Google Enters the Home Assistant market with Google Home
The Amazon Echo has been one of the most talked about and praised product from Amazon in tech circles. It is a digital assistant that uses voice to interact with you and perform simple tasks. These tasks can be anything from reminders to playing music from Spotify. Unconfirmed reports say that Amazon has sold as…
Read MoreCraig Steven Wright claims to be the founder of Bitcoin
Craig Steven Wright is claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of Bitcoin. Could we finally be close to figuring out a mystery that security researchers have been trying to find out for years. The Economist is one of the three publications to break the story: “This mystery may finally be solved: Craig Steven…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Android patent licensing revenue falling
For a long time, Microsoft made a killing with its licensing deals with Android manufacturers. It was to the tune of a billion dollars and the best part was that Microsoft made money from almost every Android handset that was sold. Unfortunately it looks like the proliferation of cheap Chinese phones is causing that licensing…
Read MoreThe benefits of using a chromecast
There are several options when it comes to home video players. There is the Apple TV, Fire TV, Fire Stick, Roku, XBox360 etc. Currently one of the most popular is Google’s Chromecast stick. It was the first such device in the category and is probably the most popular. The Fire TV Stick and Roku stick…
Read MoreGoogle’s DeepMind defeats legendary Go player in historic victory
In what is a milestone for both Google and the field of Artificial Intelligence, AlphaGo, a program developed by Google AI unit Deepmind has defeated the legendary Go player Lee-Se-dol. This is only the first of five matches in this historic series held in South Korea. AlphaGo has beaten human players before, however this is…
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