Google announces it’s working on a service to offer detailed indoor location positioning using its Tango 3D sensing computer vision tech called “visual positioning service” — or VPS.
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iOS Users Can Now Take Advantage of Google Assistant on the iPhone
This update to the Google software space for iOS devices makes the iPhone have a another competitor for Siri on the iOS platform. This update does not come to Google Search, but is instead delivered to the iPhone as a separate app.
Apple Updates YouTube with a Series of Accessibility Videos
The videos highlight the various ways the Accessibility features built into the iPhone, Mac and iPad are used to help people accomplish a range of tasks.
BackMap Helps Visually Impaired navigate Cities and Indoor Areas
BackMap, which came out of TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s 2017 hackathon, is a backpack that vibrates to let you know when to turn right and when to turn left.
Cool Picks: May 15, 2017
This week Jessica, Joel, and Hugo drop some knowledge in their latest Cool Picks!
South Korean Search Giant to Challenge Alexa as a Better Digital Personal Assistant
South Korea’s biggest search engine Naver launches Clova, the personal assistant to rival Alexa.
How To Make Free Voice Calls From Your Amazon Echo
With the launch of the Echo Show, Amazon has announced a new calling and messaging feature that will let you make and receive calls, as well as send messages between Echo devices and the Amazon Alexa app for iOS and Android.
The ecobee4 is the First Smart Thermostat with Alexa, But is it Accessible?
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has integrated itself to work with a variety of smart home devices, but up until now, you needed to buy an Amazon Echo or an Echo Dot to enable those interactions on a thermostat.
Cool Picks: April 24,2017
Join the CBT Team as they discuss some of their favourite Cool Picks this week.
How to Setup Multiple Accounts for Google Home
The Google Home now supports multiple accounts with personalization and neural network voice recognition enabling it to recognize who is talking to it and respond with that account’s information.
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