Facebook Portal: Video Calling Devices to Connect With Friends and Family
Facebook just announced two video communication devices for the home that can change the way people keep in touch. The devices are called Portal and Portal +.
Facebook just announced two video communication devices for the home that can change the way people keep in touch. The devices are called Portal and Portal +.
When we think about the short, exciting history of the internet, it helps first to think back to the events that shaped what we like to call the American Wild West.
At Build Eco Xpo (BEX) Asia in Singapore earlier this month, Unified Inbox Pte. Ltd. (UIB) showcased UnificationEngine which works with Overkiz’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) SmartContact, which offers intelligent IoT messaging.
Interview: Kevin Ashton is sometimes called the “Inventor of IoT” since the first used the term in 1999 to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors He is a serial entrepreneur and co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT.
Robots have hands and feet, arms and legs, a torso of some sort or another, and a kind of head sitting on top, maybe with bulging, fly-like faceted eyes, or camera lenses that stare back at its human master. If that’s what you think robots of the future will look like, think again. Chances are robots in 2020
and beyond will look more like a can of sardines.
Voice is the next big platform and it may very well deliver the smart home hub everyone is waiting for. How does this new interface model fit in with the rest of the digital world? And what does the voice market look like today?
Virtual reality is not exactly new – VR goggles have been around since the ’90s – but now virtual reality is poised to arrive on the shop floor, along with augmented reality, both of which promise to revolutionize how things are made.
Nokia went from being the global leader in cell phones to a company which has been split up and could have become just another has-been. But the 152-year-old business chameleon could make a comeback over the next few years with a sound IoT strategy ■ by Marcel Weiss There are […]
Facebook has acquired The Eye Tribe, maker of the world’s most affordable eyetracker. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the acquisition but declined to cite the terms of the deal.
Big Data: Businesses are collecting more and more data these days, but are they making the right use of the information they are gathering?