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* Bulleted list item | * The '''Amazon Alexa Fund''' [http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/18/amazons-alexa-fund-makes-investment-in-smart-thermostat-company-ecobee/ invested] in Ecobee, a smart '''thermostat''' company. Earlier this year, Ecobee became the first thermostat maker to tie itself to the Amazon Echo, enabling Alexa’s control over the device. | ||
* Time Magazine wrote a [http://time.com/4456014/apple-home-app-ios-10/ feature] on the new Home app coming in the iOS 10 release this fall. It has 3 tabs: '''Home, Rooms, and Automation.''' The '''Home''' tab provides an overview of the HomeKit setup: the most frequently used accessories and “scenes,” a collection of settings you can pre-program for specific events. '''Rooms''' sorts smart appliances by where they’re located in the house. The '''Automation''' tab lets the user build automatic triggers for certain events. For example, when driving home, the software “talks” to the iPhone’s GPS, it knows you’re nearing your home, and it opens the garage door automatically. | |||
* Google's Thread [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/01/thread_and_ocf_form_alliance_for_iot_sanity joined] Open Connectivty Foundation, an '''IoT standards''' body. The groups' technologies do not overlap – Thread is a networking protocol, and the OCF produces application-level software – so the alliance is not going to remove one of the multiple clashes in the IoT market. | |||
* '''Intel''' made a series of announcements: [http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/intel-joule-system-on-module-internet-of-things-developer-platform-2982600/ Intel Joule] - a platform for developers - [http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6814107-intel-dives-into-virtual-reality/ Project Alloy] - a VR headset aimed at developers - a partnership with Microsoft to work on VR and an [http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/17/intel-ai-deep-learning/ acquisition] of Nervana, an Artificial Intelligence company specialized in deep learning. | |||
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