With the end of 2018 and the beginning of a new year, the world of mobile phones has undergone significant changes. Some of these changes are monumental from what has been prevalent in the smartphone industry previously and it seems that ...
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Not one to be left out, Samsung will reportedly plonk its fledgling personal assistant Bixby into a smart speaker. The Wall Street Journal’s sources say the company is planning to contend with the Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple ...
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AI-assisted smart speakers are becoming incresingly popular, since Amazon launched its Echo device. Just this week, Apple debuted its own HomePod device during the WWDC event, which will arrive, fully powered by Siri, later this year. ...
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Samsung only launched its Siri and Cortana rival, Bixby, on the Samsung Galaxy S8 in March this year, but it's already fulfilling its promise to give the virtual assistant a home inside home appliances, too. Its first target? A fridge, ...
Microsoft has confirmed there are now 500 million active Windows 10 machines. Microsoft announced the landmark figure, just before the Build 2017 developer’s conference kicked off in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday. The company ...
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Harman Kardon has officially announced the first intelligent speaker to feature Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant, following a teaser earlier on Monday. The new Harman Kardon Invoke is the result of a partnership between Microsoft ...
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In December we learned Microsoft was planning to bring its Cortana digital assistant to smart speakers, with the first device revealed to be a speaker from third-party firm Harman Kardon. The speaker is set to debut this year, but it ...
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Microsoft is rolling out some new features for Xbox One owners today, headlined by the integration of the Beam streaming platform. Purchased by Microsoft last year, Beam will go up against Twitch for the right to broadcast your gaming ...
Tech giant Microsoft has unveiled a new connected vehicle platform to help automakers transform cars. The platform was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Microsoft has entered into a strategic alliance with ...
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Microsoft October 2016 Event: Today’s Microsoft keynote is finally over and we’ve been inundated with lots of big software and hardware news. Here’s what you need to know. Microsoft Event Overview Microsoft has ...
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Updated: Microsoft Surface Studio release date, price, specs and features – All you need to know about the new Microsoft Surface Studio all-in-one PC as we wait to go hands-on with the latest Windows 10 AIO. As expected, Microsoft ...
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Microsoft’s October 26 event is nearly upon us, and there’s no shortage of rumours circulating online. Here’s what you need to know. This Wednesday, Microsoft is expected to make a number of software and hardware ...
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Senior Apple executive Phil Schiller has spoken out about some of the sticky issues plaguing the company’s new MacBook Pro. Few people at Apple have their fingers in as many pies as Phil Schiller, Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing. ...
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Google’s long-awaited ‘Allo’ messaging app is going to launch later this week, apparently. The new messenger, which was announced at Google I/O back in May, was originally pegged for release in summer 2016 – a ...
The popular media server app Plex has updated its Windows 10 software to offer more support for the voice-powered Cortana tool. Plex v3.0.43 now gives users ability for users to play and shuttle their libraries and playlists (via Windows ...
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