, this means security features take a back seat, said Mr. Henderson.
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Google has already expressed interest in being able to infer medical conditions; in 2018, the company filed a patent for a smart device that makes inferences based on what it sees in your home, sorting users into categories.
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The biggest winner in this situation, though, might be Apple, whose HomePod smart speaker only has about 2 percent of market share in the US among smart device owners, according to Bret Kinsella, editor of Voice publication Voicebot.ai.
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VIENNA, June 27 (Reuters) - Sensor specialist AMS AG and Chinese artificial intelligence provider Megvii have agreed to jointly develop plug-and-play solutions that enable 3D face recognition in any smart device, the Austrian group said on Thursday.
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Pretty much any new phone, computer or smart device will need to go through a series of updates before you can actually use it, and depending on the item and the number of updates, that process could take hours.
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Sometimes, your smart device isn't even the end goal: In the October attack that briefly took out Twitter, Reddit, Netflix and others, attackers used malware to take over consumers' smart home gadgets and connected devices to power the attack.
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The new capital will be used by Hero Labs to accelerate development of its first product: a smart device dubbed "Sonic" that uses ultrasonic technology to monitor water use within a property, including the early detection of water leaks.
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It's been a hot, humid summer where I live in New Jersey, so I wanted to see how the WeMo Mini could handle a non-smart device (my wall-mounted AC unit) and turn it into a smart one.
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You simply plug it into a normal outlet, and then you can plug another non-smart device like a lamp into it so that you can control it with the Belkin app on your phone or with your voice.
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On Saturday, what sounds like a Mr. Robot plot line came one step closer to being reality, when two white hat hackers showed off the first-ever ransomware that works against a "smart" device, in this case a thermostat.
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Sensibo Sky is a unique smart device that hooks up to even the dumbest AC units (their words, not mine) to make your constant AC usage as cost-effective as possible while letting you be as lazy as possible.
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For starters, the wristband needs to be connected to a smart device, meaning you'll need to keep you phone or tablet pretty close to your bed to keep the connection — and for other reasons we'll get to in a second.
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Launching at a gala event at Berlin's Tempodrom today, the Gear Sport follows in the path defined by the Gear S2349, marrying familiar design cues from the traditional watch industry with the functionality people expect from a modern smart device.
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Another report, by Salmon, a digital agency inside WPP, an advertising group, found that far more British consumers would prefer a smart device that ordered the cheapest item in a category to one that summoned up the same brand each time.
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The Automatic Listening and Exploitation Act, or the ALEXA Act for short, would empower the Federal Trade Commission to seek immediate penalties if a smart device is found to have recorded user conversations without the device's wake word being triggered.
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Nadina J. Rosier, the health and group benefits pharmacy practice leader at Willis Towers Watson, said other areas the company could explore include offering virtual doctor consults, or using the Amazon Echo, its voice-controlled smart device, for health care applications.
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Home, which will have apps for the iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch (you can only add devices through the first two), will see them, and even share your Wi-Fi network credentials (typically a real smart device installation pain point).
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If your monitor or TV screen has an HDMI port (which nearly every TV screen nowadays has), you can turn it into a smart device that can connect to all sorts of apps you have on your phone or computer.
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The machine uses some modified LEGO bricks as the brains of the operation—two Sbrick Plus (a brick that allows wireless control of other LEGO pieces from any smart device) and a BuWizz brick, which is an additional remote control module.
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The Week Ahead Alphabet is expected to report earnings on Monday and, for the first time, to reveal financial data for each entity under its holding company structure — that includes the online ad unit Google, and the smart device maker Nest, among others.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone and smart device maker Xiaomi will cap income from its hardware business at 5 percent of after-tax profits starting 2018, as it looks to position itself as an internet services provider ahead of a highly anticipated IPO.
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This smart device may not be able to do everything on your to-do list, but it's like having your very own elf, always at the ready to tackle your next holiday item and to take the stress out of the season.
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About the size of an old-school flashlight, the ChefSteps Joule is a 'smart' device for sous vide cooking, which sounds fancy but is really just putting food in bags, immersing them in water and then heating the water to the "done" temperature.
