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Ericsson acquires Ambient for smart grid tech

Swedish network vendor Ericsson has announced the completed acquisition of Ambient Corporation, which provides smart grid technology to the utilities sector. The announcement comes as part of a wider...

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LG, Samsung and SK Telecom agree to join forces over Smart Home

Three Korean tech giants – LG, Samsung and SK Telecom – have announced they are collaborating over the delivery of smart home services. SK already has a smart home platform, which it launched back in...

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Yale unlocks door to wave of Nest Weave IoT inventions

Home automation vendor Nest Labs has announced the first home IoT product to use its Nest Weave protocol. Meanwhile, dozens of manufacturers are working on products with backing support from Qualcomm...

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O2 first to export AT&T Digital Life smart home platform to UK

UK mobile operator O2 has announced it will partner with AT&T to offer a new smart home platform to UK consumers later this year. Speaking at the AT&T Developer Conference in Las Vegas prior...

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Amazon, Brita deal takes consumer IoT to a new level

Water filter vendor Brita has been added to the growing list of companies signed up to the Amazon Dash Replenishment Service (DRS), adding further to momentum generated behind the consumer IoT...

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Google takes aim at other tech giants with multiple product launches

Google I/O, the internet giant’s annual developer conference, commenced with several announcements that appeared designed to take on major competitors at their own game. There was no single highlight...

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Nokia aims to simplify smart home with IoT hub launch

Nokia has announced the launch of a white-label IoT solution to coordinate the smart home, as well as a network-level IoT management platform. The Nokia Smart Home solution will be distributed via...

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O2 launches home monthly IoT bundles

O2 has brought consumer IoT services to reality by launching an array of smart home offerings in the UK, targeting the everyday tech user. A range of pretty affordable packages bundled up under the...

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Samsung says ‘how do you like them apples?’ with Viv acquisition

That was quick! Just days after Google threw Samsung under a bus by going it alone with the AI-powered Pixel handset, Samsung has got its retaliation in. ‘All about AI is it Google?’ Samsung seemed to...

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Smart home tech is not good enough – Intel

IoT is one of the more popular topics in the world of technology, but for the vast majority of the consumer world it isn’t anything more than science fiction. Aside from a couple of smart watches here...

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Intel weighs into smart home segment with AWS tie-up

Intel and AWS have announced plans to work alongside each other in a number of smart home initiatives including an Intel-based smart speaker which includes that includes the Alexa virtual assistant....

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Amazon and Google battle for control of the living room

Among the monstrous number of announcements to come out of CES this week a major battle is emerging in the smart home arena. The potential of IoT has never been in question, though the role of smart...

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Qualcomm gets a piece of Ring connected doorbell investment

What good is a connected fridge if you have to use a boring old analogue doorbell to even get into the house? That is the question Qualcomm Ventures is piecing together an answer to, via its investment...

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Amazon Q4 2016 – AWS solid while Echo roars

Back in April, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky predicted the AWS business would breach $10 billion revenues in 2016, and it did it at a canter. Growth in the data centre business may be slowing year-on-year,...

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Deutsche Telekom offers a smart home in a box

Deutsche Telekom has taken another prominent step towards business diversification with the introduction of a white label portfolio for the smart home segment. It’s a smart move from the Germans which...

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Amazon could cause Google search advertising problems – Openet

The smart home segment is beginning to gather pace and the leaders are already comfortable. But for every winner there will likely also be a loser so where does Google fit into the mix? Google’s rise...

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Competing in the digital economy means owning the smart home – Accenture

The IoT craze engulfing the telecoms and technology industries promises to deliver untold fortunes for many but for the telcos, owning the smart home market is critical to avoid extinction. According...

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Watch out, Google’s about

With operators in the UK continuing to scrap and scrimp to recoup the lost fortunes of yesteryear, search giant Google has sauntered across the pond and is looking to make a play for the smart home...

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Infographic: 68% think the telcos have missed the smart home boat

After the launch of Google Home in the UK, the Smart Home is starting to become a commercial reality, but can the operators recoup lost fortunes through this IoT segment? How big an opportunity for...

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Rumours emerge over Microsoft rival to Amazon Echo

Microsoft would appear to be prepping itself for a more confrontational launch into the smart home arena, as rumours start to circulate about a Cortana-powered device to rival the Amazon Echo. While...

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