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What Can I Do with All This Data? How To Monetize 'Internet Of Things' Data

“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” That line, spoken by Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film classic, “Wall Street,” is even more relevant today when considering business opportunities created by the Internet of Things (“IoT”). While the legal and business considerations surrounding IoT have been largely focused on the data captured by […]

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LG G6 Could Ditch Alexa And Be The First Non-Pixel Phone To Have Google Assistant

Tech By Cameron , Jan 27, 2017 05:41 PM EST The LG G5 features a 5.3-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen resolution of 1440 x 2560. It runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, but is upgradable to Android 7.0 Nougat. It is powered by a Snapdragon 820 chipset. (Photo : LG Mobile Global/YouTube) There

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The Bottom Line: Cyber Security And The 'Internet Of Things'

Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment, The Bottom Line. This week Dave and Mark discuss cybersecurity at work and at home. They speak with Francesca Spidalieri, a Senior Fellow for Cyber Leadership at the Pell Center at Salve Regina University in Newport. She’s

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Internet of Thing Microcontroller Market – Demand of Smart Devices During the Forecast Period …

MCU, alternatively known as microcontroller is a system on chip (SoC) consisting of a memory, processor core and programmable input and output peripherals. In many cases, small amount of random access memory (RAM) is embedded in a MCU for better performance. Currently, microcontroller is used extensively across various automatically controlled Internet of Thing (IoT) devices

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The Internet of Things or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IoT

The New York Times recently published a piece on the coming Internet of Things (IoT) revolution that read like books about the Mayan calendar 5 years ago. All doom and gloom, it compared the Moche culture’s fear of 800s technology to our “fear” of IoT, and even suggests that the failure of their technology contributed

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Apple, Amazon Taking Different Approaches in the Smart Home Race

On the other hand, Amazon’s certification is decidedly easier. There are no specific chips required, but the devices need to be tested. A third-party can do the testing. Once that occurs, Amazon will decide if the device can receive a “Works with Alexa” in 10 days. But while Amazon’s Echo has been a surprise hit,

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ThermoPeanut: A smart home device you can take on the road

Pros: Easy to install, stylish design, low price point Cons: Works over Bluetooth network only, three month battery life The simplicity of ThermoPeanut, and the whole Sense Peanut line, is one reason we named them to our Best of CES picks this year. For many, smart home products are daunting. People believe they need specialized

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Apple and Amazon Adopt Opposing Strategies as Smart Home War Heats Up

Apple has been in the smart home market for over two years, having introduced its HomeKit framework in the fall of 2014 alongside iOS 8, but HomeKit has been slow to get off the ground because of the company’s strict requirements. Amazon, meanwhile, entered the smart home market somewhat later with its Alexa-enabled Echo in-home

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Here's what the hire of Dropcam's founder means for Apple

(BI Intelligence) This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Developing unified and simple ecosystems is the leading trend in the connected home market, and Apple’s HomeKit is at the forefront of this trend following its revamp under the new native Home application last year.

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The Digital Assistant War for Home Automation Device Supremacy is about to get Really Heated

“In less than a year, Amazon’s combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy-to-use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words. Yet Amazon’s surprise success with Echo sets up a long-term battle with Apple

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