[ad_1] Accent Systems’ Bluetooth NB-IoT beacon technology, developed for Samsonite’s Track&Go, enables travellers to locate and recover lost luggage. Image: Accent Systems/Samsonite Accent Systems has been flirting with connected devices for 10 years, long before the Internet of Things concept entered the wider public consciousness. It all began in startup ...
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[ad_1] China’s Spreadtrum, a company under Tsinghua Unigroup, has established a strategic partnership with British semiconductor company Dialog that aims at LTE chip platform development. With the cooperation, Dialog will provide highly integrated hybrid signal power management technology to Spreadtrum’s LTE chip platform targeting the ...
Read More »OceanGate plans an expedition to 3D scan the Titanic
[ad_1] Seattle-based OceanGate Inc. this week announced plans for a manned expedition to study the R.M.S. Titanic, the world’s most famous shipwreck. Fewer than 200 people have ever visited the Titanic since it sank in April 1912 according to historians’ estimates. To put that in perspective, more people have scaled ...
Read More »The American Dream Pointed a Gun at Me in VR, and It Was Surprisingly Terrifying
[ad_1] Share. As made by Australian developer Samurai Punk. By Alanah Pearce Things that happen in VR tend to be a lot scarier than they are on a TV screen, and I think that’s mostly due an unparalleled sense of invasion of space. If you’re playing Resident Evil 7 on ...
Read More »2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Release Date, Price and Specs – Roadshow
[ad_1] The fact that Alfa Romeo still exists at all is something to celebrate, but when it also produces cars that not only look great but drive well enough to compete against the big boys, it warms the hearts of car lovers the world over. With the Giulia, Alfa showed ...
Read More »LimeBike raises $12 million to roll out bike sharing without kiosks in the US
[ad_1] A startup called LimeBike has raised $12 million in venture funding to make Chinese-style bike sharing mainstream in the US. Andreessen Horowitz led the round joined by IDG Ventures, DCM Ventures and other investors who declined to be named. In China, companies like MoBike and Ofo have raised massive ...
Read More »Uber’s new in-app navigation is designed specifically for Uber drivers
[ad_1] Uber’s driver-facing app is getting big changes to its navigation experience, something Uber is doing to try to help make it easier for drivers to do their job without having to worry too much about switching apps or trusting navigation software designed primarily for consumer use. Read More [ad_2] ...
Read More »The best drone you can buy
[ad_1] In just the past few years, drones have transformed from a geeky hobbyist affair to a full-on cultural phenomenon. They’re everywhere now, and they’re available in just about any shape, size, or configuration you could ever want. The market is absolutely saturated with them now, so to help you ...
Read More »Euronet throws Ant Financial-MoneyGram merger into uncertainty with $1bn bid
[ad_1] JACK MA’s Ant Financial may see its best-laid plans to acquire Moneygram International go awry as Euronet Worldwide Inc has thrown its hat into the ring with an unsolicited US$1 billion bid. Ant Financial had in January bid US$880 million for MoneyGram, a global provider of money transfer ...
Read More »Interactive fiction and the origins of the conversational interface
[ad_1] Kevin Zurawel Contributor Kevin Zurawel is a front-end developer at Braintree, where he works on tools that power merchants large and small. He also is a frequent speaker at conferences. It’s 2017, and conversational interfaces (people talking with machines the same way they talk to other people) are everywhere. Siri ...
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