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The battle of virtual assistants is won by Google   Smart speakers become the star gift this Christmas    First it was Siri, then joined the cause Microsoft with Cortana to get the big landing in recent months with Google Assistant and, especially, Alexa from Amazon. The ecommerce giant brought its virtual assistant to Spain in November and has made this campaign in many Spanish homes. However, the battle to dominate a business that knocks on the door is still to be resolved. For the moment, this 2018 victory is taken by Google. According to Loup Venturas, an analytics company, the search engine giant's virtual assistant has been able to respond correctly almost 9 out of 10 times.    In second position appears Apple's well-known Siri, whose effectiveness at the time of answering requests from the HomePod speaker has reached 74.6%. For its part, Amazon's Alexa is third on the list, with 72.5% of questions answered. Away from the podium Cortana ...

Google will expand its offices in Lisbon to 1,300 employees Portugal takes this investment of the multinational in a process that imposed "to countries like Spain"   The operations center that G oogle opened in Lisbon last summer with 530 employees will be expanded with new offices and will reach 1,300 workers , mostly engineers. According to the Portuguese weekly Expresso told the Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, Lisbon was chosen for this investment by the North American multinational in a "very competitive" process in which "countries like Spain" were imposed. This center of operations will become the second largest pole of Google in Europe, both for jobs and offices. From Lisbon, in the polygon of Lagoas Park, they serve their customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and are dedicated, above all, to digital applications (app).

Technology to see again Bionic implants, glasses, smart gloves are the tools to help people with visual impairments    Blindness is a disease that affects 0.7% of the world population. In Spain, the ONCE has about 71,736 with pathologies related to vision, eight out of ten members have visual impairment, while the rest can not perceive the light, according to data from last June. Problems with vision, experts say, has grown with the arrival of technology, but it also appears to solve many problems. The investigations around the eyes and the vision are continuous.   The latest finding is the work of the University of Sydney. Researchers at this center have managed to develop a bionic eye that could partially restore sight to blind people. "The system has been designed to stimulate the cells of the retina and help the brain to interpret them to offer a sense of vision to the user," he says. Gregg Suaning, professor of Biomedical Engineering. "The users of the...

Cellnex enters the capital of Nearby Sensor Reinforces positioning in IoT, distributed computing and 5G    Cellnex Telecom and Nearby Sensor have agreed to the incorporation of the telecommunications infrastructure operator in the shareholding of the start-up with a contribution of 0.5 million euros equivalent to a 15% stake in the capital. Nearby Sensor, established in 2013 and based in Barcelona, ​​develops systems and applications for Smart Cities, infrastructures and large equipment. "For Cellnex - says the global director of Innovation and Strategy, Òscar Pallarols -, the investment in Nearby Sensor is part of our open and collaborative innovation strategy, identifying entrepreneurial initiatives that, starting from border research to universities and research centers, knowledge, ends up having a translation into innovative value and service proposals within the field of connectivity and telecommunications ».    The entrance of Cellnex Telecom in N...

What do virtual assistants listen to? The concern for privacy is triggered after several scandals related to Alexa from Amazon   Do technological devices listen to us? Smartphones are another element in the desktop with friends and family and the surprise comes when the ads in mobile browsers appear related to the conversation products. The doubt that assaults is the beginning of this text: Do you hear us? Experts have different opinions: "We can not be sure that any application is really looking at his speech, but it is perfectly possible," explain the experts at Pen Test Partners.   The workers of this security company were challenged by the BBC to create an app capable of listening to the private conversations of their users. However, there is no need to resort to the creation of a new application, since most of those installed in the latest generation phones have access to the microphone. Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram and, above all, Google; becau...

Copernicus, a 'big brother' of space against catastrophes The network of European satellites allows monitoring in real time the changes that the Earth experiences    In 1998, Peter Weir directed The Truman Show . A film where its protagonist, Truman Burbank, is in front of the cameras even before being born. Truman's life is filmed through thousands of hidden cameras , 24 hours a day and broadcast live to everyone. That same year, Europe began to shape what is later known as Copernicus: 'The Manifesto of Baveno' signed in May gave way to GMES, 'Global Monitoring for Environmental Safety'. After several agreements in 2012, Copernicus was bornwith a budget of 4,300 million euros, including 3,150 million euros for ESA to cover the operations of the satellite network and the construction of the remaining satellites until 2020.   Thus this Earth observation program has become one of the pillars of the European Union . "By choosing the name Copern...

