connected home

Building The ‘Home Oasis’ One Smart Device At A Time
Building The ‘Home Oasis’ One Smart Device At A Time
April 28, 2020  |  Intelligence of Things

The house (or the apartment or the studio or your parents’ basement) is increasingly becoming a focal point of daily life. Time, then, to picture...

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Connected Home Switches On New Funding And Tech Advances
Connected Home Switches On New Funding And Tech Advances
February 26, 2020  |  Investments

The connected home received some juice yesterday as software company Plume closed an $85 million round of financing from Charter Communications, Qualcomm, Belkin and Service...

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The Senior Factor In Smart Home Innovation
The Senior Factor In Smart Home Innovation
January 22, 2020  |  Innovation

The U.S. population is getting older. Today, there are roughly 50 million Americans over the age of 65, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and...

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Code Loophole Said To Threaten Google Home Security
Code Loophole Said To Threaten Google Home Security
November 01, 2018  |  Google

Security advocate Jerry Gamblin has discovered code loopholes that can threaten Google Home’s security. Google Home Hub was launched as the company aims to compete...

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Best Buy Plans To Buy GreatCall For $800M
Best Buy Plans To Buy GreatCall For $800M
August 17, 2018  |  Retail

To continue to tap into the connected-home market, Best Buy plans to purchase GreatCall, Inc. for $800 million. The retailer expects that the deal will close...

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Visa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay
Visa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay
June 07, 2017  |  Internet of Things

Picture a car that’s smart enough to know it’s running low on gas and prompts the driver to stop at the nearest gas station. There,...

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Research And Markets Finds Connected Home Market Growing
Research And Markets Finds Connected Home Market Growing
September 22, 2016  |  Internet of Things

Research and Markets announced on Wednesday (Sept. 21) the addition of a new research report looking at the connected home market and the cyber risks...

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