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Samsung debuts Internet of Trousers for April Fools’ Day with Wi-Fly support

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Adrian Diaconescu

Let’s be honest, it was completely unrealistic to expect something funnier from Samsung this year than the brilliant Galaxy Blade Edge 2015 April Fools’ Day hoax. That had it all. Ridiculousness, self-mockery, and even a hint of authenticity.After all, if watches, refrigerators and belts can be “intelligent”, why wouldn’t a smart knife be developed too down the line? Or how about a series of Wi-Fi-connected pantaloons? Samsung seems to have put slightly less thought into today’s Internet of Trousers prank, but ...

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Pocketnow Smart Home: Beautify your home with a smart sprinkler controller

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Joe Levi

In recent years, our phones have evolved into the “universal remote control” – not for our televisions, but for our homes. That’s where the Pocketnow Smart Home series comes in! Thanks to a combination of sensors and Internet of Things innovations, taking your old-fashioned home and turning it into a smart home isn’t as difficult, or as expensive as you might think – and it’s all controllable from your phone, phablet, or tablet.•If you’ve been following our smart home series, you’ve seen how ...

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Pocketnow Smart Home: automation with rules and scenes

Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 by Joe Levi

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Pocketnow Smart Home: adding sensors and devices

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Joe Levi

In recent years, our smart phones have evolved into the “universal remote control” – not for our televisions, but for our homes. That’s where the Pocketnow Smart Home series comes in! Thanks to a combination of sensors and Internet of Things innovations, taking your old-fashioned home and turning it into a smart home isn’t as difficult, or as expensive as you might think – and it’s all controllable from your phone, phablet, or tablet.•So far in the series we’ve already covered the ...

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Philips backtracks on blocking unapproved Hue bulbs: an Internet of Things victory

Posted on December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Connected devices are changing our lives in subtle but meaningful ways, and if you don’t yet live in a home where you can control all minutiae of your living experience from your smartphone’s screen, you soon will. The Internet of Things offers tons of potential, but we can only fully take advantage of it when all those connected devices know how to talk to each other. That’s why we were so concerned earlier this week when we learned about an update headed out to users of the Philips Hue home ...

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DRM claims a victim in the Internet of Things, as Phillips Hue blocks competing smart light bulbs

Posted on December 14, 2015December 15, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Connected devices are everywhere in our lives these days, as your smartphone talks to your speakers, your car, your watch, your thermostat, and probably half a dozen other gadgets you use on a regular basis. When everything works together, that’s great, but not all companies are so good at playing nicely with each other, and just as has been the case with far too many consumer electronics, DRM-related tech is showing ...

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The future of Bluetooth: what to expect and why you should care

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Joe Levi

Back in 1994, Ericsson (who would later merge with Sony) “invented” Bluetooth. Back then out devices were connected by one of a few technologies: RS-232 “COM Ports”, Parallel Ports, and SCSI. USB was still being worked on. Ericsson’s vision was to replace the serial RS-232 cables with a new, wireless standard. Bluetooth was born.Uhura knew about Jawbone before Jawbone knew about Jawbone.Bluetooth is a wireless communication standard using the 2.4GHz band (which ...

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The Internet of Things may grow up to 30% in 2016, claim analysts

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t really something we could call new, but it isn’t until now that we notice companies taking this seriously as a new product category. The idea of having more and more devices around your home connected, and that it can later bring support to your current smartphone experience are always something we’d call cool. Today it seems that we get some insight on where all this is going.Gartner analysts have already begun dissecting the possible future of the Internet Of Things, and according to the firm, IoT might grow as much as 30% by 2016, ...

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Bluetooth upgrades will double speed, quadruple range in 2016

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Jules Wang

For a long time, Bluetooth has been more of a novelty wireless connection for most consumers. It still is, at least for general consumers. All those speakers, headsets, keyboards,

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Misfit Shine 2 debuts as a fitness wearable meeting up with the internet of things

Posted on October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 by Jules Wang

The wearable tech category has seen some intense stratification in its infancy. From Fitbits to Android Wear, the Runcible (when will that ever come?) to Neptune, we’ve seen plenty of cross-streaming between

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Here’s what the Google OnHub should have been

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Joe Levi

When we stop to think about just how much technology has entered into our lives, we’ve got to pause and give consideration to the technologies that enable the smartphones and tablets that have become such an integral part of our lives. To a certain extent these devices can stand alone (requiring only power to charge them, a cellular signal to feed them data, and a human to operate them). However, without that connection to the web, the utility of our mobile devices is greatly diminished.Now we are sitting on the eve of an evolutionary leap – the Internet of Things is knocking ...

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LG SmartThinQ intends to add smart features to existing dumb appliances

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

The “Internet Of Things” is still still a market in its relative infancy, even with the crazy amount of attempts to make the TV smarter. Some companies have succeeded at this, like in the case of Nest, and others have gone back to the drawing board a repeated amount of times. Just as we saw Google giving this a second try at Google I/O, today we learn of an OEM that’s also trying.LG has just announced that it’ll be showcasing its new new SmartTinQ Sensor at IFA. The idea is that you connect ...

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Google announces OnHub, a pricey Wi-Fi router that claims ease of use

Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by Jaime Rivera

Google was pretty stoked about its plans for the Internet of Things at its Google I/O conference a few weeks ago. The company’s acquisition of Nest is proof that it is very interested in selling digital home products, and I/O served to show off Weave and Project Brillo, the company’s protocol to get products to talk to each other. Today we see where ...

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Amazon Echo gets some Skills with major update

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Jules Wang

The robot servant continues its manifestation as Amazon has now bolstered its software on its tube-like speaker-endowed device. The Echo has been on the market for a couple months now as a standalone voice assistant product, unlike Google Now, Cortana or

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