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?
Smart loudspeakers and voice command systems, like Amazon Alexa or Google Home, drive the growth of smart home products. But the systems do not always integrate too well with smart home products from other manufacturers.
Vending machines technology company Vendon has teamed up with AT&T to enable a vending machine or coffee machine to remotely share its status in near-real time via AT&T’s cellular network.
Vodafone Ireland has extended its trial 5G network site in Dublin as it prepares for a commercial launch of the mobile technology later this year.
GE Digital announced the general availability of enhanced Compliance Management features in its Asset Performance Management (APM) Integrity software for the oil-and-gas, chemical and power industries.
IntelliGuard, a global leader in RFID medication management technology headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif.,has announced a new software that tracks and monitors narcotic waste in acute care hospitals.
Tattooing gets a diagnostic twist: A team of scientists in Germany have developed dermal sensors that can be applied as artistic tattoos.
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