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Apple, Amazon, Google Team To Make Smart Homes Interoperable
Apple, Amazon, Google Team To Make Smart Homes Interoperable
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

To create and promote the adoption of a new royalty-free connectivity standard to make smart home products more compatible with security as a design tenet,...

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Smart Home Features Now Come Home With Alexa
Smart Home Features Now Come Home With Alexa
November 27, 2019  |  Retail

After announcing previews for Smart Home features to help make exciting experiences for Alexa customers, Amazon noted that several of them are now generally available. Those include...

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Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
October 16, 2019  |  Innovation

The cool weather was slow to show up in some parts of the U.S. this year (although the pumpkin spice-flavored goods showed up right on...

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IKEA To Take On Amazon With Expanded Smart Home Offerings
IKEA To Take On Amazon With Expanded Smart Home Offerings
October 02, 2019  |  Retail

IKEA is making big moves into the smart home ecosphere with its biggest investment in decades. The company wants to become a player in the...

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Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
August 28, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Since Google launched its smart speaker artificial intelligence (AI)-backed voice assistant product Google Home in November 2016, the state of the race for voice ecosystem...

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iRobot On Cleaning Up Smart Home Security Risks
iRobot On Cleaning Up Smart Home Security Risks
August 19, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

When manufacturers don’t update smart home devices throughout the products’ lifespans, they can turn into security landmines. That’s why regular updates and patching, and unique...

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Ikea To Launch Dedicated Unit For Smart Home Solutions
Ikea To Launch Dedicated Unit For Smart Home Solutions
August 18, 2019  |  Internet of Things

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)....

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Developing A Smart Sprinkler Without Watering Down Security
Developing A Smart Sprinkler Without Watering Down Security
July 25, 2019  |  Internet of Things

A connected sprinkler system may seem like an unlikely hack target – but for fraudsters, any networked IoT device can be a gateway to the...

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