Amazon has begun a tradition of seasonal product previews for the press, and this year’s no exception. At an exhibition space in Manhattan’s West Village, the e-tailer recently gathered an emporium’s worth of goods that it — and its customers — deem noteworthy for the upcoming summer selling season. Nestled among the beach and backyard […]
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Panasonic and the Parsons of School of Design are showing off some interesting connected self prototypes at a Panasonic House showcase at SXSW 2017 this week. The concept we’re most likely to see on sale is Sleepwise, a sleep tracker that uses both a wearable and a smart home device. Here’s how it works. The
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From a Nest Learning Thermostat to full-on automation, step up to a connected home. From do-it-yourself to full automation, make all the right choices with our guide to a connected home, complete with expert insight. 1. Nest Learning Thermostat ($249): The slick-looking thermostat is easy for basic do-it-yourselfers to install and saves an average of 10
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Smart home devices connect to a network to monitor, or change, the state of your home, whether that’s something as simple as turning off a coffee pot or turning down the heat, or something as complicated as home security or monitoring room activity. As artificial intelligences develop, the options for what can be automated or
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If this year’s CES and SXSW Interactive are any indication, I might suggest that the convergence of home appliances and technology won’t just shake things up; it will introduce a new dimension of customer experience. In this era of smart-home devices, smart-home appliances, smart everything, if being “smart” equates to a better experience, consumers should
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Sri Adusumilli, VP, CIO, IT, Centric Parts StopTech Qualis In this article, I want to explore how and why we need to leverage information technology to enable business and key performance indicators to measure its success. Providing secure, stable Information Technology (IT) services and infrastructure with an optimal cost is a basic customer expectation. IT
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Insurers’ IoT strategies are proving to be effective as they enable greater connectivity. Here are three current IoT strategies used among insurers, along with insight as to what other industries can learn from them. The Internet of Things has seen extensive expansion in the past decade and it is expected to continue its rapid growth
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The tech world moves at a tremendous pace, unleashing wave after wave of innovation intended to improve our everyday lives. Many new devices, from security cameras to fridges, or TVs to baby monitors, are now internet connected. This affords us remote access and facilitates the collection of data, which is ostensibly used to make our
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Name a U.S. hot spot for tech innovation. The first name on your lips probably isn’t Illinois, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, but it’s time to emancipate yourself from that skepticism. This is, after all, the land that helped invent plasma displays, graphical web browsers and the cell phones that most of us clutch every
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Logitech’s ZeroTouch smartphone holder has been on the market for almost a year, but I’ve ignored it because my beat doesn’t include mobile devices. That changed about a month ago when Logitech integrated Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service into its ZeroTouch app. Now I can use voice commands to control my smart home while I’m in