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DigiCert & Panasonic speed up Matter smart home certification

Fri, 16th May 2025
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DigiCert and Panasonic Industry Europe have teamed up to streamline Matter certification for smart home devices, speeding up secure product launches at scale.
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Envato appoints Noelle Kim as Global CMO to Empower Creative Community

Tue, 10th Oct 2023
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Envato, the online creative community, has hired Noelle Kim as its new global Chief Marketing Officer. Kim brings extensive experience from Meta and Google.
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YouTube Music becomes the future of Google's music streaming ambitions

Wed, 13th May 2020
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Google is merging its Google Play Music system into YouTube and has introduced a bunch of impressive new features.
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Voice control to account for one-third of smart home market

Fri, 5th Jul 2019
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Interoperability with the platforms that support voice control devices is vital for OEMs and service providers.
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Amazon, Google, and Alibaba fuel booming smart speaker market

Sat, 9th Mar 2019
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While these vendors have had great success in the market, other vendors like Samsung, Huawei, and Apple have failed to capitalise.
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Are we security-ready for Alexa in the office?

Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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As home-IoT devices such as smart assistants head into the office, there will be a raft of new security challenges that will need to be addressed.
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How ML and IoT will shake up Aussie business

Mon, 24th Sep 2018
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An industry expert gives his view on exactly how machine learning and the internet of things will change the way businesses operate in Australia.
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Canalys: 187% smart speaker growth driven by Chinese offerings

Fri, 17th Aug 2018
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While Google and Amazon still lead the way, it seems the smart speaker market is no exception to the steady rise of Chinese tech.
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NLP ready to roll into home and work

Mon, 26th Mar 2018
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UC consultant Ian Darby recently ended up in San Jose where natural language processing (NLP) was a hot topic. Here is his take on the Next Big Thing.
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No thanks Alexa: Aussies reluctant to embrace AI home assistants

Wed, 25th Oct 2017
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Despite their love for online shopping, Aussies are hesitant towards AI home assistants like Google Home and Amazon's Alexa, research reveals.
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Everything you need to know about Google's latest smart speakers

Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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Google enhances your home audio with new smart speakers, the Home Mini and Max, brimming with AI smarts and recognising up to six voices.
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Enterprise is set to adopt smart home technologies by 2019

Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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Consumer and business spending on virtual personal assistant speakers is forecast to reach $3.52bn by 2021, according to Gartner.