HERE Technologies announced a collaboration with Amazon that will see the companies integrate Amazon Alexa and HERE navigation and location services. The combination of the voice-first interactions through Alexa with the in car navigation solution makes it easy for automakers to deliver an intuitive experience for users inside and outside the car.
Amazon Web Services, Inc. announced the availability of AWS RoboMaker, a new service that makes it easy for developers to develop, test, and deploy robotics applications, as well as build intelligent robotics functions using cloud services.
Amazon’s consumer platforms Alexa, Dash Replenishment Service, and Fire TV are all destined to become part of the devices the commerce behemoth sells. The company is deploying the same strategy with all three and is using other tactics to get companies young and old aboard. The goal: being available everywhere.
Amazon has begun offering IoT delivery direct to car trunks. Designates “Amazon Key In-Car”, the service is available in 37 US cities for owners of serveral car brands.
Some things about the new store that Amazon opened in Seattle, Washington are quiet conventional – like it’s opening hours from 7AM to 9PM, Monday through Friday. On 165 square meters it offers ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options.
Amazon just started a revolutionary service: At the price of 249 Dollars, Prime members in certain Cities in the US can have a internet connected lock installed, that allows delivery of packages when nobody is at home.
Amazon’s Echo is a home device that uses a a cloud-service to assist its owner in playing music, for home automatization and for answering all kinds of questions through it’s voice assistant “Alexa” – basically. But it could also help solve murders.
One-click buying is emerging as a potentially huge market for Amazon in the UK. The online retailer just announced its “Dash instant-order Button”.
Amazon is joining the IoT game with Amazon Web Services IoT platform (AWS IoT). What is their strategy and how will they stack up against major competitors?
Israel-based startup Wiliot announced the close of $30 million round of funding from investors including Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment and Qualcomm Ventures. Wiliot makes a sticker sized battery-free Bluetooth sensor tag with an ARM processor that receives its power from ambient radio frequencies.
Sequans Communications S.A. just introduced Monarch 2, the second generation of its Monarch LTE for NB-IoT chip platform. Monarch 2 is built on three years of Sequans’ field-proven experience with first-generation Monarch.
At MWC Libelium presented the integration of NB-IoT connectivity in its wireless sensor platform in cooperation with Ericsson.
Quectel Wireless Solutions just launched its first LTE Cat NB2/GSM module for dual mode BC97, which supports switchover between GSM and NB-IoT networks and ensures utilizing network coverage of both technologies
The co-founder of Fleet Space Technologies says the registration of one million devices in less than 24 hours to its low-cost satellite network shows the time is right for the Internet of Things.
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