In an age where it seems anything and everything can benefit from connectivity, the future of toys is changing rapidly. Toys are becoming more intelligent, more connected and important assets among the Internet of Things. U.S. domestic toy sales, according to industry association data, hit close to $22 billion in...
Imagine a time when your retail purchases are curated, refined and personalized by your previous purchasing habits. You receive a package of ink in the mail when your printer runs low and a new toothbrush head just before it's time to change yours. This is the Commerce of Things, according...
Despite the popularity of fitness trackers and the spike in exercise wearables, rumors are swirling that Jawbone may be exiting the wearables technology competition. The company recently announced that it has ceased the manufacturing of its UP fitness trackers and is selling off its entire inventory to a third-party seller....
Smartwatches have really hit their stride in the past couple years with popular products from brands like Samsung, Apple, FitBit, Motorola, and more each promising their own set of features to make them worth putting on your wrist. Unfortunately, one of the biggest problems with smartwatches is that their size...
Smart home company Netatmo announced earlier this week its own API for third-party Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Called Netatmo Connect, the API provides developers with the ability to connect to Netatmo’s products and create meaningful interactions. Connect has three major platforms - weather, smart home, and enterprise. Weather uses...
The first Gear Fit product by Samsung ran a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and this seems to have been a good decision for them for the first generation Gear Fit. Now, as the Gear Fit 2 (SM-R360) is on the horizon, it looks like Samsung are ready to...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is accelerating at an impressive speed, forecasters predict 25 billion devices will be online by 2020, creating over $300 billion in opportunities for companies involved. Even with this considerable growth coming in the next five years, most enterprise folks still don’t understand or aren’t invested...
The world's largest Internet of Things (IoT) event has started today at the Santa Clara Convention Center, with over 12,000 attendees and 200 exhibitions expected to attend the two day event. And because the new connected world is so interwoven, this event will feature discussions on the industrial IoT, smart...
Indian conglomerate Tata Group has announced plans to launch two wearables in the near future - one focused on crane workers in the company's giant steelworks facilities and the other on...yoga. The factory worker wearable is being tested inside Tata Steel factories by crane workers. A Tata spokesperson said it...
Apple's iPhone sales declined for the first time since 2003. That's the bad news, and judging from the pundits, the sky has started to fall on Apple's halcyon days. One analyst goes so far as to say that "the only thing that is plainly clear concerning Apple is that it has...
The countdown to Samsung Developer Conference 2016 to be held at Moscone, San Francisco from 27th to 28th of this month has officially begin. The event will see some of the major innovations that could propel into actual products or services in the future. Samsung’s interest in VR, IoT and...
As both a smart home and IoT enthusiast, as well as an API strategist by day, I’ve been very disappointed with how many of the companies involved in the connected home space have approached making their products work with each other. From the show floors of CES, to the aisles...
With the RSA Security Conference in full swing, we sat down with Vormetric's Vice President of Marketing, Tina Stewart, and their Director of Product Marketing, Andy Kicklighter. Vormetric recently released their 2016 Data Threat Report. Now in its fourth year, this report not surprisingly digs deep into IoT and what it...
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is a mobile phone tradeshow held annually in Barcelona. It involves over 2,000 companies and 100,000 attendees. While it may have started out with its emphasis firmly planted on mobile devices, its reach now extends to wearables, VR, and all manner of IoT. The event will...
Consumers are frustrated with smart homes. Notably, they're not annoyed with the devices that wire up their living environments. It's the apps through which they schedule and manage each device, according to a new report from Argus Insights. Argus, notably, uses actual data drawn from devices and public sources like app-store reviews....
I look at my Gear S2 in the mornings at about a quarter past 10am and pull down the notification window to see the word “standalone.” I breathe a sigh of relief. It’s nice to make phone calls and send texts from my wrist, but my desire for a...
CES 2016, the big technology event in Las Vegas this week, is a place where the best and brightest that the tech world can offer. It provided in a dazzling display of demonstrations, discussions and debates. For every huge hit that receives accolades and media coverage, there are those products...
More than one in five households in the US have some form of smart-home system, according to a recent research project by Strategy Analytics into smart-home use. Smart homes are growing: The number of households with some smart-home device installed grew 30% to 26.8 million in 2015, representing 21% of US...
Philips was forced to reverse recent software updates this week when it was revealed that updates to its Philips Hue wireless lighting system cut off access to previously supported light bulbs made by other companies. Here's how Philips explained the decision: While the Philips Hue system is based on open technologies we...
When I got an email from a company I've covered a lot telling me that a new wrist-based fitness tracker was on its way to my office, my first thought was, "Can I send it back?"Let me be frank here: I've tested lots of wearable devices, sometimes strapping three at...
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