Amazon Echo RED

Amazon latest 2nd Generation Echo device to benefit (RED)

Want to get a smart speaker when contributing for an important reason? Amazon has you included: it simply unveiled a Product (RED) version of its 2nd-generation Echo. As you may expect, shopping for the crimson-hued device can contribute 10 % (in this case, $10) of its purchase price to fighting AIDS through the Global Fund. […]

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Roomba robotic vacuums now supports IFTTT functionality

iRobot has been continuously adding ways to make Roomba vacuums are going to feel like they are actually a part of your connected home, they have to do over dutifully clean your floors on a set schedule. Thankfully, iRobot helps them do exactly that. It just added IFTTT “recipes” that tell Roomba robots once to […]

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intelligent home audio

Roku is finally getting into intelligent home audio

Roku quietly acquired Danish audio startup Dynastrom for $3.5 million in Sep according to a regulatory filing spotted yesterday by variety. The filling does not expressly refer to Dynastrom by name but refers to a privately held technology company based in Denmark. variety scanned LinkedIn and found more Dynastrom staff, including its  CTO and Chief […]

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Beoplay M3

Beoplay M3 is almost cheap enough for normal people $299

B&O Play is Bang & Olufsen more affordable sub-brand (its additional extravagant speakers tend to run in the five-figure price range), but even the company’s “cheaper” consumer offerings just like the $599 Beoplay M5 are still pretty high-priced. The recently released M3 $299 is B&O Play’s lowest price speaker yet, and it’d be the answer […]

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Smart Deadbolt

Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt locks itself with an Alexa voice command

You can already lock and unlock Schlage’s Sense smart deadbolt with your voice through Siri, but you currently have another selection if you are not an addict of Apple devices. The smart lock is currently compatible with Amazon Alexa, thus you’ll lock (but sadly, not unlock) it or check out its status by barking out […]

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Intel Developer Kit

Intel Voice Enabling Developer Kit is now up for pre-order

Intel and Amazon are partnering to mix the former’s silicon and smarts with the latter’s Alexa voice platform. The chipmaker has introduced the Intel Speech enabling Developer Kit to supply a “complete audio front-end solution for far-field voice control,” according to a announcement. the concept is that Intel has done the hard work of designing […]

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