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How to Upgrade Your House to a Smart Home

24Dec By Amanda MasonNo Comments

Innovation

How to Upgrade Your House to a Smart Home

The days when making a home a smart home was only done in the movies or by really tech-savvy wealthy people are long gone. Now anyone with the know-how can easily turn their ordinary home into a smart home, the kind that was once thought to be portrayed only in sci-fi movies. Of course, there are pros and cons to smart home tech, and you need to determine whether it's the best option for you. Whether you're turning your home into a smart home as a DIY project, just one more of those hobbies that boost your intelligence, or looking to upgrade your home for convenience, energy-efficiency, and to become more eco-friendly to help save the planet, it's not as hard to upgrade as it once was. In this article, you'll find a few tips to help you switch from a regular old home to a smar...

4 Tools to Help You Build a Stronger Gaming Company

30Oct By Belinda HarrisonNo Comments

Advice, AI, Innovation, Robots

4 Tools to Help You Build a Stronger Gaming Company

As a kid, you may have gotten scolded often by your parents for spending too much time inside on your computer. "Those video games will rot your brain," they said. Well, the joke is on them, because the video game industry has expanded exponentially over the past several years, and you've got a head start. With your years of training growing up, you may be interested in getting into the gaming industry professionally. Creating and selling video games is an exciting and fun profession, but it also takes work to run a successful gaming business. Since you have a company that will revolve around technology, you need the best software, servers, branding, and tools to be a leader in your field. This isn't a job for the faint of heart, and it will take dedication and innovative thinking to cr...

Why Salesforce Remains the #1 CRM Platform with Many Companies Offering Add-on Services

28Oct By Amanda MasonNo Comments

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Why Salesforce Remains the #1 CRM Platform with Many Companies Offering Add-on Services

Companies have been keeping track of client information for decades. Back in the day, companies had to use pen and paper to organize relevant data in ledgers and the like. The goal has always been to find patterns in the types of buyers, suppliers, and service users with whom your company interacts. These patterns have helped organizations target certain demographics for decades, unlocking strategies that could make their businesses flourish, and then altering their practices accordingly. Customer relationship management (CRM) software is the Rolodex of the 21st century. All of the information you have on your clients is in one organized place, but you can look through it without getting ink stains and paper cuts. Broadly, CRM is any practice, technology, or strategy designed to help bu...

14Oct By listentowebbyNo Comments

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What Is NP Arange?

An introduction to np.arange and its uses in the Python language. What Is NP Arange? NumPy.arange, also called np.arange, is a core Python concept that is part of the language’s array (arr) creation routines. With a NumPy array, you can define the different interval (int) values and integers as well as the space between them. The resulting array follows the specified sequence. NP Basics The np.arange syntax is commonly broken into several different parameters. You’ll also have a default step size for your sequence of numbers as well as your integer arguments. You can change this increment as you like though you need a consistent step size and a defined stop value or endpoint. The Start Parameter The first NumPy arange parameter is the “start.” This, of course, is the nu...

2Oct By Emma JonesNo Comments

Advice, Innovation

5 Tech-Related Business Ideas

Starting a business in the midst of a global pandemic may not seem like the best time, but this isn't necessarily true. Roughly 627,000 small businesses start in the United States per year, so it isn't hard to imagine that those with an entrepreneurial spirit want to join in. That said, roughly 20% of businesses fail within their first year, and 50% fail before making it five years. The most common reason for this is a lack of capital. Either business owners fail to secure enough funding in the beginning, or the costs of maintaining their businesses simply become too much. There are ways, however, to fight both the capital issue and the pandemic. If you start a tech-related business online, you should have significantly fewer start-up costs than a brick and mortar business, and you won'...

3 Things to Consider Before Implementing AI with Human Voice in Your Call Center

25Sep By listentowebbyNo Comments

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3 Things to Consider Before Implementing AI with Human Voice in Your Call Center

There are several things you can do to increase productivity in a call center. One of the first things that comes to mind is artificial intelligence (AI). This cuts down on the number of real people you need to hire to keep the business running smoothly. While AI has come a long way, nothing is ever completely perfected. So, if you’re thinking about adding AI with human voice in your call center, consider these three things first: Combining AI interaction and real person interaction While business for employers is generally about the numbers, for the customer, it’s more about feeling positively about a brand. This tends to come from a sense of a “personal touch” that keeps them coming back. However, customers still want a balance to cope with their busy lives. According to McKi...

IBM X-Force discovers Mozi botnet accounts for 90% of IoT traffic

18Sep By listentowebbyNo Comments

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IBM X-Force discovers Mozi botnet accounts for 90% of IoT traffic

Security experts from IBM X-Force have discovered that the Mozi botnet now accounts for 90 percent of traffic from IoT devices. Mozi evolved from the source codes of infamous malware families such as Mirai, IoT Reaper, and Gafgyt. The botnet is capable of DDoS attacks, data exfiltration, and command or payload execution. The post IBM X-Force discovers Mozi botnet accounts for 90% of IoT traffic appeared first on Internet of Things News.Devices, IoT, Security, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, botnet, cybersecurity, devices, featured, ibm, infosec, internet of things, mozi, research, security, smart homes, x-force

Baidu’s robotaxi service Apollo Go hits the streets of Beijing

11Sep By listentowebbyNo Comments

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Baidu’s robotaxi service Apollo Go hits the streets of Beijing

Chinese tech giant Baidu’s robotaxi service, Apollo Go, has launched in Beijing following successful trials in other cities. Apollo Go previously launched in the cities of Changsha and Cangzhou back in August. The post Baidu’s robotaxi service Apollo Go hits the streets of Beijing appeared first on Internet of Things News.Connected Vehicles, IoT, Smart Cities, apollo go, autonomous, baidu, beijing, cars, china, driverless cars, featured, robotaxi, vehicles

Atmosic and SMK Electronics team up to make IoT device batteries last ‘forever’

2Sep By listentowebbyNo Comments

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Atmosic and SMK Electronics team up to make IoT device batteries last ‘forever’

California-based Atmosic Technologies and Japanese components producer SMK Electronics have announced a strategic partnership to attempt to enable ‘forever battery life’. The initiative will integrate Atmosic’s M3 system-on-chip (SoC) into a range of connected devices from SMK. Atmosic’s M3 solutions are based on the Bluetooth 5 standard. The post Atmosic and SMK Electronics team up to make IoT device batteries last ‘forever’ appeared first on Internet of Things News.Development, Devices, IoT, Standards

Eurotech: On edge computing trends, the future of Industry 4.0, and bringing it all together

1Sep By listentowebbyNo Comments

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Eurotech: On edge computing trends, the future of Industry 4.0, and bringing it all together

Edge computing, seen by many industry pundits and analysts as a key piece of the jigsaw in enabling technological convergence, is at a tipping point today. According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, by 2022 90% of industrial enterprises will be utilising edge computing. Many technology vendors are therefore advocating edge’s potential – The post Eurotech: On edge computing trends, the future of Industry 4.0, and bringing it all together appeared first on Internet of Things News.Cloud, Data & Analytics, Devices, Enterprise, IIoT, IoT