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...
SmartThings connects to BMW cars SmartThings, Samsung's platform to connect to smart devices in your smart home, has announced a brand new integration that will enable their platform to control and monitor your smart home from your BMW. You are also able to control certain functions of your car...
The Tizen Developer Conference 2015 took place in Shenzhen, China earlier this year. This was the first time that the main developer conference was uprooted from its usual location in San Francisco and relocated to the far east. The event was seen as a success as app developers, platform...
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...
Are you a developer who owns a shiny new Samsung Gear S2 / S3 smartwatch? Do you want to build a simple application and deploy it to your smartwatch? Great. Let's go! But what are the steps you need to follow, beyond downloading the SDK? It is not an...
Last month we saw the release of the Tizen 2.4 Software Development Kit (SDK), which allows application developers to create apps for the new Tizen 2.4 Operating System (OS). Well now is time for the release of Tizen 2.4 SDK Rev 1. The SDK provides you with the tools...
Are you based in the US and Interested in purchasing the Samsung SmartThings hub? Great, as now you can get $50 off the retail price of the brand-new Samsung SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit in their online Store when you use the promo code GIVETHANKS at checkout. This will give you a...
The Samsung SmartThings Hub is designed to make it easy for you to connect devices to your connected home. The Hub also comes with the SmartThings mobile app which allows you to control all your smart devices, right from the palm of your hand. Below is an Infographic that...
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...
The Tizen Developer Conference took place this year in Shenzhen, China. Hyogun Lee, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics and Co-chair of Tizen Technical Steering Group presented the first keynote of the event. Asian developers learnt first hand what tizen was and the upcoming opportunities that it brought them....
Drone maker Parrot's new flying gizmo, the Bebop 2 Quadricopter drone, will make its landing next month, just in time for holiday shoppers. According to the company, it’s a smaller, lighter, and easier-to-use model than the previous Bebop drone—which should please consumers interested in tossing one in a bag.For developers,...
What the heck is Jesse Robbins doing starting a next-generation walkie-talkie company?Robbins, the founder and CEO of Orion Labs, a company that builds a wearable communication accessory for instant voice conversations, is better known as the founder of Chef, an IT automation startup beloved by DevOps engineers everywhere. Before that, he...
The IoTivity project has recently reached an important milestone - its 1.0.0 release, which includes Getting Started instructions for Tizen. IoTivity is the reference implementation for the work of the Open Interconnect Consortium, who are defining a standard and a certification program for the device-to-device connectivity needs of the Internet of...
Businesses and startups can now get their hands on customized, mass-produced versions of the Raspberry Pi, thanks to a new deal from manufacturing partner Element14. Whether for small Kickstarter projects or large industrial applications, interested parties can mod their Pi before buying it. Find the board to large for your IoT...
Verizon, a US Carrier, have the Samsung Gear S2 up for pre-order. You can get the cellular version of the S2 for $299.99 on a 2 year contract or $349.99 full retail price. If you are an existing verizon customer you can add the Gear S2 to your account...
Fresh out of the Samsung Accelerator startup program is Perch, an innovative app and back-end system for monitoring homes through existing hardware. It launches in open beta today as an Android app, but more integrations and iOS support are promised soon.See also: Smart Homes: How To Keep From Missing The...
Having launched last spring, Amazon's Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) may be young, but it's growing up fast. In fact, it just took another big step recently: Last week, the company announced a new batch of DRS partners and devices, making for a move that could extend the company's reach into homes everywhere. With DRS, product orders can...
Tomorrow the Samsung Gear S2 goes on sale nationwide in the US, but it looks like their Canadian friends won't have too long to wait. The Canadian Best Buy website has the Gear S2 listed for pre-order and the release date is listed as 16 October. The site lists...
The Tizen Developer Summit 2015 Bengaluru was a fantastic place for Indian developers to learn more about Tizen and begin forming their own Tizen developer community. The event was at full capacity but obviously there were many that could not attend, so below are the keynotes, panel discussions and...
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