Samsung Electronics Co. and Japanese internet and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. met recently to discuss how both companies could co-operate in the world of Technology as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) , according to sources. The meeting took place between Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung...
London’s high-end department chain Selfridges will begin experimenting with an Internet of Things zone at its flagship Oxford Street store. Electronic products distributor Bullboat will be in charge of stocking the zone, which is located on the ground floor of the famous store. It intends to make the zone an...
ARTIK Cloud Challenge Ever since Samsung relaunched SAMIio in the form of ARTIK Cloud, the company has been working hard to bring developers to work and build on the platform. Samsung have now hosted a competitive event called the ARTIK Cloud Challenge. Some really cool prizes are to be won,...
Lutron Electronics has added its Caséta Wireless system to the growing list of devices that support Amazon Alexa range, which includes the Echo, Dot, Tap, and Fire TV. The Caséta Wireless system features various connected LED lights that can change color or brightness on demand. The integration of Alexa allows...
Samsung is the global leader in the TV market, which isn't exactly a surprise for anyone familiar with this segment of the IT world. Now, according to data released earlier this week, 2015 was the 10th consecutive year that Samsung has dominated the TV market with strong performance in...
The Evolution kit series from Samsung had long been a life saver for its older HDTVs and helped them stay relevant for a few more years. For those unaware, Samsung's Evolution kit is a standalone device that had the processing power and other smart features of the more recent TVs...
Last week, Dr. Hong, the President of Samsung SDS and the Head of its solution business, delivered a keynote at CES 2016 that focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and how this can impact on our lives today and in the future. Samsung has an ever expanding range...
Samsung has announced a new Smart TV user experience and Smart Hub for its Tizen 2016 TV range and also a new Samsung Smart Control remote. The new Smart Hub interface promises to more tightly Integrate with your existing content and services, allowing you to easily switch between them....
Samsung has confirmed that it's upcoming 2016 SUHD Smart TV range will be compatible with SmartThings, the companies home automation platform. The Smart TVs will have the Internet of Things (IoT) hub technology built in, and will easily provide Smart Home control features to millions of consumers. The TV...
CES 2016 Invites Samsung are getting ready for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 event and are sending out Press Invites. This is an Annual event that is held in Las Vegas where Samsung are expected to showcase lots of their upcoming tech to the tens of thousands...
Google teased its smart home initiatives Weave and Brillo earlier this year at I/O, and now the tech giant's Nest division is pushing its own smart home standard out into the real world. Nest Weave, announced Thursday, is a protocol for Internet of Things gadgets that lets them communicate with Nest...
Since Apple announced its HomeKit smart home initiative last year, it's been mostly quiet about just how iPhones and other Apple gadgets will wrangle those connected devices. Now, however, the company may have a fancy new app in the works—complete with virtual rooms, a clever and apparently easy-to-grasp metaphor for...
On Wednesday, an update to the Amazon Echo, a smart voice-activated speaker, quietly cinched the device’s role as a player in the connected home. Owners of the Echo—which is still only available for purchase by invitation—received an email updating them of a new feature: In addition to streaming music from the...
ReadWriteHome is an ongoing series exploring the implications of living in connected homes.According to the experts, we may all be living in a smart home before long. Google wants it to be theirs. Forget the fact that it doesn’t actually have a cohesive smart home system yet—it’s working on that, and quickly...
This week, Nest and six other companies announced their master plan to make smart homes better. The secret, they say, lies in mesh networking, which lets gadgets talk to each other directly—no centralized hub necessary. To help the cause, the group even introduced its own brand-new mesh wireless protocol called...
Soon, Windows smartphone users will be able to command their houses by just speaking a word or two. Smart home company Insteon will take the wraps off an intriguing new announcement Wednesday—a forthcoming Windows Phone app feature that ties into Cortana, Microsoft's voice control. With that, users will be able to speak...
Developers, you have a new smart-home platform to play with. Google's Nest unit has formally unveiled an API (see our API explainer) that will let independent programmers create new applications for the company's smart thermostats and smoke alarms. Nest's press release is embedded below.See also: How A Little Competition Made Thermostats...
For years, he told you to shut off the lights and turn the heat down. Now, for Father’s Day, you could make sure he’s covered with these easy-to-use smart home products and other connected devices.The best part: These items can be picked up from Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, Target, Apple...
ReadWriteHome is an ongoing series exploring the implications of living in connected homes.If you don't already live in a smart home, odds are good that you will before long. When that day comes, your connected residence will be like a member of the family—or, more likely, a butler. Just like Carson on...
ReadWriteHome is an ongoing series exploring the implications of living in connected homes.Lighting is a key ingredient in the connected home, and the benefits of smartening it up are obvious. Practically everyone has forgotten to turn off a light or fumbled around for the switch. And some find coming back to...
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