When I want to stream locally stored media to my television, I turn to Plex. The popular service has apps for many devices such as Xbox One and Apple TV — both of which I own. Heck, even my Samsung 4K TV has Plex support built in. Ultimately, the value of the service is found […]
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Talk to me. CNET Amazon’s Alexa was showered with attention at last month’s CES tech show in Las Vegas, as dozens of companies invited the voice assistant to live in their cars, washing machines and set-top boxes. Yet, behind all that luster is a somewhat uncomfortable question about Amazon’s 2-year-old artificial intelligence platform: Does Alexa
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Most people are getting just a trickle of the high-speed Internet they are paying for. And most people have only themselves to blame. How do I know this? Even though I’m a tech columnist, until this month, I was most people. Over the past four years, I’ve jerry-rigged a Wi-Fi setup in my home to
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Connected smart home company Wink today announced the addition of August Smart Locks into its collection of supported brands, which already includes GE, Nest, Philips, Schlage, and more. Now, any users who have an August Smart Lock paired with an August Connect (which provides remote access to the lock) can add their lock into the
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Enlarge Image August’s Smart Lock now works with Wink. Chris Monroe/CNET August’s Smart Lock today joined Wink’s lineup of compatible third-party smart home devices. The $229 DIY August Smart Lock — roughly £150 or AU$315, though it’s not widely available outside the US — retrofits to existing deadbolts. The lock communicates over Bluetooth for local
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The Amazon Echo has been something of a revelation. Not only has it changed the way we think about voice-controlled gadgets, taking them from gimmicks to greatness, but thanks to its integrated voice assistant, Alexa, it’s become the device that’s finally made smart home devices accessible to everyone. The difference is that you feel like
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DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Feb 2, 2017) – New IoT research from Parks Associates shows that 7% of U.S. broadband households own smart light bulbs. The firm notes that while smart thermostats are the most popular single energy-based smart home device (11%), smart light bulbs encourage more multiple purchases. Owners of these devices have an average
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A new study from by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers found that while 81% of consumers are aware of smart homes, only 26% of consumers actually want one, according to Dean Takahashi at Venture Beat. In a survey of 1,000 consumers, here is what the results showed: There is a strong correlation between smart home device use
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Reports suggest that Amazon’s widening lead has threatened Apple’s slow-to-develop system which eventually gives them a tight competition. ( CNET / YouTube ) Apple’s Smart Home strategy has been threatened by Amazon’s combination of the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant and the Echo speaker system. Amazon’s Alexa-Powered Echo Speaker Amazon has definitely delivered well on their