If you’re looking to turn your existing home appliances into smart home appliances, the iDevices Smart Home Essentials Kit has pretty much everything you need. It comes with three light sockets and seven plug-in switches that are Wi-Fi enabled and can be controlled from a smartphone without the need for a Belkin WeMo Insight Switch …
Indiegogo, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) have joined together to help launch the next big thing in the Internet of Things (IoT). Qualified entrepreneurs will now have access to IBM’s Watson platform, Arrow Electronics production service and Indiegogo’s crowdfunding platform to bring new IoT devices to market. Selected startups and entrepreneurs will have no-fee …
Indiegogo, IBM & Arrow Electronics Partner on Internet of Things Venture Read More »
Tamara Chuang Matt Anderson, Arrow Electronics’ chief digital officer, is spearheading the electronics distributor’s move into the startup world by reaching out to crowdfunders on Indiegogo and now partnering with IBM Watson for internet of things products. Arrow Electronics really, really wants to help interesting internet-of-things crowdfunding projects, and on Thursday, the Centennial technology company …
Over the summer, smart lock maker August announced its first integration with Amazon’s smart home assistant Alexa. It was pretty basic – letting users check whether unit was locked or not. Naturally, people wanted to know, for better or worse, when they’d actually be able to unlock their front door with the sound of their …
Last September, Marcus, a 31-year-old resident of Springfield, Missouri, discovered a flaw with Apple’s HomeKit, the iPhone maker’s program for hooking up smart home gadgets in iOS. Marcus had outfitted his entire house with an array of HomeKit-approved lights, thermostats and door lock. The setup was all controllable with an iPad sitting in his living room that he could talk to …
What if our photographs and social media updates could be turned into memories we – or our children – could later access just by asking a virtual assistant, like Amazon’s Alexa? That’s the premise behind a new startup called Mylestone, which is experimenting with turning our digital footprints into narratives that help us recall highlights from …
Mylestone lets you access your personal memories through Alexa Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — In a world where data drives business, political and military decisions, falsified data has become a weapon, Intel Security Group head Christopher Young told the RSA Conference here this week. Credit: Jamesteohart/Shutterstock More Credit: Jamesteohart/Shutterstock “Data drives decisions, but decisions drive world history. Stolen and manipulated data was used to hijack our …
How Fake Data Threatens Your Connected Home and Car Read More »
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on track to become a $7.1 trillion market with nearly 50 billion connected things over the next few years, all collecting data or automating systems. The sectors that are already undergoing IoT upheavals range from automotive to agricultural, and energy to personal electronics. If you’re looking for IoT stocks …
3 Scorching Hot Internet of Things Stocks — Are They Buys? Read More »
LABÈGE, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced a new “GPS-free” IoT geolocation service which provides a highly economical way of tracking large numbers of assets around the world. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170216005674/en/ Enabled by Sigfox’s global …
Tyler Lizenby/CNET Google Home may be the most direct competitor to the Amazon Alexa speakers, but there are still quite a few things it can’t do, including multi-user support, sleep timers and taking notes. Luckily there’s a fix for some of those missing functions. Google Home supports IFTTT, or “If This Then That.” It’s a …
9 easy fixes for things Google Home can't do Read More »