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* | *'''Air pollution''' India’s capital is [http://www.startribune.com/india-s-capital-grapples-with-toxic-winter-air-pollution/400104311/?section=world suffering] from worst pollution levels in 17 years. The concentration of PM2.5 particulate is 70 times about the WHO standards. As millions struggle with hacking coughs and burning eyes, many schools across the city have either shut down or ended all outdoor activities. The sources of the pollution are festival fireworks, garbage burns, dust from construction projects and crop fires. | ||
* Bulleted list item | *'''Amazon Alexa''' The ecosystem of Alexa skills [http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/11/05/alexa-skills-get-full-amazon-com-pages-direct-links-better-discoverability/ got] its own [https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=13727921011 section] on Amazon.com where the skills can be viewed, categorised, searched for and activated. Skill developers can now directly link to their skill’s page on Amazon, improving discoverability and users can get abetter overview of what’s available in the Amazon skill store. | ||
*'''Digital assistants''' Business Insider did a [http://www.businessinsider.in/We-put-Siri-Alexa-Google-Assistant-and-Cortana-through-a-marathon-of-tests-to-see-whos-winning-the-virtual-assistant-race-heres-what-we-found/The-main-thing-though-is-potential-/slideshow/55249013.cms comparison test] of Siri, Alexa, Google Home and Cortana and declared Google Home as having a slight edge over the competition. In the test, Google’s solution was the smoothest to use and considered the one with the most potential. Apple’s Siri was found to be too dependent on other services, like Yahoo or Wolfram Alpha. Amazon’s Alexa was found to be excelling at simple tasks, but not be able to handle as complicated ones as Google Home could and Microsoft’s Cortana was declared “a shortcut to Bing”. | |||
*'''Xiaomi''' Philips and Xiaomi are [http://www.newsroom.lighting.philips.com/news/2016/20161103-philips-lighting-and-xiaomi-join-forces-in-smart-home-lighting-in-china.html teaming up] to create connected LED lighting for Xiaomi’s smart home platform. The co-developed products will be sold through Xiaomi’s retail channels in China. | |||
*'''IFTTT''' IFTTT has [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2476350/ifttt-adds-and-and-or-applets-to-become-the-hub-of-the-smart-home replaced] its Recipes by Applets, which are more powerful engines that can create entire scenes to add multiple devices and scenarios with “And” and “Or” possibilities. The former Recipes could only be set up with one action and one consequence. Bulleted list item | |||
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