Hackers want your car connected Talking about telephones and connected cities is no longer surprising. But to do it of intelligent or autonomous vehicles, that can be conducted in network, are already greater words    The automobile industry is preparing for a double revolution . The one that will reach engines where oil can be devoured by electricity or other energy systems, and also the total disembarkation of technology in the digital brains of vehicles . The landing of the 5G communication networks, scheduled for 2020 , arrives with full autonomous driving, that is, without a driver. Today on the Spanish roads circulate vehicles with level SAE (society of automotive engineers) 0, 1, 2 and 3.    In these stadiums, cars are equipped with technological systems to help drivers, but they need human intervention to shoot. In the United States, the great technology companies like Google and Uber are already working on autonomous driving , even more typical...

Lasse Rouhiainen: «Artificial intelligence is going to democratize education» The Finnish writer says that curricula are needed for the conversion of adults   Artificial intelligence (AI) will mark the future of humanity, although many of the questions it poses still need to be answered. Lasse Rouhiainen smiles when these doubts arise. Finnish based in Alicante, is an expert in new technologies, videomarketing and digital marketing and has just published 'Artificial intelligence. 101 things that you should know today about our future '(Enienta), essay that tries to put a little light. - With autonomous vehicles would it be easier to travel through cities? Yes because an autonomous car knows where another autonomous car is and knows where it has to go. Learn and communicate it to others. - It would be a great solution. But I do not know when we're going to have it. In Finland there is a robot bus, but with a very easy route. When they started to try it, it w...

Apple and Samsung go hand in the smart TV market The Smart TV of the Korean firm will offer movies and TV shows from iTunes and will be compatible with AirPlay 2    The two biggest rivals in the smartphone market have joined hands in a historic alliance in the smart TV market . Samsung's smart TV devices will offer Apple's iTunes service with all the content offered by the Californian company. With this integration, users of the Apple ecosystem will have direct access to their library , as well as purchases and rentals within the Apple store, all without relying on an Apple TV or other hardware connected to the TV. The integration will be done through a new application , which will be installed on all models of the televisions that Samsung will launch from the spring of this 2019 . The 2018 TVs may also have it with an update of their firmware.   The agreement was announced before the start of the most important technology fair in the world - the CES of Las V...

This is what awaits us in 2019 The Internet is preparing for a new regulation, while the 5G knocks on the door. While Facebook wants to make forget its disastrous 2018 2018 is about to close and 2019 already heats engines. The technological year closes with an indisputable business protagonist for his problems with security: Facebook. Zuckerberg's team is prepared to forget all their problems. While in the Old Continent, companies are still trying to adapt to the General Data Protection Regulations (RGPD) and look askance at the arrival of a new technology, the 5G, which threatens to change the lives of all. In Innova + os we leave the 12 grapes that will move the technology in 2019: 1. Ready for 5G 2019 will be the year for telecommunication companies operating in Spain to take positions in the starting boxes of the race to dominate the 5G. This new telecommunications standard will arrive, if forecasts do not fail, in 2020. This technology will change the way of ...

BreadBot, a robot capable of making more than 200 loaves a day Through multiple sensors, the machinery is allowed to operate without the need to be controlled by people   The technology has shown us that what seemed science fiction in the eighties, has remained only in science. Little trace of fiction. The writings on the future robots of Isaac Asimov had a fundamental paper and at the moment those predictions of the famous writer and professor of Russian biochemistry are glimpsed.   Robots have ceased to be part of the collective imagination to become part of our industry , to the point of becoming an essential element of their transformation. They already feel the touch as people, have arrived at nursery schools and have taken over the stoves of the most modern kitchens. Experts in robotics agree in assuring that the machines are not the enemy although in many sectors they may not feel the same. For example, will robots ever replace bakers? At the CES in Las Vega...