Nortek Brands to Get a Voice Through Nuiku Acquisition

Top Business Story of the Day - 05.25.16 Nortek Brands to Get a Voice Through Nuiku Acquisition Nortek, the supplier of residential and commercial control and HVAC systems, made its second acquisition in as many months, this time purchasing a company that developed a natural-language processing platform for voice control. Nortek purchased 100 percent of Redmond, Wash.-based Nuiku, and it might not be Nortek's last acquisition. Read full story » Blog of the Day Don't Sell Yourself Cheap By Todd Anthony Puma Sometimes a deal is just too good to be true. It seems like every time I price shop on Amazon and get the cheapest version of something, I end up back-shopping a week later for something better because what showed up was garbage. Unfortunately in our industry, when clients go for the cheap option, they often don't get a do-over and they know it. Read full story » Feature of the Day Voice is Central to Josh By Joseph Palenchar Josh is a $10,000 system incorporating a voice OS and artificial intelligence to control home systems with natural-language voice commands, said JStar CEO and co-founder Alex Capecelatro. The former research scientist for NASA, the Naval Research Lab, and Sandia National Lab teamed with CTO Tim Gill, Quark's founder and former chairman, to start the company. Gill developed the Josh.ai programming language used by the system. Read full story » Quote of the Day "Our mission is to help integrators be profitable and win jobs. We've created a '50-in-15' campaign to show how simple it is to create a $50,000 proposal in 15 minutes. With the 'Designer-on-Demand' services also available, we're able to remove any obstacles to success." —Curt Hayes, chief executive officer, BlueDog Data Services Today's Other Business News ZigBee Alliance Welcomes 38 New Members » TiO Releases iOS Pro Mode » BlueDog Launches Engineering Data Support » Azione Unlimited Adds Five More Dealers, 22 This Year » AV Jobs Sales Consultant for Custom CE integrator - AVIR Lifestyle Technology Solutions (Palm Desert CA. Coachella Valley)

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