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On the other hand, I believe Nintendo's way of thinking is to look at whether action games are really not impossible (without a physical controller for smart device applications) to create and how we can make it happen to create such a game.
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Now, those things may sound fancy and expensive (and some of them certainly are), but Google is offering a pretty great smart device combo on the cheap right now, and we think you should definitely take advantage of it while you can.
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SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is bringing to Brazil the latest version of its own smart device Google Nest, with plans to start selling it in major online and brick-and-mortar retailers in the country as of Tuesday.
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But RPM systems are capable of intervening by reminding patients to keep up with their post-treatment care routines and keeping doctors abreast of patients' progress via smart device-generated data, like Vivify's blood pressure cuffs or consumer wearables such as Fitbit.
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Another company that was early to this smart device model, Roku, also retired some of its early models recently, and Netflix stopped working on some of Roku's early-gen devices, along with some smart TVs of the period made by other companies.
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Best Buy doesn't say on its FAQ page to what extent it's offering these refunds, and whether those refunds extend to any Insignia smart device purchase made at any point in the past, or if there is a purchase cutoff of some sort.
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You can control the app on your console, but it's much easier to pair your Xbox with your smart device app or Spotify Connect on your PC. Either of those options allows you to control your music without ditching out of whatever game you're playing.
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My next smart device will be a water-shutoff valve, like the Flo by Moen (I haven't tested it yet.) It attaches to your water supply and uses AI to detect a leak as slight as a dripping faucet and sends you a notification.
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Two other former Alphabet companies have been moved back under Google's umbrella in the past two years: home smart device company Nest rejoined Google in 2018 after three years as an Alphabet subsidiary, and cybersecurity firm Chronicle was folded back into Google last year.
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The company's long-running policy of not preloading third-party software onto its devices is coming up against a new piece of Russian legislation requiring every smart device to be sold with certain applications already installed, many of which are produced by the government.
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Russia's push back against big tech has major consequences for Apple Apple's long-running policy of not preloading third-party software onto its devices is coming up against a new piece of Russian legislation requiring every smart device to be sold with certain applications already installed.
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It mixes and matches traditional IR control with HDMI CEC and smart device network API controls, so it might turn on your TV using CEC, adjust your receiver volume over IR, and open a Netflix show on your Roku by sending a deep link over the network.
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Over email, Halamek broke down what he sees as the wide-ranging implications of the research, which "[could be] applicable in real-world applications involving simply the unlocking [of] a person's smart device as well as a way to protect information stored within apps," he said.
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In the decade between the release of the first smart TVs and now, the smart device trend really picked up in earnest, affecting things as varied as watches, drinking cups, thermostats, smoke detectors, toothbrushes, and even smart Gibson guitars (which didn't work out for the guitar company).
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This happens in a lot of little ways: feeling more comfortable letting a smart device into our home, giving more access to information about ourselves to social media platforms (or discovering to our shock how much info they had been collecting this whole time), letting our phones track us.
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Cappos told me that some day, if I buy a smart device that knows what I eat, like a refrigerator, and I don't keep a close eye on who can access my data, it might get sold to someone with an interest in knowing my midnight snacking habits.
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Not only does it have 1080p livestream capabilities (in both normal and night vision modes) and two-way audio, but it also has a treat-tossing mechanism that you can trigger right from your smart device whenever you want to pop in and say hello from the office.
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Not only does it have 1080p livestream capabilities (in both normal and night vision modes) and two-way audio, but it also has a treat-tossing mechanism that you can trigger right from your smart device whenever you want to pop in and say hello from the office.
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There are two parts to this: a Wi-Fi locker, where people can upload their network's Wi-Fi network name and password to the cloud, and Wi-Fi simple setup network, where when the smart device is turned on, it looks for that network stored in the Wi-Fi locker.
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Don't forget to set any clocks that aren't on a smart device behind one hour before heading to bed on Saturday night, and get ready to have your microwave or oven display the wrong time for the next eight months because you don't want to break out the instruction manual.
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We asked students that in our Picture Prompt "Alarm Clocks," and got some great answers: Leah Schwagerl from Wilmington, N.C., thought older things were built to last: Can I just say, that as a 16-year-old I still cannot wrap by head around the idea of Amazons "smart device," Alexa.
