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Google Home suffers outage, Assistant stops responding to commands

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Google Home, the tech giant’s smart speaker suffered an outage where the Assistant did not respond to the users. Google Home is equipped with the AI-based assistant which responds to the launch phrases, ‘Ok Google’ or ‘Hey Google’. Unfortunately, Google Assistant was responding with, “Hmm, something went wrong. Try again in a few seconds,” or “There was a glitch. Try again in a few seconds.” Google updated saying that the glitch has been fixed now. The Google Home outage appears to have started from May 31 according to the complaints posted on Google Home Help Forum. Android Police reported that only the Google Home smart speaker was affected with this glitch, and the other devices with Google Assistant worked fine. Google Home users who pointed out the glitch on the forum said that they had tried resetting the device, and even changed the Wi-Fi network, but the problem was still occurring. To some users, the command ‘Ok Google’ would work 60 to 70 percent of the time, and...
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After Google, Facebook now plans to deploy 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in India in partnership with Bharti Airtel

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Everyone wants to chip in and help expand India’s internet population. Last year, Google partnered with Railtel to provide Wi-Fi hotspots across 400 railway stations in India. The company managed to cover more than 100 stations till December 2016 and is working to add more every month. Seeing this as an opportunity, and the fact that its Free Basics programme did not gain steam in the country, Facebook has now partnered with Bharti Airtel to provide 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in India. With this collaboration, Facebook plans to use its Express Wi-Fi services to provide affordable internet access to Indians. Facebook was already testing its Express Wi-Fi services in India since 2015. Other countries where the affordable Wi-Fi services are available include - Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria and Indonesia. In a previous post detailing Express Wi-Fi, the company had mentioned, “When people are able to purchase fast, affordable and reliable internet, they’re able to explore the range of...
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Why Digital Marketing Is The Need Of The Hour For Indian Businesses

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With the number of internet users in India poised to touch a whopping 450 million mark in the coming two months, as per Internet and Mobile Association of India, investing in digital marketing warrants a colossal growth for Indian enterprises~ A quarter of our country's billion plus population is already engaged in utilising the infinite 'web' opportunities on smartphones as well as PCs. If that's not compelling enough, then the telecom ministry of India expects the number to inflate to a historic 730 million by 2020. With these gigantic numbers in place, no doubt the opportunities associated with digital promotion and marketing are immense and businesses are increasingly acknowledging this fact. In this write up we will dive a bit deeper to highlight the business potential of Digital Marketing. A reach of an unprecedented magnitude While an innovative product does help in creating a buzz in the market, the real potential of a class apart entreprene...
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Top 7 Ecommerce Trends for 2017

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1. Digital Payment Types With the likes of Apple Pay, Amazon Pay and PayPal customers are no longer having to take our their card to complete an online transaction, orders can be made with a fingerprint or online pin number. In 2016, more and more customers adopted digital payment types through all channels, using their phones, cards and even watches to complete contactless payments – this is set to continue and expand in 2017 where, PureNet predicts that every customer will expect to be able to complete their transaction using a digital wallet. 2. The Rise of Fast Delivery Over the last few years ecommerce delivery timescales have drastically reduced and become much more precise. Customers now expect to be able to Click and Collect, even from pure-play ecommerce retailers with the rise of collection points from companies such as Collect+. So what does PureNet predict for delivery in 2017? ASOS, New Look and Boohoo have recently launched ‘precise delivery’ with 1-hour delivery ...
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How Google has doubled down on its war against fake news

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As journalists would know, fact checking is one of the key jobs of an editor in newsrooms. In this freewheeling world of social media and search engines, that art has taken a back seat and has resulted in a multitude of controversies. Google, which has found itself in the eye of the storm has doubled down on its crusade against fake news which surfaces on its platform by way of search results. For this, it has introduced 'fact check' for search and its news results.  "We're able to do this work because the fact check industry itself has grown—there are now more than 120 organizations involved in tackling this issue—but our commitment to this area is not new. In Europe over the last couple of years we've been working with publishers on a number of efforts focused on fact checking. Last week, we announced CrossCheck, a joint project involving nearly 20 French newsrooms and the First Draft Coalition to debunk myths pertaining to the upcoming French electio...
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PHP CONTROLLER your platform for automation easy to program

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It's the 1st web-based controller developed in php! Easy to install, easy to customize, but with a big potential for your applications! About this project This project is the result of a very challenging work, lasting about two years, driven solely by the passion and the desire to stake own life. Thank you for attention. WHAT IS PHP CONTROLLER? Php Controller is a powerful software platform that permits to make a customized automation system using a web-based technology, very useful for developing of Internet of Things applications. If you have in mind Arduino and Raspberry Pi modules, you can consider Php Controller as the software version of these low cost development platforms. WHO IS IT FOR? Php Controller is designed for prototypists, developers, web designers and students and offers a ready-to-start software controller that you can customize for your purposes with few steps, in order to manage remote I/O boards organized in a client-server archite...
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9 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Website

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Unless you’re a small business owner who is not interested in growing your brand, you need to have a website. These days building a business website or ecommerce store is easier than ever: it doesn’t cost much money, you don’t have to know how to code or design, your online store is not restricted to business hours, and it’s one of the best means of free advertising. Having a small business website isn’t just about selling your goods and services — it’s also about providing something of value to potential customers. With so many low priced online services, there’s really no excuse to keep putting it off. Still not sure how having a website will help you grow your business? Here are ten reasons every business needs a website: 1. Your customers expect it. If this were the only reason on the list, it would be enough. Six out of ten consumers expect brands to provide online content about their business on some form of digital property, and more than half...
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