As our everyday technologies keep improving and advancing there must be some sort of repercussions, right? Research graduates from the United States discovered possibilities of disguising voice commands that directly affect voice assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. These disguised voice commands are typically followed by voice assistants (VA). Even though voice assistants aren’t new, the power of VA’s on devices are getting stronger. According to students from UC Berkeley, one of the most effective ways to pronounce commands to a VA is to hide it in music. This music is so specially crafted towards the VA, no human will pick up on it. Typically covered by white noise by a device’s speaker, these commands can force functions that make a device connect to websites or even switch to airplane mode. We still…
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Coding knowledge is a must-know for those not only seeking to have a career in front-end web development but for those looking to get involved with digital marketing as well. A basic understanding of coding and front-end web development is key to mastering search engine optimization (SEO). Front-end web developers are in hot demand now by both businesses and marketing agencies alike. If you’re a front-end web developer, here are some front-end best practices you might consider exploring or adopting to streamline your workflow. Make Sure Your Code Is Legible and Easy to Follow While writing code that’s concise and legible isn’t mandatory, it will save you (and any developer who works on it) many headaches in the future. Think about it; the chances of writing code that will never be changed or never looked…
Today, Apex United Corporation brings you technology news coming from American Multinational Automaker: Ford. Ford is developing a new smart car window that will help blind passengers experience the outdoors and passing landscape. The preliminary design, called “Feel the View,” will use high-contrast photographs to recreate scenery by using LED lights. Passengers will be able to touch the display and feel different vibrations at different intensities. In addition to the window display, “Feel the View” will also feature a voice-assistant that uses Artificial Intelligence to describe the scenery outside of the vehicle. Ford briefly explained the technology in their announcement: “Feel The View takes pictures that are turned into high-contrast monochrome images. These are then reproduced on the glass using special LEDs. By touching the image, different shades of grey vibrate with a range of…
Apex United Corporation is your business and support solutions for marketing and technology. Today we’re looking at the latest technology news coming from Facebook. Facebook’s latest attempt to bring Augmented Reality into the mainstream for businesses and consumers was unveiled yesterday by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg spoke at Facebook Inc’s annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California and said that, “Targeting the 1.3 billion people who use Facebook’s Messenger service with ads will be an important part of the company’s long-term revenue growth.” The Augmented Reality (AR) features the ability for business owners to be able to chat and connect to shoppers with augmented experiences and tools, and to get people to buy product’s on their website. Two major businesses, sportswear-giant and beauty maker Sephora will be one of the first businesses to…
