industryterm:smart devices

#duckduckgo Vs. #google : What You Need to Know
▻https://hackernoon.com/duckduckgo-vs-google-what-you-need-to-know-869368b08c4f?source=rss----3a

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DuckDuckGo vs. Google: What You Need to KnowAdweek: DuckDuckGo vs. GoogleThere’s no denying that we are years away from seeing any other search engine take over Google. Yes, it has grown thaaaaat big and has left us so dependent on itself that it just can’t happen so quick.Google tracks almost all our activities through our smart devices — especially so in the case of Android devices. The places you visit, the steps you walk, the time you spend on each website, the searches you make, the products you click on and so on.If you are using Google devices and/or its products, Google is behind you.Everywhere. All the time.▻https://medium.com/media/81f09925aa4750abf367b5b7505a4718/href(If you’re wondering, yes, Google does know exactly what you watched the last night and the night before it and (...)

#search-engines #duckduckgo-vs-google #google-vs-duckduckgo

What Are #google #assistant Routines? Here is Everything You Should Know
▻https://hackernoon.com/what-are-google-assistant-routines-here-is-everything-you-should-know-52

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Since the invention of smart speakers, living in a smart home is no more a dream. They have legit made it easier to control other smart devices by simply using our voice. Moreover, with every new update, Amazon Alexa speakers and Google Home speakers come up with more features and integration. The recent such update introduced us to Google Assistant Routines.Up until now, we have had our Google Assistant perform various tasks such as play music, make calls, set alarms, pay bills and much more. However, your Google Assistant can do way more than that. You simply have to give a simple command and your assistant will perform several tasks all at once. Pretty smooth, right? As of now, there are six standard Google Assistant Routines that will get you through the day. These routines can be (...)

#google-assistant-routines #google-assistant #internet-of-things

Build Your Own #iot Smart Lock with Secure Access Management
▻https://hackernoon.com/build-your-own-iot-smart-lock-with-secure-access-management-955b31dbf97e

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For as long as humans have tried to lock up stuff and keep their belongings safe, burglars (hackers in this context) have always tried to break into those locks. How does it sound if we say you can build your own smart lock that allows only you to be able to unlock it?Today’s users expect to interact in real-time. #pubnub makes it easy for you to add real-time capabilities to your apps, without worrying about the infrastructure. You can build apps that allow your users to engage in real-time across mobile, browser, desktop and server. PubNub powers real-time communication for the Internet of Things and smart devices and provides the infrastructure and APIs for communication for any size IoT deployment. And PubNub Access Management makes it all secure.The full GitHub repo for this project (...)

#raspberry-pi #iot-smart-lock #javascript

Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/alexa-siri-hidden-command-audio-attacks.html

Researchers can now send secret audio instructions undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. Many people have grown accustomed to talking to their smart devices, asking them to read a text, play a song or set an alarm. But someone else might be secretly talking to them, too. Over the last two years, researchers in China and the United States have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to (...)

#Apple #Google #Amazon #YouTube #Alexa #Echo #domotique #Home #Siri #voix #hacking

New Nintendo president targets ¥100bn #Mobile business
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-03-new-nintendo-president-targets-100bn-mobile-business

Incoming chief Shuntaro Furukawa believes a Pokémon Go-style hit will transform the platform holder’s fortunes on smart devices

#Publishing

Finding the PC game consumers of tomorrow
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-04-05-finding-the-pc-game-consumers-of-tomorrow

As smart devices replace PCs in homes and bedrooms, Steam Machines - or something like them - could play a key role in securing the market’s future consumers

#Publishing #Development

German distributor EuroVideo Medien enters #Mobile games market
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-28-german-distributor-eurovideo-medien-enters-mobile-games-ma

Firm expands new games label Wild River to encompass smart devices with three upcoming releases

#Publishing

Bending the board game rules on #Mobile
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-25-bending-the-board-game-rules-on-mobile

Asmodee Digital discusses how it adapts tabletop IP for smart devices, and why the potential for CCG lies beyond Hearthstone

#Development

LAUREN - a human intelligent smart home
▻https://get-lauren.com

LAUREN is a human intelligent smart home. Lauren will visit your home, deploy a series of smart devices, and watch over you remotely 24/7. Lauren will control your home for you, attempting to be better than an AI, understanding you as a person. Source: Relevé sur le Net...

Inspector gadget : how smart devices are outsmarting criminals
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/23/smart-devices-solve-crime-murder-internet-of-things

Fitbits, pacemakers, Amazon Echoes – all are tools of the modern detective’s trade in a world where our devices are always watching Richard Dabate told police a masked intruder assaulted him and killed his wife in their Connecticut home. His wife’s Fitbit told another story and Dabate was charged with the murder. James Bates said an acquaintance accidentally drowned in his hot tub in Arkansas. Detectives suspected foul play and obtained data from Bates’s Amazon Echo device. Bates was charged (...)

#Echo #wearable #criminalité

##criminalité

Operating smart devices from the space on and above the back of your hand
▻https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170503110802.htm

Smartwatches such as the Apple Watch have been called a ’revolution on the wrist’, but the operation of these devices is complicated, because the screen is small. Researchers have therefore developed a novel input method that expands the input space to the back of the hand and the 3-D space above the back of the hand wearing the watch.

Bigger brands, subscriptions and eSports: What to expect on #Mobile in 2017
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-01-20-bigger-brands-subscriptions-and-esports-what-to-expect-on-

Storm8’s Terence Fung shares his predictions on how the games market on smart devices will change in the year ahead

Designing For Device Orientation: From Portrait To Landscape | Smashing UX Design
►http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/10/designing-device-orientation-portrait-landscape

The accelerometer embedded in our smart devices is typically used to align the screen depending on the orientation of the device, i.e. when switching between portrait and landscape modes. This capability provides great opportunities to create better user experiences because it offers an additional layout with a simple turn of a device, and without pressing any buttons.

#webdesign