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Nearly six years ago, before Nest Labs had even come out of stealth mode, a Wi-Fi-connected smart thermostat hit Home Depot shelves for $99. At the time, it was an incredibly competitive price point. Fancier versions of connected thermostats with underlying software, such as ecobee, retailed for approximately $500. Now, high-end thermostats are coming down […]

Since Siri first stepped into our lives in 2011, we’re being introduced to more and more digital assistants. We’ve met Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana and Google’s Google Now. We know them, but do we love them? Apparently, it’s important that we bond with said digital assistant,  and snappy comebacks appear to be the surest path

Dive Brief: Google has released a new TV campaign as well as a new slogan, “We Heart Home,” for its Nest product line of smart home devices according to AdAge. The new slogan is meant to promote the flagship Nest Thermostat, smoke and carbon monoxide detector and the Nest Cam, designed for both indoor and

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was a keynote speaker at Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2016. Image: Jason Hiner/TechRepublic When Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he asked what the company’s place in the world is, and how it could make the biggest contribution. What he kept coming back to was that the company builds things

As tech behemoths duke it out for market share in the fast-growing Internet of Things industry, the smart home has attracted incredibly intense competition. Amazon  (AMZN)  has so far been leading the pack with its line of Echo devices, but Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is slated to introduce its Google Home device this month, seemingly leaving Apple 

Beth Daniel junior reporter, Tech City News Tuesday October 18th, 2016 Topics Related articles Neos, a connected home insurance service, has raised over £1m in Seed funding from investors including InsurTech fund Eos Venture Partners. Other new investors included Barry Smith (former CEO of Ageas), Steve Broughton (former managing director of RSA Insurance) and Richard

The department store chain’s sales jumped 8.5% to £90.6m in the week ending October 15. Electricals and home technology enjoyed a 19.5% spike in sales, bolstered by new product launches. Sales rocketed 28.1% in John Lewis’s audio and connected home category as Nest devices flew of the selves. Fashion sales grew 7.7% compared to the