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Global Smart Home Opportunity for Service Providers to Hit $62 Billion by 2020

BOSTON, Oct 17, 2016 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — Safety and Security plus Self-monitoring Services are Top Applications BOSTON, Oct. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Broadband service providers are evaluating new opportunities in the smart home market as the 2016 Broadband World Forum prepares to kick off in London this week. Strategy Analytics’ new report […]

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7 ways to keep your smart home from being hacked

In the modern home, everything from TVs and refrigerators to baby monitors and lightbulbs can now be connected — and hacked. Millions of Americans have already been hacked, and attacks are steadily increasing, a new study from internet hosting and research firm Akamai showed, and this is creating new problems and anxieties for homeowners. In

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Google, Amazon in a race to $1000

Damir Loretic/CNN Damir Loretic/CNN If you ask Alexa whether she thought Amazon or Google stock would get to $1,000 first, would she root for the home team and say Amazon? Shares of both Amazon and Google parent Alphabet are now trading above $800 a share. Amazon is slightly higher than Alphabet — but not by

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CSAA Prepares for Insurance's Connected Future

As chief strategy and innovation officer for CSAA Insurance Group, Marik Brockman is tasked with separating hype from reality when it comes to the future of the insurance industry. He spoke to INN about the technology trends that Walnut Creek, Calif.-based company believes will truly disrupt personal lines P&C insurance. INN: How did you end

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Connected Home Leader ecobee Launches New ecobee3 lite Smart Thermostat

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ecobee Inc., maker of the world’s first Wi-Fi smart thermostat and the top-rated ecobee3 thermostat, today announced the launch of ecobee3 lite. The new device gives consumers the greatest value on the market, delivering superior comfort, control and energy savings at $80 less than devices from leading competitors. The device will be available for

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Ecobee3 Lite review:

I’m not saying $169 is cheap, but it’s a darn good price in smart thermostat-land. There, Wi-Fi models regularly sell for over two hundred bucks and very few work with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Wink and IFTTT. That’s where Ecobee’s new Ecobee3 Lite Smart Thermostat comes in. Available beginning October 31 at Home

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Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) Launches Premier Retail Outlets in Southern …

Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) launched its first ‘Frontier Premier Retail outlets’ in Southern California, picking locations in the cities of Pomona and Norwalk. These stores will offer clients a higher level of individual interaction, aid local community engagement and boost firm’s business presence in the region. The highlights Presenting interactive demo stations, expert staff and

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GE Adds Dishwashers To Amazon Dash Contingent

GE Appliances, an early adherent of Amazon’s Dash automatic reordering system, has added dishwashers to its laundry list of compliant products. The benefit: GE’s connected dishwashers can now order a shipment of detergent pods from Amazon when a count by the appliance determines that supplies at home are low. The manufacturer, now a unit of Haier

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Cloud Adoption Grows, But Obstacles Remain

By Gina Roos | Posted 2016-10-17 Email Cloud Adoption Grows, But Obstacles Remain Major drivers fueling cloud adoption include cloud-native apps for security and the internet of things, but enterprises face obstacles, including skills gaps. One of the key findings of a recent global cloud adoption study reveals that only 3 percent of organizations have

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Mobile broadband adoption set to surge in MENA

LIVE FROM GSMA MOBILE 360 MIDDLE EAST: Mobile broadband (3G/4G) technology will account for more than 60 per cent of mobile connections by 2020 across the hugely diverse Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, up from 41 per cent today, according to a new GSMA report. The study, The Mobile Economy – Middle East

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