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Asking Alexa to help you easily connect a new smart device to your wireless network would undoubtedly be convenient, but as we recently discovered, it's all but impossible to block Amazon from your life, so do you really want to open another giant door for the online retailer to enter your home?
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California became a vanguard in the security space last year by passing a law (Senate Bill 327) mandating that any maker of an Internet-connected, or smart device ensures the gadget has 'reasonable' security features which 'protects the device and any information contained therein from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
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Samsung has a smart home play with SmartThings, but one of the startup ideas here is LiCON, an app that aims to make things much easier to set up by letting users simply take a photo of the smart device they want to control, which then launches into the app directly with controls on-screen.
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"Management also indicated the possibility of a certain level of upfront investment in order to get the two businesses fully up and running, and developments here will warrant attention," said Junk Yamamura, Nomura analyst, with the group maintaining a neutral rating on the stock for now, as investors have already factored in prospects for the smart device business.
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Because of that, it's worth considering for those that want a super-smart device that offers good audio at an affordable priceThat said, if you do want the best Android TV streaming device, it's worth considering the Nvidia Shield TV, while if you want an excellent smart soundbar, then the aforementioned Sonos Beam is the way to go.
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Snips, which had been developing dedicated smart device assistants that can operate primarily locally, instead of relying on consistently round-tripping voice data to the cloud, could help Sonos set up a voice control option for its customers that has "privacy in mind" and is focused more narrowly on music control than on being a general-purpose smart assistant.
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Chinese smartphone and smart device maker Xiaomi just announced its first laptop — and boy does it look familiar to products belonging to a company that begins with the letter 'A' 😉 The Chinese tech giant is holding a press event to unveil its new Redmi Pro smartphone today, but it also dropped a surprise with the unveiling of the Mi Notebook Air.
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"This next wave of innovation in the smart device ecosystem will be led by Google and Amazon, as their apparent strength in major growth sectors, notably computer science, allows for a more flexible approach to next-generation user experiences that are essential for creating immersive experiences and brand-new ways of human-to-machine interactions," David McQueen, research director at ABI Research, said in a press release.
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Sonos acquires voice assistant startup Snips, potentially to build out on-device voice control Snips, which had been developing dedicated smart device assistants that can operate locally (instead of relying on consistently round-tripping voice data to the cloud) could help Sonos set up a voice control option for its customers that has better privacy and is focused more narrowly on music control. 7.
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The versatile keyboard boasts unparalleled connectivity and features a smart device slot to prop up whichever portable screen you need to connect to, allowing you to make quick changes to that report, paper, email, or Game of Thrones fanfic (#HouseStarkForever.) The keyboard can connect to up to three devices at once and easily switch among them, so you're free to multitask to your heart's content.
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By adding GPS and a swim-proof design to Watch Series 2, combined with an improved CPU GPU and a brighter display, Apple provides a solid upgrade for current Watch owners, as well as a more attractive proposition for users who are either looking at upgrading from a fitness band or are wearing a smart device on their wrist for the first time, especially given the $23 starting price.
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One such smart device you can connect to is a Chromecast, or Chromecast-capable TV.The ability to do so is enormously convenient, as Chromecast devices allow you to stream dozens of video and audio apps, such as YouTube, Netflix, or Spotify, directly from your mobile device or tablet to your TV.Linking a Chromecast to your Google Home allows you to start streaming with just the sound of your voice.
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"We are working very closely with Google and would like to embrace their ecosystems and make most of our ecosystem work with their products," said Skott Ahn, president and chief technology officer of LG. "The biggest digital home announcements at CES are the ones that consumers won't care about, like the gradual rise of Google's [smart home operating system] Brillo and [smart device communication platform] Weave and protocol for home connectivity," said McQuivey.
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There was a Porg-care simulator from Lucasfilms' ILMxLab, which was not only cute and whimsical, but also a fairly sophisticated example of Magic Leap's potential capabilities: If you turned a smart device on in the room, the little creatures would interact with it, fur blown by a fan, dancing to music played by a speaker, falling asleep in front of the TV. The marquee Magic Leap game, released at the conference, Dr. Grordbort's Invaders, was, yes, cute and whimsical, and showed that the goggles could deliver a bigger-budget kind of gaming experience.
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