Even in this technological age (or maybe because of it), The Flintstones remains a powerful piece of pop culture. Far from the animated Honeymooners rip-off, it began as the chronicles of the modern stone-age family is the swinging sixties grandfather of all adult cartoons like The Simpsons and Family Guy. It’s a part of the […]
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Welcome to Home Deals, where we pick out the best deals on things you need for your home, garden and beyond. Like our cousin, the Cheapskate, we’ll give you a regular selection of smoking-hot deals, but for house and home. This time, we look for smart deals on smart locks. Most people’s first experience of
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A version of this essay was originally published at Tech.pinions, a website dedicated to informed opinions, insight and perspective on the tech industry. A great deal has been written recently on the growing importance of voice-driven computing devices, such as Amazon’s Echo, Google Home and others like them. At the same time, there’s been a
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The potential of IoT is clear, but it needs to be proven over the next year (Photo by: Shutterstock) For the last few years, technology vendors have been creating a buzz around the Internet of Things (IoT), and while IT decision makers may have taken notice, it has been tough to distinguish whether IoT is worthy of all
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Insurers and consumers can benefit in multiple ways as more smart appliances and devices move into homes, according to Joe Wodark, director of product development for Verisk Insurance Solutions. First notice of loss, settlement and subrogation are all claims processes that are expected to improve as a result of the data derived from smart devices.
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Toward the end of 2016, ESET senior security researcher Stephen Cobb expressed concern about the possible mingling of three different types of system abuse: holding computer systems and data files hostage (ransomware); denying access to data and systems (DDoS); and infecting the Internet of Things (IoT) with malicious code. He hypothesized that in 2017 we
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“It can be overwhelming to think of the Industrial Internet of Things as an all-encompassing solution,” says Greg Giles, executive director of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Argonaut for RedViking. “So what a lot of our customers do is find a system that’s going to provide them with new functionality to solve one particular problem—perhaps
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Legislative Activity House Passes Seven Communications Bills On January 23, the U.S. House of Representatives (House) passed the following seven communications bills: H.R.290, the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2017: a bill sponsored by House Energy & Commerce Committee (House Commerce Committee) Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) that is designed to make the Federal
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Stephen Nellis of Reuters has penned an article examining the difference in how Apple and Amazon approach home automation. Hardware manufacturers who want to sell HomeKit devices must include special chips and produce their accessories in Apple-approved factories. After that, manufacturers must send their devices to Apple for a lengthy approval process. By comparison, getting
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BI Intelligence See Also Many people still see smart home voice assistants as a novelty The Internet of Everything — $12.6 trillion ROI expected over the next decade [SLIDE DECK] Here’s what the hire of Dropcam’s founder means for Apple This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe,
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