LAKE WALES, Fla. — Every sensor and wireless chip maker is edging into the Internet of Things (IoT) market, one of the fastest growing international markets, predicted to surpass $1.6 billion by 2021 according to IoT Analytics (Hamburg, Germany). Fellow German company Bosch Sensortec aims to maintain its current lead by integrating its microelectromechanical systems […]
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Benjamin Joffe of HAX showcases China hardware startups at CES The biggest debate going on this year at the Consumer Electronics Show is, what exactly was really new, inventive, breakthrough? Walking the floor of the show brought close-ups of a lot of connected gadgets for smart everything – homes, cities, cars, lights, weights, watches, clothes, appliances,
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Walk the crowded show floors of CES 2017, which wraps on Sunday, and you’ll quickly discover the breakout winner of this year’s consumer tech convention: Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa. There were Alexa-compatible air purifiers, self-driving cars, even refrigerators. Huawei unveiled its Mate 9 smartphone, which it says is the first to come with Alexa pre-installed.
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By Karissa Bell2017-01-07 21:29:30 UTC LAS VEGAS — Each year, CES plays host to some of the most compelling innovations in the tech industry: self-driving cars, virtual reality, robots, drones and televisions that get bigger and thinner each year. Not to mention Wi-Fi and bluetooth sensors embedded into just about every previously mundane appliance and
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We’ve seen plenty of systems capable of tracking your home’s energy usage, and even spent some time testing one of them out in the CNET Smart Home. It’s a patently good idea, but to date, we haven’t seen a product that really nails the execution yet. That’s why I was so intrigued by what I
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The LG Smart InstaView Door-in-Door refrigerator on display at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker / Getty Images Related: As Robots Learn to Become More Human, Are We More Robotic? Setting up smart appliances can seem like a daunting task for those who don’t consider themselves techies – and then there’s the added
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For the 2017 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, smart home innovator Vivint decided to announce not one but three major partnerships and a brand new artificially intelligent home assistant. After revealing collaborations with the accommodations giant Airbnb, solar leader Vivint Solar, and Citizens Bank, Vivint also lifted the veil on its
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against the Taiwan-based D-Link Corporation and its US subsidiary, D-Link Systems, Inc., for not taking steps to secure their devices, which left them vulnerable to hackers. In the complaint, filed on Thursday, the FTC alleged that the company “failed to take reasonable steps to protect their routers
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When it comes to desktop operating systems, there are three main camps into which people fall: Windows, Mac and Linux. In the case of the latter camp things can be confusing because there are endless distros to choose from — but which is best? The beauty of Linux is that it can be tweaked and
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OAKLAND, Calif. & LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Whisker Labs, which is bringing next generation home energy intelligence technologies to market, today announced that its Connected Savings℠ platform was named Energy Efficiency Product of The Year in the 2017 TechHome® Mark of Excellence Awards, presented by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™. The award was presented to Whisker Labs