New Wi-Fi technology is available that's better suited for smart homes

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1. New WiFi technology is emerging, more suitable for smart homes and the Internet of Things

The WiFi Alliance has announced a new WiFi technology called WiFi HaLow that can be used on low-power devices. It will be an extension of the upcoming 802.11ah standard. It is said that this new WiFi technology can make WiFi signals travel farther and penetrate walls better than previous WiFi technologies. If the WiFi Alliance is right, then this new technology is obviously more suitable for smart homes and IoT devices.

The WiFi Association didn't mention Bluetooth, but it hinted that HaLow will be more powerful than Bluetooth.

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After China Southern Airlines, HNA Airlines and Chongqing Airlines announced the suspension of cooperation with Qunar.com, Air China also announced the closure of its flagship store on Qunar.com.

Air China said that it has recently received a large number of complaints from passengers about Qunar.com, including complaints about selling air tickets at a higher price, arbitrarily changing the terms of use of air tickets, overcharging for refunds or rescheduling, and not notifying passengers of flight time changes. The above violations seriously deviate from Air China's passenger service concept and harm the vital interests of the majority of Air China passengers.

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The Project Tango project launched in 2014 aims to equip smartphones or tablets with dual cameras and sensors so that they can easily draw 3D maps of indoor environments. Two years later, this project may be officially borne fruit: on the 7th of this month, Google will join hands with Lenovo to launch a Project Tango device.

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4. Microsoft forms alliance with third parties, Cortana will be deeply integrated with Android

Microsoft has expanded its cooperation with third-party Android production team Cyanogen to achieve deeper integration of its virtual assistant Cortana with the Android system. CyanogenMod, developed by Cyanogen, is an Android-based operating system. Microsoft's cooperation with Cyanogen will help it promote Cortana services.

On phones running the CyanogenMod system, users can use Cortana to put their phones to sleep, turn the network on or off, respond to voice commands, and more.

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Qunar.com announced changes to its management and board of directors. Qunar.com co-founder Zhuang Chenchao (CC) will no longer serve as the chief executive officer of Qunar.com, and Zhao Yilu will no longer serve as the chief financial officer.

Chen Zhenyu, former executive vice president and head of the wireless business group of Qunar.com, was appointed as the chief executive officer of Qunar.com. Zhang Qiang, former executive vice president and head of the destination business group of Qunar.com, was appointed as the chief operating officer. Zhu Xiaolu, former senior director of strategy and investor relations of Qunar.com, was appointed as the chief financial officer.