Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch reported on Saturday (Aug. 17). The household goods and furniture company is moving slowly into the smart home market with less expensive merchandise that works...
A connected sprinkler system may seem like an unlikely hack target – but for fraudsters, any networked IoT device can be a gateway to the smart home ecosystem. This means that every IoT device, no matter how innocuous, must be secured. In this month’s IoT...
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Smart technology is what makes ordering by voice and remotely monitoring your home possible. Promising as intelligence of things (IoT) solutions are, though, security has been a stumbling block. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in the future — to lose sight of the fact that it’s not really a conversation about the future. While it is still the...
Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. What’s happening now could signal bigger changes to come in the next few months or even years –...
Facebook and its social media properties Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all experienced outages over the weekend, with users around the world reporting problems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Every day, in nearly every corner of the world, 1.4 billion people log onto Facebook and 500 million people log onto Instagram. On Wednesday (March 13), that audience of almost two billion – roughly a quarter of the planet’s population – got something of a nasty shock. When...
Google has expanded its users’ choice of search products, with pro-privacy rival DuckDuckGo benefiting the most. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
