Turning on a lamp or other light fixture with your voice can feel like magic. I use the feature every day with my Amazon Echo and WeMo smart outlet. At the end of the evening, when heading to bed, I verbally tell Alexa to turn off the lamp. If I need to get up at night …
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Voice control technology continues to gain traction among users of consumer electronics devices worldwide. New research from Parks Associates found strong interest in smart home voice control. According to the new market data, 55 percent of U.S. broadband households want to use their voice to control their smart home and entertainment devices. The high positive …
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A new wave of cyber attacks was discovered by researchers, and this time, the targets are badly secured routers and other Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In these attacks, hacked bots are scanning the Internet in search of Linux-based routers and similar devices that aren’t properly protected. Every device that can be connected to the Internet comes …
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Companies often begin experimenting with the internet of things by applying the technology to internal processes to gain operational efficiencies and save money. But generating revenue from IoT is different from cutting internal costs, and it requires a different mindset, according to Mike Fallon, director of the IoT transformation advisory practice at PTC, a platform …
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Industry veterans laid out four grand challenges in engineering at a National Academy of Engineering event here at Computer History Museum—preparing the next generation of engineers, creating a more interactive medium than HTML, developing truly secure systems for the Internet of Things and responding to the bandwidth crisis in big data …
PUNE, India, Apr 07, 2017 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — PUNE, India, April 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Worldwide Internet of Things (IoT) markets are poised to achieve significant growth with the use of sensors, cameras, and platforms that are used to help implement precision digital control and send alerts for all manner or management …
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Google has introduced a peering architecture called Espresso that expands the company’s software-defined networking infrastructure to the network edge. Espresso significantly improves the performance of applications Google Cloud subscribers are running on the platform as a service. Google Espresso was introduced this week at the Open Networking Summit, a Silicon Valley …
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By SSI Staff · April 7, 2017 LAS VEGAS, Nev. — At ISC West 2017, Alarm.com announced the integration of several new smart-home connected devices with the Alarm.com platform. These include a Slim Line Edition video doorbell from Skybell Technologies, home audio with Legrand, irrigation control with Rachio and Rain Bird, as well as the …
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FIBARO, a leading global manufacturer of wireless intelligent home automation and control devices, is now shipping its newest premium smart home hub, Home Center Lite, and portable KeyFob device in the U.S. An incredibly compact and superior brain for your smart home system, Home Center Lite works with all Z-Wave technology smart home products and Fibaro devices …
Fibaro Brings New Premium Consumer Smart Home Hub with Compatible Key Fob to the U.S. Read More »
Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ:CY) stock shot up almost 25% in the first three months of 2017, thanks mostly to a strong fourth-quarter report and terrific guidance. What’s more, the semiconductor specialist’s product development moves to target the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected cars seem to be inspiring confidence among investors, pushing Cypress to 52-week highs. …