Ambient Devices
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Ambient Devices, Inc. is a Delaware corporation based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA engaged since 2001 in making various ambient devices for display of information ranging from weather to traffic reports to stock quotes. The company also maintains the Ambient Information Network, a datacasting network presently hosted by Metrocall, a U.S. paging service. The service is similar to Microsoft's SPOT service.
Ambient's devices focus on information of interest to the local (or larger) area, such as weather and stock indices, and with a paid subscription Ambient will provide a particular device with more personalized information.
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- Massachusetts Corporations Database listing
- Rubin, Ross. Switched On: Sweet dash eats cash, meets crash, Engadget, 2005-04-20, accessed 2007-03-16.
- Rubin, Ross. Switched On: The Ambient Dashboard moves the needles, Engadget, 2005-04-13, accessed 2007-03-16.
- Farivar, Cirus. Ambient Clock combines Google Calendar and analog timekeeping, Engadget, 2006-10-23, accessed 2007-03-16.
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